All-<i>t</i><sub>2g</sub> Electronic Orbital Reconstruction of Monoclinic MoO<sub>2</sub> Battery Material

Motivated by experiments, we undertake an investigation of electronic structure reconstruction and its link to electrodynamic responses of monoclinic MoO<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mn>2</mn></msub&...

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Main Authors: Luis Craco, Stefano Leoni
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
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description Motivated by experiments, we undertake an investigation of electronic structure reconstruction and its link to electrodynamic responses of monoclinic MoO<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mn>2</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>. Using a combination of LDA band structure with DMFT for the subspace defined by the physically most relevant Mo <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>4</mn><mi>d</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>-bands, we unearth the importance of multi-orbital electron interactions to MoO<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mn>2</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> parent compound. Supported by a microscopic description of quantum capacity we identify the implications of many-particle orbital reconstruction to understanding and evaluating voltage-capacity profiles intrinsic to MoO<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mn>2</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> battery material. Therein, we underline the importance of the dielectric function and optical conductivity in the characterisation of existing and candidate battery materials.
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spelling doaj.art-442ff7860b4e4167846f6b2248be02522023-11-20T10:34:55ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172020-08-011017573010.3390/app10175730All-<i>t</i><sub>2g</sub> Electronic Orbital Reconstruction of Monoclinic MoO<sub>2</sub> Battery MaterialLuis Craco0Stefano Leoni1Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá 78060-900, MT, BrazilSchool of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UKMotivated by experiments, we undertake an investigation of electronic structure reconstruction and its link to electrodynamic responses of monoclinic MoO<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mn>2</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>. Using a combination of LDA band structure with DMFT for the subspace defined by the physically most relevant Mo <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>4</mn><mi>d</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>-bands, we unearth the importance of multi-orbital electron interactions to MoO<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mn>2</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> parent compound. Supported by a microscopic description of quantum capacity we identify the implications of many-particle orbital reconstruction to understanding and evaluating voltage-capacity profiles intrinsic to MoO<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mn>2</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> battery material. Therein, we underline the importance of the dielectric function and optical conductivity in the characterisation of existing and candidate battery materials.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/17/5730correlated materialsbattery materialsDMFT
spellingShingle Luis Craco
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All-<i>t</i><sub>2g</sub> Electronic Orbital Reconstruction of Monoclinic MoO<sub>2</sub> Battery Material
Applied Sciences
correlated materials
battery materials
DMFT
title All-<i>t</i><sub>2g</sub> Electronic Orbital Reconstruction of Monoclinic MoO<sub>2</sub> Battery Material
title_full All-<i>t</i><sub>2g</sub> Electronic Orbital Reconstruction of Monoclinic MoO<sub>2</sub> Battery Material
title_fullStr All-<i>t</i><sub>2g</sub> Electronic Orbital Reconstruction of Monoclinic MoO<sub>2</sub> Battery Material
title_full_unstemmed All-<i>t</i><sub>2g</sub> Electronic Orbital Reconstruction of Monoclinic MoO<sub>2</sub> Battery Material
title_short All-<i>t</i><sub>2g</sub> Electronic Orbital Reconstruction of Monoclinic MoO<sub>2</sub> Battery Material
title_sort all i t i sub 2g sub electronic orbital reconstruction of monoclinic moo sub 2 sub battery material
topic correlated materials
battery materials
DMFT
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/17/5730
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