Table 4. Calculated Diffusion Path Distances, d, and Energy Barriers for Tritium Hops between Different Interstitial Sites in a Li2TiO3 Crystal for Different Classes of Independent Local Minimum Energy Paths as Defined by Shi et al.9.
|
d (Å) |
barrier
(eV) |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| diffusion class | pathway | present work | Shi et al.9 | present work | Shi et al.9 |
| C1 [Li6–Li6] | 1 ↔ 1 | 1.77 | 1.68 | 0.49 | 0.33 |
| 2 ↔ 2 | 1.77 | 1.69 | 0.51 | 0.33 | |
| 3 ↔ 3 | 1.98 | 2.04 | 0.73 | 0.55 | |
| 1 → 2 (1 ← 2) | 1.68 | 1.58 | 0.46 (0.45) | 0.29 (0.29) | |
| 2 → 3 (2 ← 3) | 1.82 | 1.73 | 0.60 (0.45) | 0.47 (0.30) | |
| 1 → 3 (1 ← 3) | 1.86 | 1.80 | 0.62 (0.46) | 0.48 (0.31) | |
| C2 [Li6–O6] | 1 → 4 (1 ← 4) | 1.08 | 1.15 | 0.09 (0.01) | 0.10 (0.00) |
| 2 → 5 (2 ← 5) | 1.08 | 1.15 | 0.08 (0.02) | 0.09 (0.00) | |
| 3 → 6 (3 ← 6) | 1.31 | 1.41 | 0.11 (0.16) | 0.11 (0.11) | |
| C3 [O6–Li2Ti4–O6] | 6 ↔ 6 | 2.81 | 2.77 | 1.07 | 0.97 |
| 5 ↔ 5 | 3.11 | 3.08 | 1.05 | 1.00 | |
| 4 → 5 (4 ← 5) | 3.15 | 3.12 | 0.98 (0.98) | 0.91 (0.92) | |
| 4 → 6 (4 ← 6) | 2.99 | 2.96 | 1.00 (0.96) | 0.93 (0.86) | |