Silicon-based materials are considered the most promising next-generation anode materials for lithium-ion batteries due to their high theoretical specific capacity, rich reserves, and advantages of low discharge potential. However, the significant vo...
Silicon is a desirable anode material for Li-ion batteries owing to its remarkable theoretical specific capacity of over 4000 mAh/g. Nevertheless, the poor cycling performance of pure Si electrodes caused by dramatic volume expansion has limited its...
In recent years, silicon-based anodes have become a model of commercial success among various high-capacity electrode materials. They also offer a promising substitute for the lithium metal anode (LMA) in lithium–air batteries (LABs), which hav...
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) power devices from portable electronics to electric vehicles and grid storage, yet their reliable operation requires real-time monitoring of battery state, particularly at the anode where complex reactions and structural...
The capacity fading and thermal safety issues caused by the volume effect of Si-based anodes and unstable solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) films during long-term cycling limit its large-scale application. In this study, silane polymer compound (2-c...
Silicon-based anode materials are considered one of the highly promising anode materials due to their high theoretical energy density; however, problems such as volume effects and solid electrolyte interface film (SEI) instability limit the practical...
Silicon-based anodes are promising to replace graphite-based anodes for high-capacity lithium-ion batteries (LIB). However, the charge–discharge cycling suffers from internal stresses created by large volume changes of silicon, which form silic...
Silicon anode is considered as one of the candidates for graphite replacement due to its highest known theoretical capacity and abundant reserve on earth. However, poor cycling stability resulted from the “volume effect” in the continuous charge-disc...
Ubiquitous mobile electronic devices and rapidly increasing electric vehicles demand a better lithium ion battery (LIB) with a more durable and higher specific charge storage capacity than traditional graphite-based ones. Silicon is among the most pr...
In most commercial lithium-ion batteries, graphite remains the primary anode material. However, its theoretical specific capacity is only 372 mAh∙g−1, which falls short of meeting the demands of high-performance electronic devices. Silico...
In this work, we propose a facile method for manufacturing a three-dimensional copper foil-powder sintering current collector (CFSCC) for a silicon-based anode lithium-ion battery. We found that the CFSCC is suitable as a silicon-based paste electrod...
Maintaining the physical integrity of a silicon-based anode, which suffers from damage caused by severe volume changes during cycling, is a top priority in its practical applications. The performance of silicon-flake-based anodes has been significant...
The further deployment of silicon-based anode materials is hindered by their poor rate and cycling abilities due to the inferior electrical conductivity and large volumetric changes. Herein, we report a silicon/carbon nanotube (Si/CNT) composite made...
The molecular structure and mechanical resilience of the binder are crucial for mitigating volume expansion, maintaining electrode structural integrity, and enhancing the cycling stability of silicon-based anode materials in lithium-ion batteries. In...
Silicon possesses a 10-fold specific capacity compared to commonly used carbon-based anodes. The volume instability, among other impediments for practical use of silicon anodes, leads to the rapid decay of the capacity because of poor cyclability. Ur...
Silicon anodes, which exhibit high theoretical capacity and very low operating potential, are promising as anode candidates that can satisfy the conditions currently required for secondary batteries. However, the low conductivity of silicon and the a...
While silicon anodes hold promise for use in lithium-ion batteries owing to their very high theoretical storage capacity and relatively low discharge potential, they possess a major problem related to their large volume expansion that occurs with bat...
Transitioning to more ambitious electrode formulations facilitates developing high-energy density cells, potentially fulfilling the demands of electric car manufacturers. In this context, the partial replacement of the prevailing anode active materia...
Silicon-based anode materials are used to improve the performance of next-generation high-energy-density lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, the inherent limitations and cost of these materials are hindering their mass production. Commercial graph...
The growing demand for efficient and sustainable energy storage systems has intensified research on advanced materials for lithium–ion batteries (LIBs). Gel-based synthesis routes—particularly polymeric and chelating gel techniques—...
We coated graphitic nanocarbons by thermal chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on silicon flakes recycled from the waste of silicon wafer manufacturing processes as an active material for the anode of lithium ion battery (LIB). Ferrocene contains both ir...
Cycling stability is a key challenge for application of silicon (Si)-based composite anodes as the severe volume fluctuation of Si readily leads to fast capacity fading. The binder is a crucial component of the composite electrodes. Although only occ...
Having a high theoretical capacity density of 4200 mAh g−1, silicon has been highlighted as one of the most promising anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. Countless silicon-based materials have been proposed and reported in research artic...
This study proposes and validates a unified geometry-based capacitance model for four representative silicon detector architectures: planar, 3D trench electrode, 3D spherical electrode, and silicon drift detector (SDD). Closed-form analytical express...
The photovoltaic industry generates a substantial amount of high-purity waste silicon powder during the diamond-wire saw cutting process, which can serve as an environmentally friendly and cost-effective resource for lithium-ion battery recycling. Ho...
Trace amounts of H2O are inevitably introduced during lithium battery manufacturing processes, which induces the hydrolysis of LiPF6, leading to HF formation, which triggers a cascade of deleterious reactions that degrade the solid electrolyte interp...
Silicon and silicon nitride (Si3N4) are some of the most appealing candidates as anode materials for LIBs (Li-ion battery) due to their favorable characteristics: low cost, abundance of Si, and high theoretical capacity. However, these materials have...
Using only parts of the maximum capacity of silicon microparticles in a lithium-ion battery (LIB) anode represents a promising material concept. The high capacity, better rate capability compared with graphite and accessibility on an industrial scale...
Silicon-based anodes have emerged as promising candidates for advanced lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) owing to their outstanding lithium storage capacity; however, the commercial implementation of silicon-based anodes is hindered primarily by their sig...
Lithium-ion batteries with high energy density and long cycle life have been widely used as secondary batteries in electric vehicles and energy storage systems. With the growing demand for high energy density in lithium-ion batteries, silicon-based m...
We have recently presented an integrated silicon-glass opto-chemical sensor forlab-on-chip applications, based on porous silicon and anodic bonding technologies. In thiswork, we have optically characterized the sensor response on exposure to vapors o...
Silicon-based anodes suffer from the loss of physical integrity due to large volume changes during alloying and de-alloying processes with electrolytes. By integrating electrochemically inert, physically strong, ductile nickel layers with a multi-lay...
Silicon-based electrodes are widely recognized as promising anodes for high-energy-density lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Silicon is a representative anode material for next-generation LIBs due to its advantages of being an abundant resource and havin...
Owing to the excellent performance of zinc oxide materials under ultraviolet light, this paper proposes a process for fabricating ZnO/Au heterojunction nanostructures on the surface of silicon-based solar cells using anodic aluminum oxide as the temp...
The demand for high-capacity lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is ever-increasing. Thus, research has been focused on developing silicon-based anodes due to their high theoretical capacity and natural abundance. However, silicon-based anodes still suffer...
This paper presents a MEMS electrochemical angular accelerometer with a silicon-based four-electrode structure, which was made of thousands of interconnected microchannels for electrolyte flow, anodes uniformly coated on structure surfaces and cathod...
The structural and interfacial stability of silicon-based and lithium metal anode materials is essential to their battery performance. Scientists are looking for a better inactive material to buffer strong volume change and suppress unwanted surface...
We report a facile pyrolysis process for the fabrication of a porous silicon-based anode for lithium-ion battery. Silicon flakes of 100 nm × 800 nm × 800 nm were mixed with equal weight of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and styrene...
Power sources supported by lithium-ion battery (LIB) technology has been considered to be the most suitable for public and military use. Battery quality is always a critical issue since electric engines and portable devices use power-consuming algori...
In recent years, the research on lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) to improve their lifetime, efficiency and energy density has led to the use of silicon-based materials as a promising anode alternative to graphite. Specifically, crystalline silicon (cSi)...
Since copper azide (Cu(N3)2) has high electrostatic sensitivity and is difficult to be practically applied, silicon-based Cu(N3)2@carbon nanotubes (CNTs) composite energetic films with higher electrostatic safety were fabricated, which can be compati...
This paper developed an electrochemical angular micro-accelerometer using a silicon-based three-electrode structure as a sensitive unit. Angular acceleration was translated to ion changes around sensitive microelectrodes, and the adoption of the sili...
Dual-ion batteries (DIBs) are a new kind of energy storage device that store energy involving the intercalation of both anions and cations on the cathode and anode simultaneously. They feature high output voltage, low cost, and good safety. Graphite...
As the capacity of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) with commercial graphite anodes is gradually approaching the theoretical capacity of carbon, the development of silicon-based anodes, with higher energy density, has attracted great attention. However,...
The possibility of using Si-based anodes in lithium-ion batteries is actively investigated due to the increased lithium capacity of silicon. The paper reports the preparation of submicron silicon fibers on glassy carbon in the KI–KF–KCl&n...
Currently, silicon is considered among the foremost promising anode materials, due to its high capacity, abundant reserves, environmental friendliness, and low working potential. However, the huge volume changes in silicon anode materials can pulveri...
Silicon is considered one of the most promising anode materials for lithium-ion batteries because of its high theoretical capacity and low lithiation potential. However, its practical application is limited by significant volume expansion, unstable s...
Silicon flakes of about 100 × 1000 × 1000 nm in sizes recycled from wastes of silicon wafer manufacturing processes were coated with combined silicon carbide (SiC) and graphitic (Resorcinol–Formaldehyde (RF)) carbon coatings to serv...
Silicon-based anodes are considered promising alternatives to graphite anodes owing to their high theoretical lithium-storage capacity and abundant reserves. However, silicon nanoparticle anodes are severely limited by large volume expansion, unstabl...
Silicon is a promising anode material for high-performance lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), but its rapid capacity degradation has significantly hindered its large-scale application. In this study, we propose an in situ self-assembly polymerization meth...
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