Structuring of Bulk Silicon Particles for Lithium-Ion Battery Applications

Structured Silicon Anodes for Lithium Battery Applications

Pillar arrays fabricated on silicon substrates have been tested as potential anodes for lithium batteries. Electrodes of array characteristics, diameter 580 6 150 nm; fractional surface coverage 0.34; height 810 nm are reported here. Cyclic voltammetry ~CV! and cyclic galvanostatic tests of alloying/dealloying of electrochemically produced lithium with silicon were carried out, and results corr...

Surface engineering of sponge-like silicon particles for high-performance lithium-ion battery anodes.

Surface engineering of sponge-like Si particles is necessary to alleviate the large volume expansion of Si during the lithiation-delithiation process and to mitigate the unwanted interfacial reactions upon cycling. The sponge-like Si structuring and introduction of double layers consisting of carbon and polyimide enabled us to make high performance Si anode materials exhibiting a high specific ...

Silicon/Disordered Carbon Nanocomposites for Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes

Solution-grown silicon nanowires for lithium-ion battery anodes.

Composite electrodes composed of silicon nanowires synthesized using the supercritical fluid-liquid-solid (SFLS) method mixed with amorphous carbon or carbon nanotubes were evaluated as Li-ion battery anodes. Carbon coating of the silicon nanowires using the pyrolysis of sugar was found to be crucial for making good electronic contact to the material. Using multiwalled carbon nanotubes as the c...

Silicon Based Composite Anode for Lithium Ion Battery