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Elucidating the Limit of Li Insertion into the Spinel Li4Ti5O12
In this work, we show that the well-known lithium-ion anode material, Li4Ti5O12, exhibits exceptionally high initial capacity of 310 mAh g-1 when it is discharged to 0.01 V. It maintains a reversible capacity of 230 mAh g-1, far exceeding the "theoretical" capacity of 175 mAh g-1 when this anode is lithiated to the composition Li7Ti5O12. Neutron diffraction analyses identify that additional Li reversibly enters into the Li7Ti5O12 to form Li8Ti5O12. density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal the average potentials of the Li4Ti5O12 to Li7Ti5O12 step and the Li7Ti5O12 to Li8Ti5O12 step are 1.57 and 0.19 V, respectively, which are in excellent agreement with experimental results. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) studies confirm that the irreversible capacity of Li4Ti5O12 during its first cycle originates from the formation of a solid electrolyte interface (SEI) layer. This work clarifies the fundamental lithiation mechanism of the Li4Ti5O12, when lithiated to 0.01 V vs Li
Quadra-Spectrum and Quint-Spectrum from Inflation and Curvaton Models
We calculate the quadra-spectrum and quint-spectrum, corresponding to five
and six point correlation functions of the curvature perturbation. For single
field inflation with standard kinetic term, the quadra-spectrum and
quint-spectrum are small, which are suppressed by slow roll parameters. The
calculation can be generalized to multiple fields. When there is no entropy
perturbation, the quadra-spectrum and quint-spectrum are suppressed as well.
With the presence of entropy perturbation, the quadra-spectrum and
quint-spectrum can get boosted. We illustrate this boost in the multi-brid
inflation model. For the curvaton scenario, the quadra-spectrum and
quint-spectrum are also large in the small r limit. We also calculate
representative terms of quadra-spectrum and quint-spectrum for inflation with
generalized kinetic terms, and estimate their order of magnitude for
quasi-single field inflation.Comment: 16 pages; v2: references added
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