The Effect of Lithium Absorption and Edge Modification in the Electronic Transport of Zigzag Graphene

The development of an efficient lithium ion battery, with high-power and high-energy, depends on a sophisticated designing and optimization of new materials for some essential components of the battery such as; the anode, the cathode, and the electrolyte. Since the commercialization of the first rechargeable lithium ion battery by Sony Energytec Inc. in 1990, carbonaceous materials has continued to be the lifeblood of negative electrodes for lithium ion batteries (1). Graphene, which is a single layer of graphite synthesized by mechanical exfoliation of graphite (2), have been exploited for possible energy storage and microelectronic(3, 4). Some of the extraordinary properties of graphene arises due to its dimensionality and unique electronic band structure. Similarly, graphen