2 papers
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026
Atomistic Mechanisms of Hard Carbon Formation from Polyvinylidene Chloride
Litong Wu, Zitong Wu, Zakariya El-Machachi +1
Hard carbons are a class of disordered materials with widespread application in energy storage. Despite decades of research, their atomistic formation mechanisms have remained elus…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025
The Zintl-Klemm Concept in the Amorphous State: A Case Study of Na-P Battery Anodes
Litong Wu, Volker L. Deringer
The Zintl-Klemm concept has long been used to explain and predict the bonding, and thereby the structures, of crystalline solid-state materials. We apply this concept to the amorph…