Low-cost urchin-like silicon-based anode with superior conductivity for lithium storage applications

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Guan, Peng
Zhang, Wei
Li, Chengyu
Han, Na
Wang, Xuechen
Li, Qiaofeng
Song, Guojun
Peng, Zhi
Li, Jianjiang
Zhang, Lei
Zhu, Xiaoyi
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2020
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Poor rate and cycling performance are the most critical drawbacks for Si-based anodes on account of their inferior conductivity and colossal volumetric expansion during lithiation/delithiation. Here we report the fabrication of structurally-integrated urchin-like Si anode, which provides prominent structural stability and distinguished electron and ion transmission pathways for lithium storage. The inexpensive solid Si waste from organosilane industry after acid-washed and further ball-milling serves as the pristine Si-source in this work. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are in-situ grown outside Si microparticles, resulting in an urchin-like structure (Si/CNTs). The optimized Si/CNTs presents ascendant invertible capacity and rate performance, achieving up to 920 mAh g−1 beyond 100 cycles at 100 mA g −1, and a capacity of 606.2 mAh g−1 at 1 A g −1 after long cycling for 1000 cycles. The proposed scalable synthesis can be adopted to advance the performance of other electrode materials with inferior conductivity and enormous volume expansions during cycling.

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Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

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575

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Physical sciences

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Superior conductivity

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Guan, P; Zhang, W; Li, C; Han, N; Wang, X; Li, Q; Song, G; Peng, Z; Li, J; Zhang, L; Zhu, X, Low-cost urchin-like silicon-based anode with superior conductivity for lithium storage applications, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2020, 575, pp. 150-157

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