Effect of polypyrrole on improving electrochemical performance of silicon based anode materials

Xiang Yang Zhou, Jing Jing Tang, Juan Yang, You Lan Zou, Song Can Wang, Jing Xie, Lu Lu Ma

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Abstract

Silicon and polypyrrole composites with different microstructures of polypyrrole were synthesized using high-energy mechanical milling. The nano-wires polypyrrole and micro-particles polypyrrole act as a matrix to hold the active silicon grains as they repeatedly alloy with lithium during the operation of a lithium ion battery. The composite containing 10 wt.% polypyrrole nano-wires exhibits a relative better reversibility and cycle life than bare silicon, while the silicon/micro-particles polypyrrole composite shows no improvement.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)296-303
Number of pages8
JournalElectrochimica Acta
Volume70
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 May 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Lithium ion batteries
  • Polypyrrole micro-particles
  • Polypyrrole nano-wires
  • Silicon anode materials

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