Scalable synthesis of silicon nanoplate-decorated graphite for advanced lithium-ion battery anodes
Haimei Li, Xianglong Li, Denghui Wang, Siyuan Zhang, Wenqiang Xu, Li‐Na Zhu, Linjie Zhi
Abstract
A silicon nanoplate-decorated graphite design is developed for lithium battery anodes via a simple ball milling process. The resultant silicon-graphite electrodes show high cycling stability with high capacity, superior rate capability, and excellent electrode stability when compared to their counterparts, attributable to two-dimensional silicon and its area-to-area contact with graphite.
Topics & Concepts
AnodeMaterials scienceGraphiteSiliconLithium-ion batteryBattery (electricity)Nanowire batteryLithium (medication)NanotechnologyLithium batteryIonChemical engineeringComposite materialOptoelectronicsElectrodeChemistryEngineeringOrganic chemistryPhysical chemistryMedicineIonic bondingPhysicsQuantum mechanicsEndocrinologyPower (physics)Advancements in Battery MaterialsAdvanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesExtraction and Separation Processes