First-principles prediction of redox potentials in transition-metal compounds with LDA+U

F. Zhou, M. Cococcioni, C. A. Marianetti, D. Morgan, and G. Ceder
Phys. Rev. B 70, 235121 – Published 20 December 2004

Abstract

First-principles calculations within the local density approximation (LDA) or generalized gradient approximation (GGA), though very successful, are known to underestimate redox potentials, such as those at which lithium intercalates in transition metal compounds. We argue that this inaccuracy is related to the lack of cancellation of electron self-interaction errors in LDA/GGA and can be improved by using the DFT+U method with a self-consistent evaluation of the U parameter. We show that, using this approach, the experimental lithium intercalation voltages of a number of transition metal compounds, including the olivine LixMPO4 (M=Mn, Fe Co, Ni), layered LixMO2 (x=Co, Ni) and spinel-like LixM2O4 (M=Mn, Co), can be reproduced accurately.

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  • Received 11 April 2004

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.70.235121

©2004 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

F. Zhou

  • Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA

M. Cococcioni, C. A. Marianetti, D. Morgan, and G. Ceder

  • Department of Material Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA

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Vol. 70, Iss. 23 — 15 December 2004

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