1. Hierarchical porous silicon structures with extraordinary mechanical strength as high-performance lithium-ion battery anodes
- Author
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Haiping Jia, Junhua Song, Rajankumar L. Patel, Xiaolin Li, Kevin M. Rosso, Langli Luo, Chongmin Wang, Yang He, Ran Yi, Xingcheng Xiao, Binsong Li, Ji-Guang Zhang, Shenyang Y. Hu, Yun Cai, and Xin Zhang
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Battery (electricity) ,Materials science ,Silicon ,Science ,Composite number ,General Physics and Astronomy ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Nanotechnology ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Article ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Lithium-ion battery ,Batteries ,Electrochemistry ,Porosity ,lcsh:Science ,Multidisciplinary ,General Chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,0104 chemical sciences ,Anode ,Chemistry ,chemistry ,Electrode ,Particle ,lcsh:Q ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
Porous structured silicon has been regarded as a promising candidate to overcome pulverization of silicon-based anodes. However, poor mechanical strength of these porous particles has limited their volumetric energy density towards practical applications. Here we design and synthesize hierarchical carbon-nanotube@silicon@carbon microspheres with both high porosity and extraordinary mechanical strength (>200 MPa) and a low apparent particle expansion of ~40% upon full lithiation. The composite electrodes of carbon-nanotube@silicon@carbon-graphite with a practical loading (3 mAh cm−2) deliver ~750 mAh g−1 specific capacity, 92% capacity retention over 500 cycles. This work is a leap in silicon anode development and provides insights into the design of electrode materials for other batteries., The authors here construct hierarchical porous CNT@Si@C microspheres as anodes for Li-ion batteries, enabling both high electrochemical performance and excellent mechanical strength. The work highlights the importance of mechanical properties in developing battery materials for practical applications.
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- 2020