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Recent Research Trend in Electrodes of Lithium Ion Battery based on Computational Materials Science Approaches

전산재료과학 기반 리튬이온전지 전극 소재의 연구동향

  • Kang, Haisu (Department of Organic Material Science and Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Lee, Seung Geol (Department of Organic Material Science and Engineering, Pusan National University)
  • 강혜수 (부산대학교 유기소재시스템공학과) ;
  • 이승걸 (부산대학교 유기소재시스템공학과)
  • Published : 2020.02.28

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Abstract

계속적인 충·방전이 가능하여 반영구적으로 사용이 가능한 2차 전지는 친환경 소재로 주목받고 있으며, 노트북 컴퓨터와 휴대전화, 캠코더 등 소형 전자기기뿐만 아니라 전기자동차의 핵심소재이다. 전기자동차 시장의 성장과 더불어 중대형 에너지 저장용 2차 전지 시장의 규모는 더욱 확대되고 있어 관련된 소재의 개발 경쟁과 관심이 날이 갈수록 뜨거워지고 있다. 따라서 소재개발 측면에서 2차 전지 핵심 소재의 물성 발현의 원리 등을 이해하고 최적 소재 설계를 위해서는 원자 레벨에서의 소재 설계 접근법이 필요하다. 따라서 실험적인 연구가 어려운 부분과 원자단위에서의 물질 현상에 대한 이해 그리고 연구 개발의 효율성 증진을 위해서 전산재료과학(computational materials science) 기술이 광범위하게 활용될 수 있다. 본 기고문에서는 리튬이온전지에서의 전극 소재에 대한 전산재료모사의 활용과 연구동향에 대하여 소개하고자 한다.

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Acknowledgement

이 논문은 정부(과학기술정보통신부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단(글로벌프론티어사업, 하이브리드 인터페이스기반 미래소재연구단)의 지원을 받아 작성되었음(No. 2013M3A6B1078882). 이 논문은 2019년도 BB21+ 사업에 의하여 지원되어 작성되었음.

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