In this letter, we study the stability of the domain model for lithium
intercalated graphite in stages III and II by means of Density Functional
Theory and Kinetic Lattice Monte Carlo simulations. We find that the domain
model is either thermodynamically or kinetically stable when compared to the
standard model in stages III and II. The existence of domains in the
intercalation sequence is well supported by recent high resolution transmission
electron microscope observations in lithiated graphite. Moreover, we predict
that such domain staging sequences leads to a wide range of diffusivity as
reported in experiments
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