Investigations of Doping and Dissolution in Lithium Transition Metal Oxides Using Density Functional Theory Methods

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (04) ◽  
pp. 525-532
Author(s):  
ZI-RONG TANG

The viability of facile oxidation and cycloaddition of fullerene C 60 with ruthenium tetraoxide ( RuO 4) has been confirmed by means of density functional theory calculations. Owing to the powerful capability of RuO 4 as an oxidant, the addition process has been found to occur readily in the absence of organic base as a catalyst, which is in remarkable contrast to the base-catalyzed osmylation of C 60 with osmium tetraoxide ( OsO 4). Significantly, we have found that boron can be employed as an effective promoter for enhancing the cycloaddition and complexation of transition metal oxides, e.g. RuO 4 and OsO 4, with C 60, in which the base is not needed at all. Our results suggest that boron doping into the lattice of fullerenes and carbon nanotubes would provide a well-defined approach for anchoring transition metal oxides.


2021 ◽  
Vol 197 ◽  
pp. 110613
Author(s):  
Ijeoma Cynthia Onyia ◽  
Stella Ogochukwu Ezeonu ◽  
Dmitri Bessarabov ◽  
Kingsley Onyebuchi Obodo

RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 3174-3182
Author(s):  
Siwei Yang ◽  
Chaoyu Zhao ◽  
Ruxin Qu ◽  
Yaxuan Cheng ◽  
Huiling Liu ◽  
...  

In this study, a novel type oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalyst is explored using density functional theory (DFT); the catalyst consists of transition metal M and heteroatom N4 co-doped in vacancy fullerene (M–N4–C64, M = Fe, Co, and Ni).


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