Improved cycling performance of a silicon anode for lithium ion batteries using carbon nanocoils

Liyong Wang, Quangui Guo, Junzhong Wang, Hai Li, Guizhen Wang, Jinhua Yang, Yan Song, Yong Qin, Lang Liu

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Abstract

We demonstrate a new kind of silicon (Si)-based anode architecture consisting of Si nanoparticles and carbon nanocoils (CNCs). In such a hybrid structure, the conductive three-dimensional interpenetrating network of the CNCs can enhance the structural integrity of the electrode. Also, the CNCs afford a conductive network of lithium ion and electron pathways in the hybrids, thereby enabling efficient transport of electrons and the diffusion of lithium ions upon charging-discharging process. As a result, the hybrids exhibit much-improved cycling performance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)40812-40815
Number of pages4
JournalRSC Advances
Volume4
Issue number77
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

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