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  • 1. Adit Maark, T.
    et al.
    Hussain, T.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    Structural, electronic and thermodynamic properties of Al- and Si-doped α-, γ-, and β-MgH2: Density functional and hybrid density functional calculations2012In: International journal of hydrogen energy, ISSN 0360-3199, E-ISSN 1879-3487, Vol. 37, no 11, p. 9112-9122Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In this work, we present a detailed study of Al- and Si-doped α-, γ-, and β-MgH 2 phases using the gradient corrected density functional GGA-PBE and the hybrid Hartree-Fock density functionals PBE0 and HSE06 within the framework of generalized Kohn-Sham density functional theory (DFT) using a plane-wave basis set. We investigate the structural, electronic, and thermodynamical properties of these compounds with regard to their hydrogen storage effectiveness. PBE0 and HSE06 predict cell parameters and bond lengths that are in good agreement with the GGA-PBE calculations and previously known experimental results. As expected smaller band gaps (E gs) are predicted by GGA-PBE for the pure magnesium hydride phases. PBE0 overcomes the deficiencies of DFT in treating these materials better than HSE06 and yields E gs that compare even better with previous GW calculations. Both the hybrid functionals increase the E gs of the Al-doped magnesium hydrides by much less magnitudes than of the Si-doped phases. This difference is interpreted in terms of charge density distributions. Best H 2 adsorption energies (ΔH ads) are computed by HSE06 while GGA-PBE significantly overestimates them. Si-doped α- and β-MgH 2 exhibited the least negative ΔH ads in close proximity to the H 2 binding energy range of -0.21 to -0.41 eV ideal for practical H 2 storage transportation applications.

  • 2. Ahuja, Rajeev
    et al.
    da Silva, A. F.
    Persson, Clas
    Osorio-Guillen, J. M.
    Pepe, I.
    Jarrendahl, K.
    Lindquist, O. P. A.
    Edwards, N. V.
    Wahab, Q.
    Johansson, Börje
    Optical properties of 4H-SiC2002In: Journal of Applied Physics, ISSN 0021-8979, E-ISSN 1089-7550, Vol. 91, no 4, p. 2099-2103Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The optical band gap energy and the dielectric functions of n-type 4H-SiC have been investigated experimentally by transmission spectroscopy and spectroscopic ellipsometry and theoretically by an ab initio full-potential linear muffin-tin-orbital method. We present the real and imaginary parts of the dielectric functions, resolved into the transverse and longitudinal photon moment a, and we show that the anisotropy is small in 4H-SiC. The measurements and the calculations fall closely together in a wide range of energies.

  • 3.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    et al.
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    Li, Sa
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    Johansson, Börje Örje
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    High pressure structural transitions in Cm metal2006In: Mater Res Soc Symp Proc, 2006, p. 247-254Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The high pressure behaviour of Cm metal is investigated theoretically using ab initio electronic structure methods. Our calculations reproduce the structural phase transitions which are obsereved in recent experiment performed by Heatman et al. [Science 309, 110 (2005)]. Calculated transition pressures are in reasonable agreement with the experimental values. Calculations performed for an antiferromagnetic state is essential to reproduce the stability of Cm-III phase. Thus, the stability of the Cm-III phase is related to the spin polarization of its 5f electrons.

  • 4.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    et al.
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    Li, Sa
    Luo, Wei
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    Johansson, Börje
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    High-pressure structural transitions in Cm and Am0.5Cm0.5 binary alloy2006In: High Pressure Research, ISSN 0895-7959, E-ISSN 1477-2299, Vol. 26, no 4, p. 377-381Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The high-pressure behaviour of Cm and Am0.5Cm0.5 binary alloy is investigated theoretically using ab initio electronic structure methods. Our calculations reproduce the structural phase transitions, which are observed in recent experiment performed by Heathman et al. [S. Heathman, R.G. Haire, I Le Bihan et al., Science 309 110 (2005)] and Lindbaum et al. [A. Lindbaum, S. Heathman, T. Le Bihan et al., J. Phys: Condens. Matter 15 S2297 (2003)]. Calculated transition pressures are in reasonable agreement with the experimental values. Calculations performed for an antiferromagnetic state are essential to reproduce the stability of Cm-III phase.

  • 5.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    et al.
    KTH, Superseded Departments (pre-2005), Materials Science and Engineering.
    Osorio-Guillen, J. M.
    de Almeida, J. S.
    Holm, B.
    Ching, W. Y.
    Johansson, Börje
    KTH, Superseded Departments (pre-2005), Materials Science and Engineering.
    Electronic and optical properties of gamma-Al2O3 from ab initio theory2004In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, ISSN 0953-8984, E-ISSN 1361-648X, Vol. 16, no 16, p. 2891-2900Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    We report on a density functional theory calculation of the electronic structure and optical properties of gamma-Al2O3. We have made a comparison between the optical and electronic properties of the alpha and gamma phases of alumina. The calculated bulk modulus of the gamma phase is slightly lower than that of the a phase. The calculated static dielectric function and the optical constant of the gamma phase are very close to those of the alpha phase.

  • 6.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    et al.
    KTH, Superseded Departments (pre-2005), Materials Science and Engineering.
    Persson, Clas
    da Silva, A. F.
    de Almeida, J. S.
    Araujo, C. M.
    Johansson, Börje
    KTH, Superseded Departments (pre-2005), Materials Science and Engineering.
    Optical properties of SiGe alloys2003In: Journal of Applied Physics, ISSN 0021-8979, E-ISSN 1089-7550, Vol. 93, no 7, p. 3832-3836Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The optical properties of Si1-xGex have been investigated theoretically using a full-potential linear muffin-tin-orbital method. We present the density-of-states as well as the real and imaginary parts of the dielectric function. The calculated dielectric function was found to be in good agreement with the spectroscopic ellipsometry measurements by J. Bahng , J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 13, 777 (2001), and we obtained a static dielectric constant of epsilon(0)=12.19+2.45x in the Si rich regime (xless than or equal to0.5).

  • 7. Almeida, Roseley
    et al.
    Banerjee, Amitava
    Chakraborty, Sudip
    Almeida, Jailton
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics. Uppsala University, Sweden.
    Theoretical Evidence behind Bifunctional Catalytic Activity in Pristine and Functionalized Al2C Monolayers2018In: ChemPhysChem, ISSN 1439-4235, E-ISSN 1439-7641, Vol. 19, no 1, p. 148-152Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    First principles electronic structure calculations based on the density functional theory (DFT) framework are performed to investigate hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) on two-dimensional Al2C monolayers. In addition to the pristine Al2C monolayer, monolayers doped with Nitrogen (N), Phosphorous (P), Boron (B), and Sulphur (S) are also investigated. After determining the individual adsorption energy of hydrogen and oxygen on the different functionalized Al2C monolayers, the adsorption free energies are predicted for each of the functionalized monolayers in order to assess their suitability for HER or OER. The density of states and optical absorption spectra calculations along with the work function of the functionalized Al2C monolayers enable us to gain a profound understanding of the electronic structure for the individual system and their relation to the water splitting mechanism.

  • 8.
    Alniss, Hasan Y.
    et al.
    Univ Sharjah, Coll Pharm, POB 27272, Sharjah, U Arab Emirates.;Univ Sharjah, Sharjah Inst Med Res, POB 27272, Sharjah, U Arab Emirates..
    Witzel, Ini-Isabee
    New York Univ Abu Dhabi, Core Technol Platform, POB 129188, Abu Dhabi, U Arab Emirates..
    Semreen, Mohammad H.
    Univ Sharjah, Coll Pharm, POB 27272, Sharjah, U Arab Emirates.;Univ Sharjah, Sharjah Inst Med Res, POB 27272, Sharjah, U Arab Emirates..
    Panda, Pritam Kumar
    Uppsala Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, D,Box 516, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden..
    Mishra, Yogendra Kumar
    Univ Kiel, Inst Mat Sci, Funct Nanomat, Kaiserstr 2, D-24143 Kiel, Germany.;Univ Southern Denmark, NanoSYD, Mads Clausen Inst, Alsion 2, DK-6400 Sonderborg, Denmark..
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    Parkinson, John A.
    Univ Strathclyde, Dept Pure & Appl Chem, WestCHEM, 295 Cathedral St, Glasgow G1 1XL, Lanark, Scotland..
    Investigation of the Factors That Dictate the Preferred Orientation of Lexitropsins in the Minor Groove of DNA2019In: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, ISSN 0022-2623, E-ISSN 1520-4804, Vol. 62, no 22, p. 10423-10440Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Lexitropsins are small molecules that bind to the minor groove of DNA as antiparallel dimers in a specific orientation. These molecules have shown therapeutic potential in the treatment of several diseases; however, the development of these molecules to target particular genes requires revealing the factors that dictate their preferred orientation in the minor grooves, which to date have not been investigated. In this study, a distinct structure (thzC) was carefully designed as an analog of a well-characterized lexitropsin (thzA) to reveal the factors that dictate the preferred binding orientation. Comparative evaluations of the biophysical and molecular modeling results of both compounds showed that the position of the dimethylaminopropyl group and the orientation of the amide links of the ligand with respect to the 5'-3'-ends; dictate the preferred orientation of lexitropsins in the minor grooves. These findings could be useful in the design of novel lexitropsins to selectively target specific genes.

  • 9. Anikina, E. V.
    et al.
    Banerjee, Amitava
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    Beskachko, V. P.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics. Materials Theory Division, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, Uppsala, 75120, Sweden.
    Influence of Kubas-type interaction of B–Ni codoped graphdiyne with hydrogen molecules on desorption temperature and storage efficiency2020In: Materials Today Energy, ISSN 2468-6069, Vol. 16, article id 100421Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    We have investigated functionalized 2D carbon allotrope, graphdiyne (GDY), as a promising hydrogen storage media. Density functional theory with a range of vdW corrections was employed to study Ni decoration of pristine and boron-doped GDY and the interaction of resulting structures with molecular hydrogen. We showed that boron-doped GDY is thermally stable at 300 K, though, its synthesis requires an endothermic reaction. Also, boron doping enhances Ni binding with the graphdiyne by increasing the charge transfer from Ni to GDY. Ni doping drastically influenced hydrogen adsorption energies: they rise from ~70 meV per H2 molecule on pristine GDY to a maximum of 1.29 eV per H2 becoming too high in value for room temperature reversible applications. Boron doping improves the situations: in this case, after Ni decoration desorption temperature estimation is ~300–500 K. Overall, each Ni adatom on B-doped GDY can bind only one H2 molecule within the needed energy range, which gives low hydrogen uptake (~1.2 wt%). However, doping with boron led to the decrease in the value of hydrogen adsorption energy and good desorption temperature estimations, therefore, codoping of metal atoms and boron could be an effective strategy for other transition metals.

  • 10.
    Anikina, Ekaterina
    et al.
    Uppsala Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Mat Theory Div, Condensed Matter Theory Grp, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden.;South Ural State Univ, Inst Nat Sci & Math, 76 Lenin Prospekt, Chelyabinsk 454080, Russia..
    Banerjee, Amitava
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    Beskachko, Valery
    South Ural State Univ, Inst Nat Sci & Math, 76 Lenin Prospekt, Chelyabinsk 454080, Russia..
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics. Uppsala Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Mat Theory Div, Condensed Matter Theory Grp, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden..
    Li-decorated carbyne for hydrogen storage: charge induced polarization and van't Hoff hydrogen desorption temperature2020In: Sustainable Energy & Fuels, E-ISSN 2398-4902, Vol. 4, no 2, p. 691-699Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    We have studied carbyne as a promising hydrogen storage material. Density functional theory simulations with vdW corrections have been used to investigate lithium sorption on carbyne and the interaction of pristine and Li-functionalized carbon chains with molecular hydrogen. We showed that Li adatoms at small concentrations stay atomically dispersed on carbyne, donating 0.9e to the chain. Moreover, in the presence of Li, hydrogen adsorption energy increases by more than 5 times in comparison with pristine carbyne. Overall, up to three hydrogen molecules per Li adatom have an adsorption energy close to the range of 200-600 meV per H-2, which is necessary for effective sorption/desorption cycles. The resulting theoretical uptake (7.1 wt%) is higher than the U.S. Department of Energy's ultimate goal (6.5 wt%). The calculated van't Hoff desorption temperatures exceed considerably the boiling point of liquid nitrogen. Our results confirm the potential of Li-decorated carbyne for hydrogen storage.

  • 11.
    Anikina, Ekaterina
    et al.
    Uppsala Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Mat Theory Div, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden.;South Ural State Univ, Inst Nat Sci & Math, 76 Lenin Prospekt, Chelyabinsk 454080, Russia..
    Banerjee, Amitava
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics. KTH Royal Inst Technol, Dept Mat & Engn, Appl Mat Phys, S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden..
    Beskachko, Valery
    South Ural State Univ, Inst Nat Sci & Math, 76 Lenin Prospekt, Chelyabinsk 454080, Russia..
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics. Uppsala Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Mat Theory Div, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden.;KTH Royal Inst Technol, Dept Mat & Engn, Appl Mat Phys, S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden..
    Li-Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Hydrogen Storage: Importance of Size Effects2019In: ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS, ISSN 2574-0970, Vol. 2, no 5, p. 3021-3030Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    We investigated Li-doped carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as a promising hydrogen storage media. In this computational model, we considered isolated lithium atom adsorbed on a CNT wall as an adsorption site for hydrogen. We focused on the influence of size effects on the structural and energetic characteristics of CNT(n,n)@Li+kH(2) complexes where n = 5, 7, 9; k = 1,..., 6; N, = 4, 5, 6 (N-c is translation length of CNT, expressed in terms of a number of CNT unit cells). We proved that modeled CNT length substantially influences internal sorption of Li and hydrogen on the narrow tube (5,5), which subsequently alters the adsorption energies of H-2 molecules and causes the deformation of the carbon framework. Moreover, the size effects are not pronounced in the case of external sorption for all considered CNT translation lengths and diameters. We have not observed any noticeable qualitative difference between internal and external hydrogen sorption in the nanotube wider than CNT(5,5). In the case of external adsorption on all considered nanotubes, doping with Li increases hydrogen adsorption energies of up to four H-2 molecules by 100 meV in comparison with pure CNTs. And the local density approximation estimations (similar to 250 meV/H-2) of adsorption energy on Li-decorated CNTs exceed the lowest requirement proposed by the U.S. Department of Energy (200 meV/H-2). In the case of internal sorption on Li-functionalized tubes, the generalized gradient approximation also gives hydrogen adsorption energies in the desired range of 200-600 meV/H-2. However, steric hindrances could prevent sufficient hydrogen uptakes (less than 2 wt % inside CNT(5,5)). We believe that our findings on the size effects are important for estimation of CNT's hydrogen storage properties.

  • 12.
    Anikina, Ekaterina
    et al.
    South Ural State Univ, Inst Nat Sci & Math, 76 Lenin Prospekt, Chelyabinsk 454014, Russia.;Uppsala Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Mat Theory Div, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden..
    Hussain, Tanveer
    Univ Western Australia, Sch Mol Sci, Perth, WA 6009, Australia..
    Beskachko, Valery
    South Ural State Univ, Inst Nat Sci & Math, 76 Lenin Prospekt, Chelyabinsk 454014, Russia..
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Properties. Uppsala Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Mat Theory Div, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden..
    Elucidating hydrogen storage properties of two-dimensional siligraphene (SiC8) monolayers upon selected metal decoration2020In: Sustainable Energy & Fuels, E-ISSN 2398-4902, Vol. 4, no 11, p. 5578-5587Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Density functional theory calculations with dispersion corrections were employed to investigate the hydrogen (H-2) adsorptive properties of siligraphene (SiC8), pristine and decorated with selected alkali (Li, Na, and K) and alkaline-earth (Be, Mg, and Ca) metals. We found that all the considered metals (Me), except Mg and Be, bind strongly to SiC8 even at high doping concentrations (SiC8Me2) by donating a major portion of their valence electrons to SiC8. Ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations confirmed the thermal stabilities of SiC8Me2 (Me = Li, Na, K, Ca) at 300 K. We showed that Li, Na, and Ca-doped SiC8 adsorbed multiple H-2 molecules with binding energies (E-bind) at least two times stronger than that of the pristine SiC8 (Epristinebind = -70 meV per H-2). Overall, both SiC8Li2 and SiC8Ca2 adsorbed two and four H-2 molecules per metal adatom, respectively, having E-bind within the desirable range for an effective adsorption/desorption process. The resulting gravimetric densities of SiC8Li2 and SiC8Ca2 were 5.5 wt% and 7.3 wt%, respectively, surpassing the U.S. Department of Energy's 2025 goal of 5.5 wt%. The estimated H-2 desorption temperatures exceed substantially the boiling point of liquid nitrogen, confirming the potential of light metal decorated SiC8 as a promising material for H-2 storage.

  • 13.
    Anikina, Ekaterina
    et al.
    South Ural State Univ, Inst Nat Sci & Math, Chelyabinsk 454014, Russia.;Uppsala Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Mat Theory Div, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden..
    Hussain, Tanveer
    Univ Western Australia, Sch Mol Sci, Perth, WA 6009, Australia..
    Beskachko, Valery
    South Ural State Univ, Inst Nat Sci & Math, Chelyabinsk 454014, Russia..
    Bae, Hyeonhu
    Konkuk Univ, Dept Phys, Seoul 05029, South Korea..
    Lee, Hoonkyung
    Konkuk Univ, Dept Phys, Seoul 05029, South Korea..
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Properties. Uppsala Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Mat Theory Div, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden.;KTH Royal Inst Technol, Appl Mat Phys, Dept Mat & Engn, S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden..
    Tunning Hydrogen Storage Properties of Carbon Ene-Yne Nanosheets through Selected Foreign Metal Functionalization2020In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, ISSN 1932-7447, E-ISSN 1932-7455, Vol. 124, no 31, p. 16827-16837Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In this study, we have employed density functional theory with a range of van der Waals corrections to study geometries, electronic structures, and hydrogen (H-2) storage properties of carbon ene-yne (CEY) decorated with selected alkali (Na, K) and alkaline-earth metals (Mg, Ca). We found that all metals, except Mg, bind strongly by donating a major portion of their valence electrons to the CEY monolayers. Thermal stabilities of representative systems, Ca-decorated CEY monolayers, have been confirmed through ab initio molecular dynamics simulations (AIMD). We showed that each metal cation adsorbs multiple H-2 with binding energies (E-bind) considerably stronger than on pristine CEY. Among various metal dopants, Ca stands out with the adsorption of five H-2 per each Ca having E-bind values within the desirable range for effective adsorption/desorption process. The resulting gravimetric density for CEY@Ca has been found around 6.0 wt % (DFT-D3) and 8.0 wt % (LDA), surpassing the U.S. Department of Energy's 2025 goal of 5.5 wt %. The estimated H-2 desorption temperature in CEY@Ca exceeds substantially the boiling point of liquid nitrogen, which confirms its potential as a practical H-2 storage medium. We have also employed thermodynamic analysis to explore the H-2 adsorption/desorption mechanism at varied conditions of temperature and pressure for real-world applications.

  • 14. Anversa, Jonas
    et al.
    Chakraborty, Sudip
    Piquini, Paulo
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    High pressure driven superconducting critical temperature tuning in Sb2Se3 topological insulator2016In: Applied Physics Letters, ISSN 0003-6951, E-ISSN 1077-3118, Vol. 108, no 21, article id 212601Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In this letter, we are reporting the change of superconducting critical temperature in Sb2Se3 topological insulator under the influence of an external hydrostatic pressure based on first principles electronic structure calculations coupled with Migdal-Eliashberg model. Experimentally, it was shown previously that Sb2Se3 was undergoing through a transition to a superconducting phase when subjected to a compressive pressure. Our results show that the critical temperature increases up to 6.15K under the pressure unto 40GPa and, subsequently, drops down until 70 GPa. Throughout this pressure range, the system is preserving the initial Pnma symmetry without any structural transformation. Our results suggest that the possible relevant mechanism behind the superconductivity in Sb2Se3 is primarily the electron-phonon coupling.

  • 15. Arapan, S.
    et al.
    De Almeida, J. S.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering.
    Formation of sp(3) hybridized bonds and stability of CaCO3 at very high pressure2007In: Physical Review Letters, ISSN 0031-9007, E-ISSN 1079-7114, Vol. 98, no 26Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    By performing ab initio electronic structure calculations, we observed a new high-pressure phase transition within the Pmcn structure of CaCO3. This transition is characterized by the change of the carbon's sp hybridization state and is driven by the intrinsic property of the carbon atom to form tetrahedral covalent bonds at high pressure. The formation of sp(3) hybridized bonds explains the stability of MgCO3 and CaCO3 at Earth's lower mantle pressure conditions and may serve as a criterion for searching new possible high-pressure phases of carbon bearing minerals.

  • 16. Arapan, S.
    et al.
    Mao, H.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering.
    Prediction of incommensurate crystal structure in Ca at high pressure2008In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, ISSN 0027-8424, E-ISSN 1091-6490, Vol. 105, no 52, p. 20627-20630Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Ca shows an interesting high-pressure phase transformation sequence, but, despite similar physical properties at high pressure and affinity in the electronic structure with its neighbors in the periodic table, no complex phase has been identified for Ca so far. We predict an incommensurate high-pressure phase of Ca from first principle calculations and describe a procedure of estimating incommensurate structure parameters by means of electronic structure calculations for periodic crystals. Thus, by using the ab initio technique for periodic structures, one can get not only reliable information about the electronic structure and structural parameters of an incommensurate phase, but also identify and predict such phases in new elements.

  • 17. Arapan, Sergiu
    et al.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering.
    High-pressure phase transformations in carbonates2010In: Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, ISSN 1098-0121, E-ISSN 1550-235X, Vol. 82, no 18, p. 184115-Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    High-pressure phase transitions sequences in CaCO3, SrCO3, and BaCO3 are studied by first-principle electronic structure calculations. Each of the carbonates undergoes the aragonite to postaragonite phase transition with pressure in agreement with the experimental observation of Ono et al. However, the postaragonite to post-postaragonite phase transition, predicted by Oganov et al. and later observed in CaCO3, is unlikely to occur in SrCO3 and BaCO3. Hence, the concept that isostructural compounds will exhibit the same type of pressure-induced phase transitions has limitations. A change of the hybridization of the carbon atom from sp(2) to sp(3) within the Pmcn phase occurs in each of compounds, thus the carbonates are likely to transform at very high pressure to structures with tetrahedral CO4-4 carbonate group.

  • 18. Arapan, Sergiu
    et al.
    Skorodumova, Natalia V.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    Determination of the Structural Parameters of an Incommensurate Phase from First Principles: The Case of Sc-II2009In: Physical Review Letters, ISSN 0031-9007, E-ISSN 1079-7114, Vol. 102, no 8, p. 085701-Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    We propose a procedure to accurately describe the structural parameters of an incommensurate phase using ab initio methods by approximating it with a set of analogous commensurate supercells. We apply this approach to obtain the structural parameters of the Sc-II phase, which has recently been identified as a complex incommensurate structure similar to Sr-V. The calculated incommensurate ratio gamma, lattice parameters, and Wyckoff positions of Sc-II are in excellent agreement with the available experimental data. Our results show that gamma increases with pressure up to 60 GPa approaching but never reaching the commensurate value 4/3. Hence calculations do not confirm the prediction made based on the reanalyzing of experimental data. When pressure exceeds 70 GPa, gamma shows a sharp decrease that might be considered as the precursor of a new structural phase transition.

  • 19. Araujo, C. M.
    et al.
    Blomqvist, A.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering.
    Ti-induced destabilization of NaBH4 from first-principles theory2008In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, ISSN 0953-8984, E-ISSN 1361-648X, Vol. 20, no 12Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In this work, we have employed first-principles total energy calculations and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the Ti doping of NaBH4. We show that Ti destabilizes the BH4 cages, which in turn increases the mobility of hydrogen atoms. Such an effect is shown to be due to the formation of B-Ti bonds, rather than the lowering of the BH4 charge state as expected. These results indicate that Ti may catalyse the dehydrogenation process in NaBH4 as it does for NaAlH4.

  • 20. Araujo, C. M.
    et al.
    Blomqvist, A.
    Scheicher, R. H.
    Chen, P.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    Superionicity in the hydrogen storage material Li2NH: Molecular dynamics simulations2009In: Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, ISSN 1098-0121, E-ISSN 1550-235X, Vol. 79, no 17Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    We have employed ab initio molecular dynamics simulations in an attempt to study a temperature-induced order-disorder structural phase transformation that occurs in Li2NH at about 385 K. A structural phase transition was observed by us in the temperature range 300-400 K, in good agreement with experiment. This transition is associated with a melting of the cation sublattice (Li+), giving rise to a superionic phase, which in turn is accompanied by an order-disorder transition of the N-H bond orientation. The results obtained here can contribute to a better understanding of the hydrogen storage reactions involving Li2NH and furthermore broaden its possible technological applications toward batteries and fuel cells.

  • 21. Araujo, C. M.
    et al.
    Scheicher, R. H.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering.
    Thermodynamic analysis of hydrogen sorption reactions in Li-Mg-N-H systems2008In: Applied Physics Letters, ISSN 0003-6951, E-ISSN 1077-3118, Vol. 92, no 2Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    We report a comprehensive first-principles study of the thermodynamics of the hydrogen release reaction from xLiH-yMg(NH2)(2) mixtures involving the composition ratios (x=2, y=1), (x=8, y=3), and (x=12, y=3), with special emphasis on the effect of the different intermediate steps. For all three mixing ratios of LiH/Mg(NH2)(2) we find that the hydrogen release is initiated by the same reaction with an enthalpy of 46.1 kJ/mol of H-2 in excellent agreement with recent experimental results. Additionally, we also investigated the substitution of LiH by MgH2 as reaction partner of Mg(NH2)(2) in the fully hydrogenated state.

  • 22. Araujo, C. M.
    et al.
    Scheicher, R. H.
    Jena, P.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering.
    On the structural and energetic properties of the hydrogen absorber Li2Mg(NH)(2)2007In: Applied Physics Letters, ISSN 0003-6951, E-ISSN 1077-3118, Vol. 91, no 9Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The authors have performed density functional theory based calculations of several possible conformations for the crystal structure of Li2Mg(NH)(2) and they confirm the alpha phase, resolved from both x-ray and neutron diffraction data, as the ground-state configuration. It is also found that although the N-H bond is stronger in Li2Mg(NH)(2) than in Li2NH, hydrogen release from Li2Mg(NH)(2)/LiH mixture displays more favorable thermodynamics than that from the Li2NH/LiH mixture. The insights gained from this seemingly counterintuitive result should prove helpful in the search for promising hydrogen storage materials.(c) 2007 American Institute of Physics.

  • 23. Araujo, C. Moyses
    et al.
    Nagar, Sandeep
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering.
    Ramzan, Muhammad
    Shukla, R.
    Jayakumar, O. D.
    Tyagi, A. K.
    Liu, Yi-Sheng
    Chen, Jeng-Lung
    Glans, Per-Anders
    Chang, Chinglin
    Blomqvist, Andreas
    Lizarraga, Raquel
    Holmström, Erik
    Belova, Lyubov
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Engineering Material Physics.
    Guo, Jinghua
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    Rao, K. Venkat
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering.
    Disorder-induced Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in Glassy Chromites2014In: Scientific Reports, E-ISSN 2045-2322, Vol. 4, p. 4686-Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    We report an unusual robust ferromagnetic order above room temperature upon amorphization of perovskite [YCrO3] in pulsed laser deposited thin films. This is contrary to the usual expected formation of a spin glass magnetic state in the resulting disordered structure. To understand the underlying physics of this phenomenon, we combine advanced spectroscopic techniques and first-principles calculations. We find that the observed order-disorder transformation is accompanied by an insulator-metal transition arising from a wide distribution of Cr-O-Cr bond angles and the consequent metallization through free carriers. Similar results also found in YbCrO3-films suggest that the observed phenomenon is more general and should, in principle, apply to a wider range of oxide systems. The ability to tailor ferromagnetic order above room temperature in oxide materials opens up many possibilities for novel technological applications of this counter intuitive effect.

  • 24.
    Araujo, C. Moysés
    et al.
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Engineering Material Physics.
    Kapilashrami, Mukes
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Engineering Material Physics.
    Jun, Xu
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Engineering Material Physics.
    Jayakumar, Onattu D.
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Engineering Material Physics.
    Nagar, Sandeep
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Engineering Material Physics.
    Wu, Yan
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Engineering Material Physics.
    Århammar, Cecilia
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    Johansson, Börje
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    Belova, Lyubov
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Engineering Material Physics.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    Gehring, Gillian A.
    Rao, K. Venkat
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Engineering Material Physics.
    Room temperature ferromagnetism in pristine MgO thin films2010In: Applied Physics Letters, ISSN 0003-6951, E-ISSN 1077-3118, Vol. 96, no 23Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Robust ferromagnetic ordering at, and well above room temperature is observed in pure transparent MgO thin films (<170 nm thick) deposited by three different techniques. Careful study of the wide scan x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy rule out the possible presence of any magnetic contaminants. In the magnetron sputtered films, we observe magnetic phase transitions as a function of film thickness. The maximum saturation magnetization of 5.7 emu/cm(3) is measured on a 170 nm thick film. The films above 500 nm are found to be diamagnetic. Ab initio calculations suggest that the ferromagnetism is mediated by cation vacancies.

  • 25. Araujo, Rafael B.
    et al.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics. Uppsala universitet, Sweden.
    Evaluating bulk Nb2O2F3 for Li-battery electrode applications2016In: Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, ISSN 1463-9076, E-ISSN 1463-9084, Vol. 18, no 5, p. 3530-3535Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This investigation has the primary objective of elucidating the lithium intercalation process in the crystal structure of a new niobium oxyfluoride compound Nb2O2F3. The framework of the density functional theory was applied in a generalized gradient approximation together with the hybrid functional method. It is revealed that lithium atoms intercalate in this material in a maximum concentration of one Li atom per formula unit forming LiNb2O2F3. Moreover, octahedral positions in between the layers of Nb-O-F appear as the Li preferred occupancy resulting in a structural volume expansion of only 5%. Electronic structure evolution with the insertion of lithium displays a transformation from semi-conductor to metal when half of the lithium atoms are added. This transformation occurs due to a symmetry break induced by the transition from the + 8 to + 7 oxidation state of half of the Nb2 dimers. Then, after full lithiation the symmetry is recovered and the material becomes a semiconductor again with a band gap amounting to 1 eV. The evaluated average deintercalation potential reaches 1.29 V vs. Li/Li+ with activation energy for lithium ion migration of 0.79 eV. The computed low potential of the redox reaction Nb-2(8+) to Nb-2(7+) includes niobium oxyfluoride in the map of possible materials for the anode application of Li-ion batteries.

  • 26. Araujo, Rafael B.
    et al.
    Banerjee, Amitava
    Ahujati, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics. Uppsala University, Sweden.
    Divulging the Hidden Capacity and Sodiation Kinetics of NaxC6Cl4O2: A High Voltage Organic Cathode for Sodium Rechargeable Batteries2017In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, ISSN 1932-7447, E-ISSN 1932-7455, Vol. 121, no 26, p. 14027-14036Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In the current emerging sustainable organic battery field, quinones are seen as one of the prime candidates for application in rechargeable battery electrodes. Recently, C6Cl4O2, a modified quinone, has been proposed as a high voltage organic cathode. However, the sodium insertion mechanism behind the cell reaction remained unclear due to the nescience of the right crystal structure. Here, the framework of the density functional theory (DFT) together with an evolutionary algorithm was employed to elucidate the crystal structures of the compounds NaxC6Cl4O2 (x = 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2). Along with the usefulness of PBE functional to reflect the experimental potential, also the importance of the hybrid functional to divulge the hidden theoretical capacity is evaluated. We showed that the experimentally observed lower specific capacity is a result of the great stabilization of the intermediate phase Na1.5C6Cl4O2. The calculated activation barriers for the ionic hops, are 0.68, 0.40, and 0.31 eV, respectively, for NaC6Cl4O2, Na1.5C6Cl4O2, and Na2C6Cl4O2. These results indicate that the kinetic process must not be a limiting factor upon Na insertion. Finally, the correct prediction of the specific capacity has confirmed that the theoretical strategy used, employing evolutionary simulations together with the hybrid functional framework, can rightly model the thermodynamic process in organic electrode compounds.

  • 27. Araujo, Rafael B.
    et al.
    Banerjee, Amitava
    Panigrahi, Puspamitra
    Yang, Li
    Sjodin, Martin
    Stromme, Maria
    Araujo, C. Moyses
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics. Uppsala Univ, Sweden.
    Assessing the electrochemical properties of polypyridine and polythiophene for prospective applications in sustainable organic batteries2017In: Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, ISSN 1463-9076, E-ISSN 1463-9084, Vol. 19, no 4, p. 3307-3314Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Conducting polymers are being considered promising candidates for sustainable organic batteries mainly due to their fast electron transport properties and high recyclability. In this work, the key properties of polythiophene and polypyridine have been assessed through a combined theoretical and experimental study focusing on such applications. A theoretical protocol has been developed to calculate redox potentials in solution within the framework of the density functional theory and using continuous solvation models. Here, the evolution of the electrochemical properties of solvated oligomers as a function of the length of the chain is analyzed and then the polymer properties are estimated via linear regressions using ordinary least square. The predicted values were verified against our electrochemical experiments. This protocol can now be employed to screen a large database of compounds in order to identify organic electrodes with superior properties.

  • 28. Araujo, Rafael B.
    et al.
    Banerjee, Amitava
    Panigrahi, Puspamitra
    Yang, Li
    Stromme, Maria
    Sjodin, Martin
    Araujo, C. Moyses
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics. Uppsala University, Sweden.
    Designing strategies to tune reduction potential of organic molecules for sustainable high capacity battery application2017In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, ISSN 2050-7488, Vol. 5, no 9, p. 4430-4454Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Organic compounds evolve as a promising alternative to currently used inorganic materials in rechargeable batteries due to their low-cost, environmental friendliness and flexibility. One of the strategies to reach acceptable energy densities and to deal with the high solubility of known organic compounds is to combine small redox active molecules, acting as capacity carrying centres, with conducting polymers. Following this strategy, it is important to achieve redox matching between the chosen molecule and the polymer backbone. Here, a synergetic approach combining theory and experiment has been employed to investigate this strategy. The framework of the density functional theory connected with the reaction field method has been applied to predict the formal potential of 137 molecules and identify promising candidates for the referent application. The effects of including different ring types, e.g. fused rings or bonded rings, heteroatoms, and pi bonds, as well as carboxyl groups on the formal potential, have been rationalized. Finally, we have identified a number of molecules with acceptable theoretical capacities that show redox matching with thiophene-based conducting polymers which, hence, are suggested as pendent groups for the development of conducting redox polymer based electrode materials.

  • 29. Araujo, Rafael B.
    et al.
    Chakraborty, Sudip
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics. Uppsala University, Sweden .
    Unveiling the charge migration mechanism in Na2O2: implications for sodium-air batteries2015In: Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, ISSN 1463-9076, E-ISSN 1463-9084, Vol. 17, no 12, p. 8203-8209Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Metal-air batteries have become promising candidates for modern energy storage due to their high theoretical energy density in comparison to other storage devices. The lower overpotential of Na compared with Li makes Na-air batteries more efficient in terms of battery lifetime. Additionally, the abundance of Na over Li is another advantage for Na batteries compared to Li batteries. Na2O2 is one of the main products of sodium-air battery reactions. The efficiency of air cells is always related to the charge transport mechanisms in the formed product. To unveil these diffusion mechanisms in one of the main products of the cell reaction Na-O-2 we systematically investigate the mobility of charge carriers as well as the electronic structural properties of sodium peroxide. The framework of the density functional theory based on hybrid functional approach is used to study the mobility of charge carriers and intrinsic defects in Na2O2. Our calculations reveal that the formation of small electron and hole polarons is preferentially occurring over the delocalized state in the crystal structure of Na2O2. The migration of these small polarons displays activation energies of about 0.92 eV and 0.32 eV for the electron and hole polarons respectively, while the analysis of the charged sodium vacancy mobility reveals an activation energy of about 0.5 eV. These results suggest that the charge transport in sodium peroxide would mainly occur through the diffusion of hole polarons.

  • 30. Araujo, Rafael B.
    et al.
    Chakraborty, Sudip
    Barpanda, Prabeer
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics. Condensed Matter Theory Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Sweden.
    Na2M2(SO4)(3) (M = Fe, Mn, Co and Ni): towards high-voltage sodium battery applications2016In: Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, ISSN 1463-9076, E-ISSN 1463-9084, Vol. 18, no 14, p. 9658-9665Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Sodium-ion-based batteries have evolved as excellent alternatives to their lithium-ion-based counterparts due to the abundance, uniform geographical distribution and low price of Na resources. In the pursuit of sodium chemistry, recently the alluaudite framework Na2M2(SO4)(3) has been unveiled as a high-voltage sodium insertion system. In this context, the framework of density functional theory has been applied to systematically investigate the crystal structure evolution, density of states and charge transfer with sodium ions insertion, and the corresponding average redox potential, for Na2M2(SO4)(3) (M = Fe, Mn, Co and Ni). It is shown that full removal of sodium atoms from the Fe-based device is not a favorable process due to the 8% volume shrinkage. The imaginary frequencies obtained in the phonon dispersion also reflect this instability and the possible phase transition. This high volume change has not been observed in the cases of the Co- and Ni-based compounds. This is because the redox reaction assumes a different mechanism for each of the compounds investigated. For the polyanion with Fe, the removal of sodium ions induces a charge reorganization at the Fe centers. For the Mn case, the redox process induces a charge reorganization of the Mn centers with a small participation of the oxygen atoms. The Co and Ni compounds present a distinct trend with the redox reaction occurring with a strong participation of the oxygen sublattice, resulting in a very small volume change upon desodiation. Moreover, the average deintercalation potential for each of the compounds has been computed. The implications of our findings have been discussed both from the scientific perspective and in terms of technological aspects.

  • 31. Araujo, Rafael B.
    et al.
    Islam, M. S.
    Chakraborty, Sudip
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    Predicting electrochemical properties and ionic diffusion in Na2+2xMn2-x(SO4)(3): crafting a promising high voltage cathode material2016In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, ISSN 2050-7488, Vol. 4, no 2, p. 451-457Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Sodium ion batteries have emerged as a good alternative to lithium based systems due to their low cost of production. In this scenario, the search for higher voltage, sodium cathodes results in a new promising alluaudite structure Na2+2xMn2-x(SO4)(3). The structural, electronic and Na diffusion properties along with defects have been reported in this investigation within the framework of density functional theory. A band gap of 3.61 eV has been computed and the average deintercalation potential is determined to be 4.11 V vs. Na/Na+. A low concentration of anti-site defects is predicted due to their high formation energy. The biggest issue for the ionic diffusion in the Na2+2xMn2-x(SO4)(3) crystal structure is revealed to be the effect of Mn vacancies increasing the activation energy of Na+ ions that hop along the [001] equilibrium positions. This effect leads to activation energies of almost the same high values for the ionic hop through the [010] direction characterizing a 2D like ionic diffusion mechanism in this system.

  • 32.
    Araujo, Rafael B.
    et al.
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    Scheicher, R. H.
    De Almeida, J. S.
    Ferreira Da Silva, A.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    Lithium transport investigation in LixFeSiO4: A promising cathode material2013In: Solid State Communications, ISSN 0038-1098, E-ISSN 1879-2766, Vol. 173, p. 9-13Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In this paper we investigate lithium mobility in both Li 2FeSiO4 and its half-lithiated state LiFeSiO4 considering an orthorhombic crystal structure. We find that the calculated activation energy of Li+ ions hopping between adjacent equilibrium sites predicts two least hindered diffusion pathways in both materials. One of them is along the [100] direction characterizing an ionic diffusion in a straight line and the other follows a zig-zag way between the Fe-Si-O layers. We also show that diffusion of Li+ ions in the half-lithiated structure follows the same behavior as in the lithiated structure. As a whole, the activation energies for the investigated compounds present a greater value compared with the activation energies in currently used materials such as LiFePO4. The results were calculated in the framework of density functional theory in conjunction with the climbing image nudged elastic band method. The Hubbard term was added to the Kohn-Sham Hamiltonian to overcome the delocalization problem of d electrons. Furthermore, the diffusion coefficients were calculated for both structures considering temperatures ranging from 300 to 700 K.

  • 33.
    Araujo, Rafael B.
    et al.
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    Scheicher, Ralph H.
    de Almeida, J. S.
    Ferreira da Silva, A.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    First-principles investigation of Li ion diffusion in Li2FeSiO42013In: Solid State Ionics, ISSN 0167-2738, E-ISSN 1872-7689, Vol. 247, p. 8-14Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    We have studied the Li-ion migration and the electrochemical performance of Li2FeSiO4 in the monoclinic crystal structure with P2(1) symmetry and the related delithiated system LiFeSiO4. For this purpose, the framework of the density functional theory within the generalized gradient approximation in conjunction with the climbing image nudged elastic band method was used. Addition of the Hubbard term was also considered in the Kohn-Sham Hamiltonian to better model the d electrons of the metal ions in this material. The calculated activation energies for Li ion migration are found to decrease by around 20% with the Hubbard term inclusion in the chosen diffusion pathways of Li2FeSiO4. Regarding the delithiated structure, the activation energies were found to be sensitive to the Hubbard term addition, however no general behavior such as in the lithiated structure was found. Furthermore, the diffusion coefficients were calculated considering temperatures of 300 K, 500 K, and 700 K.

  • 34. Arslanov, Temirlan R.
    et al.
    Mollaev, Akhmedbek Yu.
    Kamilov, Ibragimkhan K.
    Arslanov, Rasul K.
    Kilanski, Lukasz
    Minikaev, Roman
    Reszka, Anna
    Lopez-Moreno, Sinhue
    Romero, Aldo H.
    Ramzan, Muhammad
    Panigrahi, Puspamitra
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    Trukhan, Vladimir M.
    Chatterji, Tapan
    Marenkin, Sergey F.
    Shoukavaya, Tatyana V.
    Pressure control of magnetic clusters in strongly inhomogeneous ferromagnetic chalcopyrites2015In: Scientific Reports, E-ISSN 2045-2322, Vol. 5, p. 7720-Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Room-temperature ferromagnetism in Mn-doped chalcopyrites is a desire aspect when applying those materials to spin electronics. However, dominance of high Curie-temperatures due to cluster formation or inhomogeneities limited their consideration. Here we report how an external perturbation such as applied hydrostatic pressure in CdGeP2:Mn induces a two serial magnetic transitions from ferromagnet to non-magnet state at room temperature. This effect is related to the unconventional properties of created MnP magnetic clusters within the host material. Such behavior is also discussed in connection with ab initio density functional calculations, where the structural properties of MnP indicate magnetic transitions as function of pressure as observed experimentally. Our results point out new ways to obtain controlled response of embedded magnetic clusters.

  • 35. B. Araujo, R.
    et al.
    S. De Almeida, J.
    Ferreira Da Silva, A.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics. Uppsala University, Sweden.
    Insights in the electronic structure and redox reaction energy in LiFePO4 battery material from an accurate Tran-Blaha modified Becke Johnson potential2015In: Journal of Applied Physics, ISSN 0021-8979, E-ISSN 1089-7550, Vol. 118, no 12, article id 125107Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The main goals of this paper are to investigate the accuracy of the Tran-Blaha modified Becke Johnson (TB-mBJ) potential to predict the electronic structure of lithium iron phosphate and the related redox reaction energy with the lithium deintercalation process. The computed electronic structures show that the TB-mBJ method is able to partially localize Fe-3d electrons in LiFePO<inf>4</inf> and FePO<inf>4</inf> which usually is a problem for the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) due to the self interaction error. The energy band gap is also improved by the TB-mBJ calculations in comparison with the GGA results. It turned out, however, that the redox reaction energy evaluated by the TB-mBJ technique is not in good agreement with the measured one. It is speculated that this disagreement in the computed redox energy and the experimental value is due to the lack of a formal expression to evaluate the exchange and correlation energy. Therefore, the TB-mBJ is an efficient method to improve the prediction of the electronic structures coming form the standard GGA functional in LiFePO<inf>4</inf> and FePO<inf>4</inf>. However, it does not appear to have the same efficiency for evaluating the redox reaction energies for the investigated system.

  • 36.
    Bandyopadhyay, Arka
    et al.
    Univ Calcutta, Dept Phys, 92 APC Rd, Kolkata 700009, India..
    Majumdar, Arnab
    Uppsala Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Box 516, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden..
    Chowdhury, Suman
    Skolkovo Innovat Ctr, Skolkovo Inst Sci & Technol, 3 Nobel St, Moscow 121205, Russia..
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Properties. Uppsala Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Box 516, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden.
    Jana, Debnarayan
    Univ Calcutta, Dept Phys, 92 APC Rd, Kolkata 700009, India..
    8-16-4 graphyne: Square-lattice two-dimensional nodal line semimetal with a nontrivial topological Zak index2021In: Physical Review B, ISSN 2469-9950, E-ISSN 2469-9969, Vol. 103, no 7, article id 075137Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    An unprecedented graphyne allotrope with square symmetry and nodal line semimetallic behavior has been proposed in the two-dimensional (2D) realm. The emergence of the Dirac loop around the high-symmetry points in the presence of both the inversion and time-reversal symmetries is a predominant feature of the electronic band structure of this system. Besides, the structural stability in terms of the dynamic, thermal, and mechanical properties has been critically established for the system. Following the exact analytical model based on the realspace renormalization group scheme and tight-binding approach, we have inferred that the family of 2D nodal line semimetals with square symmetry can be reduced to a universal four-level system in the low-energy limit. This renormalized lattice indeed explains the underlying mechanism responsible for the fascinating emergence of 2D square nodal line semimetals. Besides, the analytical form of the generic dispersion relation of these systems is well supported by our density-functional theory results. Finally, the nontrivial topological properties have been explored for the predicted system without breaking the inversion and time-reversal symmetry of the lattice. We have obtained that the edge states are protected by the nonvanishing topological index, i.e., Zak phase.

  • 37. Banerjee, A.
    et al.
    Araujo, R. B.
    Sjödin, M.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics. Uppsala University, Sweden.
    Identifying the tuning key of disproportionation redox reaction in terephthalate: A Li-based anode for sustainable organic batteries2018In: Nano Energy, ISSN 2211-2855, E-ISSN 2211-3282, Vol. 47, p. 301-308Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The ever-increasing consumption of energy storage devices has pushed the scientific community to realize strategies toward organic electrodes with superior properties. This is owed to advantages such as economic viability and eco-friendliness. In this context, the family of conjugated dicarboxylates has emerged as an interesting candidate for the application as negative electrodes in advanced Li-ion batteries due to the revealed thermal stability, rate capability, high capacity and high cyclability. This work aims to rationalize the effects of small molecular modifications on the electrochemical properties of the terephthalate anode by means of first principles calculations. The crystal structure prediction of the investigated host compounds dilithium terephthalate (Li2TP) and diethyl terephthalate (Et2Li0TP) together with their crystal modification upon battery cycling enable us to calculate the potential profile of these materials. Distinct underlying mechanisms of the redox reactions were obtained where Li2TP comes with a disproportionation reaction while Et2Li0TP displays sequential redox reactions. This effect proved to be strongly correlated to the Li coordination number evolution upon the Li insertion into the host structures. Finally, the calculations of sublimation enthalpy inferred that polymerization techniques could easily be employed in Et2Li0TP as compared to Li2TP. Similar results are observed with methyl, propyl, and vinyl capped groups. That could be a strategy to enhance the properties of this compound placing it into the gallery of the new anode materials for state of art Li-batteries.

  • 38. Banerjee, Amitava
    et al.
    Araujo, Rafael B.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics. Uppsala University, Sweden.
    Unveiling the thermodynamic and kinetic properties of NaxFe(SO4)(2) (x=0-2): toward a high-capacity and low-cost cathode material2016In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, ISSN 2050-7488, Vol. 4, no 46, p. 17960-17969Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The mineral eldfellite, NaFe(SO4)(2), was recently proposed as an inexpensive candidate for the next generation of cathode application in Na-based batteries. Employing the density functional theory framework, we have investigated the phase stability, electrochemical properties and ionic diffusion of this eldfellite cathode material. We showed that the crystal structure undergoes a volume shrinkage of approximate to 8% upon full removal of Na ions with no imaginary frequencies at the Gamma point of phonon dispersion. This evokes the stability of the host structure. According to this result, we proposed structural changes to get higher specific energy by inserting two Na ions per redox-active metal. Our calculations indicate NaV(SO4)(2) as the best candidate with the capability of reversibly inserting two Na ions per redox center and producing an excellent specific energy. The main bottleneck for the application of eldfellite as a cathode is the high activation energies for the Na+ ion hop, which can reach values even higher than 1 eV for the charged state. This effect produces a low ionic insertion rate.

  • 39. Banerjee, Amitava
    et al.
    Chakraborty, Sudip
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics. Uppsala University, Sweden.
    Bromination-induced stability enhancement with a multivalley optical response signature in guanidinium [C(NH2)(3)](+)-based hybrid perovskite solar cells2017In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, ISSN 2050-7488, Vol. 5, no 35, p. 18561-18568Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Guanidinium lead iodide (GAPbI(3)) has been synthesized experimentally, but stability remains an issue, which can be modulated by the insertion of bromine (Br) into the system. We have performed a systematic theoretical investigation to see how bromination can tune the stability of GAPbI(3). The optical properties were also determined, and we have found formation enthalpy-based stability in the perovskite systems, which are active in the visible and IR region even after bromine insertion and additionally more active in the IR range with the transition from GAPbI(3) to GAPbBr(3). The spin orbit coupling effect is considered throughout the band structure calculations. The ensemble of the primary and secondary gaps in the half and fully brominated hybrid perovskites leads to the phenomenon of a multipeak response in the optical spectra, which can be subsequently attributed as multivalley optical response behaviour. This multivalley optical behaviour enables the brominated guanidinium-based hybrid perovskites to exhibit broad light harvesting abilities, and this can be perceived as an idea for natural multi-junction solar cells.

  • 40.
    Banerjee, Amitava
    et al.
    Uppsala Univ, Mat Theory Div, Dept Phys & Astron, Condensed Matter Theory Grp, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden..
    Chakraborty, Sudip
    Uppsala Univ, Mat Theory Div, Dept Phys & Astron, Condensed Matter Theory Grp, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden.;Indian Inst Technol Indore, Discipline Phys, Indore 453552, Madhya Pradesh, India..
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    Rashba Triggered Electronic and Optical Properties Tuning in Mixed Cation-Mixed Halide Hybrid Perovskites2019In: ACS Applied Energy Materials, E-ISSN 2574-0962, Vol. 2, no 10, p. 6990-6997Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The inherent spin-orbit coupling (SOC) effect in non-centrosymmetric crystal structure has laid the foundation of Rashba splitting phenomena. This Rashba splitting directly governs the charge carrier recombination, which eventually controls the carrier lifetime and diffusion length and therefore the solar cell efficiency for such hybrid perovskite materials. In this work, we have performed a rigorous structural search prediction of the mixed cation-mixed halide hybrid perovskites FA(0.83)MA(0.17)Pb(I0.83Br0.17)(3) and FA(0.875)MA(0.125 )Pb(I0.875Br (0.125))(3), which are the two nearest neighbor structures of record efficiency (22.1%) holder FA(0.85)MA(0.15)Pb(I0.85Br0.15)(3) in the structural composition phase space. We have found the prediction routes for a structural search such as the mixed perovskite structure govern the Rashba splitting energy value, depending on whether it has been predicted from FPI (FAPbI(3)) or MPB (MAPbBr(3)) as parent structure, which are leading to the mixed phase FA(0.83)MA(0.17)Pb(I0.83Br0.17)(3) and FA(0.875)MA(0.125)Pb(I0.875Br0.125)(3) respectively. The strong dependency of the splitting energy on the structural phase evolution along with the stoichiometry and space group is also observed, where in the mixed phase, 0.045 difference in concentration could lead to a remarkable difference in the splitting energy, which is more pronounced in the valence band as compared to the conduction band. We have also determined the Goldschmidt tolerance factor to envisage structural stability of the newly predicted crystal structures based on the corresponding chemical route in the composition phase space.

  • 41.
    Banerjee, Amitava
    et al.
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering. Uppsala Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Mat Theory Div, Condensed Matter Theory Grp, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden.
    Chakraborty, Sudip
    Uppsala Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Mat Theory Div, Condensed Matter Theory Grp, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden.;Indian Inst Technol IIT Indore, Discipline Phys, Indore 453552, Madhya Pradesh, India..
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering. Condensed Matter Theory Group, Materials Theory Division, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box -516, Uppsala, 75120, Sweden.
    Reaction coordinate mapping of hydrogen evolution mechanism on Mg3N2 monolayer2020In: International journal of hydrogen energy, ISSN 0360-3199, E-ISSN 1879-3487, Vol. 45, no 43, p. 22848-22854Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In this work, we have envisaged the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) mechanism on Mg3N2 monolayer based on electronic structure calculations within the framework of density functional theory (DFT) formalism. The semiconducting nature of Mg3N2 monolayer motivates us to investigate the HER mechanism on this sheet. We have constructed the reaction coordinate associated with HER mechanism after determining the hydrogen adsorption energy on Mg3N2 monolayer, while investigating all possible adsorption sites. After obtaining the adsorption energy, we subsequently obtain the adsorption free energy while adding zero point energy difference (Delta ZPE) and entropic contribution (T Delta S). We have not only confined our investigations to a single hydrogen, but have thoroughly observed the adsorption phenomena for increasing number of hydrogen atoms on the surface. We have determined the projected density of states (DOS) in order to find the elemental contribution in the valence band and conduction band regime for all the considered cases. We have also compared the work function value among all the cases, which quantifies the amount of energy required for taking an electron out of the surface. The charge transfer mechanism is also being investigated in order to correlate with the HER mechanism with amount of charge transfer. This is the first attempt on this material to the best of our knowledge, where theoretical investigation has been done to mapping the reaction coordinate of HER mechanism with the associated charge transfer process and the work function values, not only for single hydrogen adsorption, but also for increasing number of adsorbed hydrogen.

  • 42.
    Banerjee, Amitava
    et al.
    Uppsala Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Mat Theory Div, Condensed Matter Theory Grp, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden..
    Chakraborty, Sudip
    Uppsala Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Mat Theory Div, Condensed Matter Theory Grp, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden..
    Jena, Naresh K.
    Uppsala Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Mat Theory Div, Condensed Matter Theory Grp, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden..
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    Scrupulous Probing of Bifunctional Catalytic Activity of Borophene Monolayer: Mapping Reaction Coordinate with Charge Transfer2018In: ACS Applied Energy Materials, E-ISSN 2574-0962, Vol. 1, no 8, p. 3571-3576Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    We have envisaged the hydrogen evolution and oxygen evolution reactions (HER and OER) on two-dimensional (2D) noble metal free borophene monolayer based on first-principles electronic structure calculations. We have investigated the effect of Ti functionalization on borophene monolayer from the perspective of HER and OER activities enhancement. We have probed the activities based on the reaction coordinate, which is conceptually related to the adsorption free energies of the intermediates of HER and OER, as well as from the vibrational frequency analysis with the corresponding charge transfer mechanism between the surface and the adsorbate. Tifunctionalized borophene has emerged as a promising material for HER and OER mechanisms. We believe that our probing method, based on reaction coordinate coupled with vibrational analysis that has been validated by the charge transfer mechanism, would certainly become as a robust prediction route for HER and OER mechanisms in coming days.

  • 43. Baroni, Mpma
    et al.
    Rosa, R. R.
    da Silva, A. F.
    Pepe, I.
    Roman, L. S.
    Ramos, F. M.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering.
    Persson, Clas
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    Veje, E.
    Modeling and gradient pattern analysis of irregular SFM structures of porous silicon2006In: Microelectronics Journal, ISSN 0026-2692, Vol. 37, no 4, p. 290-294Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Technological applications in opto-electronic devices have increased the interest in characterizing porous silicon structure patterns. Due to its physical properties, solutions from KPZ 2D are adopted to simulate the structure of porous material interface whose spatial characteristics are equivalent to those found in porous silicon samples. The analysis of the simulated and real scanning Force Microscopy (SFM) surfaces was done using the Gradient Pattern Analysis (GPA). We found that the KPZ 2D model presented asymmetry levels compatible with the irregular surfaces observed by means of SFM images of pi-Si.

  • 44.
    Belonoshko, Anatoly B.
    et al.
    KTH, Superseded Departments (pre-2005), Physics.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    Johansson, Börje
    KTH, Superseded Departments (pre-2005), Materials Science and Engineering.
    Molecular dynamics study of melting and fcc-bcc transitions in Xe2001In: Physical Review Letters, ISSN 0031-9007, E-ISSN 1079-7114, Vol. 8716, no 16, p. art. no.-165505Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    We have investigated the phase diagram of Xe over a wide pressure-temperature range by molecular dynamics. The calculated melting curve is in good agreement with earlier experimental data. At a pressure of around 25 GPa and a temperature of about 2700 K we find a triple fcc-bcc liquid point. The calculated fcc-bcc boundary is in nice agreement with the experimental points, which, however, were interpreted as melting. This finding suggests that the transition from close-packed to bcc structure might be more common at high pressure and high temperature than was previously anticipated.

  • 45.
    Belonoshko, Anatoly B.
    et al.
    KTH, Superseded Departments (pre-2005), Physics.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, Superseded Departments (pre-2005), Materials Science and Engineering.
    Johansson, Börje
    KTH, Superseded Departments (pre-2005), Materials Science and Engineering.
    Stability of the body-centred-cubic phase of iron in the Earth's inner core2003In: Nature, ISSN 0028-0836, E-ISSN 1476-4687, Vol. 424, no 6952, p. 1032-1034Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Iron is thought to be the main constituent of the Earth's core(1), and considerable efforts(2-14) have therefore been made to understand its properties at high pressure and temperature. While these efforts have expanded our knowledge of the iron phase diagram, there remain some significant inconsistencies, the most notable being the difference between the 'low' and 'high' melting curves(15). Here we report the results of molecular dynamics simulations of iron based on embedded atom models fitted to the results of two implementations of density functional theory. We tested two model approximations and found that both point to the stability of the body-centred-cubic (b.c.c.) iron phase at high temperature and pressure. Our calculated melting curve is in agreement with the 'high' melting curve, but our calculated phase boundary between the hexagonal close packed (h. c. p.) and b.c.c. iron phases is in good agreement with the 'low' melting curve. We suggest that the h.c.p.-b.c.c. transition was previously misinterpreted as a melting transition, similar to the case of xenon(16-18), and that the b.c.c. phase of iron is the stable phase in the Earth's inner core.

  • 46.
    Belonoshko, Anatoly B.
    et al.
    KTH, Superseded Departments (pre-2005), Physics.
    Gutierrez, G.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    Johansson, Börje
    KTH, Superseded Departments (pre-2005), Materials Science and Engineering.
    Molecular dynamics simulation of the structure of yttria Y2O3 phases using pairwise interactions2001In: Physical Review B Condensed Matter, ISSN 0163-1829, E-ISSN 1095-3795, Vol. 6418, no 18Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    We have studied the structure of yttria (Y2O3) by means of ab initio and molecular dynamics methods. The suggested simple model for the interatomic interaction is shown to produce reasonable results at moderate pressures for a wide range of temperatures. The calculated x-ray structure factor is in good agreement with experimental data obtained by the x-ray levitation technique at the temperature of 2526 K. The quality of the agreement decreases with increasing temperature. We demonstrate that it is not necessary to assume nonstoichiometry of liquid yttria, as was done in a recent publication, to obtain agreement with experiment. The structure of liquid yttria can be considered as a mixture of 4- and 6-coordinated Y atoms. We also show the possibility of a light amorphous yttria phase, which possibly can be obtained by quenching from a vapor instead of conventional amorphous yttria quenched from a liquid.

  • 47.
    Belonoshko, Anatoly B.
    et al.
    KTH, Superseded Departments (pre-2005), Physics.
    LeBacq, O.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    Johansson, Börje
    KTH, Superseded Departments (pre-2005), Materials Science and Engineering.
    Molecular dynamics study of phase transitions in Xe2002In: Journal of Chemical Physics, ISSN 0021-9606, E-ISSN 1089-7690, Vol. 117, no 15, p. 7233-7244Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    A full account is given of our recent theoretical discovery [A. B. Belonoshko, R. Ahuja, and B. Johansson, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 165505 (2001)] of the fcc-bcc transition in Xe at high pressure and temperature. The interaction model and method for calculating phase boundaries are exhaustively tested by independent methods. The model was carefully checked against experimental data and results of ab initio molecular dynamics and it was found to perform very well. The two-phase method employed for finding the melting transition was compared with the robust thermodynamic approach and was found to provide data in exact agreement with the latter. The deviation of the calculated melting curve from the experimental one is quite tolerable at low pressures. After a reinterpretation of the experimental data, our results are also in good agreement with recent diamond anvil cell experiments. At a pressure of around 25 GPa and a temperature of about 2700 K, we find a triple fcc-bcc-liquid point. The fcc-bcc boundary is calculated without reference to the experimental data, in contrast to our previous work, and found to be in nice agreement with previous calculations as well as with the experimental data points, which, however, were interpreted as melting. Our finding concerning the fcc-bcc transition is confirmed by the direct molecular dynamics simulation of the fcc, bcc, and liquid phases in the same computational cell. In this simulation, it was observed that while the fcc phase melts, the bcc structure solidifies. Since Xe is a typical rare-gas solid, the fcc-bcc transition can now be expected for a number of other van der Waals systems, first of all in Ar and Kr. Our finding suggests, that the transition from close packed to bcc structure might be more common at high pressure and high temperature than was previously anticipated. The performed thorough test of methods and models in this study leads us to suggest that the original interpretation of experimental results is erroneous.

  • 48.
    Belonoshko, Anatoly B.
    et al.
    KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Theoretical Physics, Condensed Matter Theory.
    Ramzan, Muhammad
    Mao, Ho-kwang
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    Atomic Diffusion in Solid Molecular Hydrogen2013In: Scientific Reports, E-ISSN 2045-2322, Vol. 3, p. 2340-Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    We performed ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of the C2c and Cmca-12 phases of hydrogen at pressures from 210 to 350 GPa. These phases were predicted to be stable at 0 K and pressures above 200 GPa. However, systematic studies of temperature impact on properties of these phases have not been performed so far. Filling this gap, we observed that on temperature increase diffusion sets in the Cmca-12 phase, being absent in C2c. We explored the mechanism of diffusion and computed melting curve of hydrogen at extreme pressures. The results suggest that the recent experiments claiming conductive hydrogen at the pressure around 260 GPa and ambient temperature might be explained by the diffusion. The diffusion might also be the reason for the difference in Raman spectra obtained in recent experiments.

  • 49.
    Belonoshko, Anatoly B.
    et al.
    KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Theoretical Physics, Condensed Matter Theory.
    Skorodumova, N. V.
    Rosengren, Anders
    KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Theoretical Physics, Condensed Matter Theory.
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering.
    Johansson, Börje
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics.
    Burakovsky, L.
    Preston, D. L.
    High-pressure melting of MgSiO32005In: Physical Review Letters, ISSN 0031-9007, E-ISSN 1079-7114, Vol. 94, no 19Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The melting curve of MgSiO3 perovskite has been determined by means of ab initio molecular dynamics complemented by effective pair potentials, and a new phenomenological model of melting. Using first principles ground state calculations, we find that the MgSiO3 perovskite phase transforms into post perovskite at pressures above 100 GPa, in agreement with recent theoretical and experimental studies. We find that the melting curve of MgSiO3, being very steep at pressures below 60 GPa, rapidly flattens on increasing pressure. The experimental controversy on the melting of the MgSiO3 perovskite at high pressures is resolved, confirming the data by Zerr and Boehler.

  • 50. Benson, D.
    et al.
    Li, Y.
    Luo, Wei
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics. Condensed Matter Theory Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden .
    Ahuja, Rajeev
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Material Physics. Condensed Matter Theory Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden .
    Svensson, G.
    Häussermann, U.
    Lithium and calcium carbides with polymeric carbon structures2013In: Inorganic Chemistry, ISSN 0020-1669, E-ISSN 1520-510X, Vol. 52, no 11, p. 6402-6406Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    We studied the binary carbide systems Li2C2 and CaC2 at high pressure using an evolutionary and ab initio random structure search methodology for crystal structure prediction. At ambient pressure Li2C2 and CaC2 represent salt-like acetylides consisting of C2 2- dumbbell anions. The systems develop into semimetals (P3Ì...m1-Li2C2) and metals (Cmcm-Li2C2, Cmcm-CaC2, and Immm-CaC2) with polymeric anions (chains, layers, strands) at moderate pressures (below 20 GPa). Cmcm-CaC2 is energetically closely competing with the ground state structure. Polyanionic forms of carbon stabilized by electrostatic interactions with surrounding cations add a new feature to carbon chemistry. Semimetallic P3Ì...m1-Li2C 2 displays an electronic structure close to that of graphene. The π* band, however, is hybridized with Li-sp states and changed into a bonding valence band. Metallic forms are predicted to be superconductors. Calculated critical temperatures may exceed 10 K for equilibrium volume structures.

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