Band structures and densities of states on LiMn2O4 has been investigated by first-principles calculations with ultra-soft pseudo-potentials plane-wave method based on the density functional theory and the total energy of primitive cell of LiMn2O4 was calculated.The calculational results indicated that the cathode material for lithium-ion battery is a direct-gap semiconductor
which is a good conductor for Li ions.In LiMn2O4 crystal
O-2p orbits and Mn-3d orbits are strongly overlapped so the interaction of Mn...