Electrode architecture of carbon-coated silicon nanowires through magnesiothermic reduction for lithium-ion batteries Academic Article

abstract

• Copyright Materials Research Society 2017. Carbon-coated silicon nanowires (C-Si NWs) were prepared as anodes for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). The C-Si NWs were synthesized using a simple and effective fabrication strategy via magnesiothermic reduction. The synthesis sequence of carbon coating before the chemical etching of the reduced Si NWs/MgO composite was found to be critical for improved battery performance. In addition, carbon coating was found to help to stabilize the solid electrolyte interphase layer during battery cycling, which is important to realize the benefits of Si-based LIBs. This synthesis method provides an efficient route to synthesizing high-performance Si electrodes via magnesiothermic reduction.

authors

• Kim, Haejune
• Polycarpou, Andreas

published proceedings

• MRS COMMUNICATIONS

author list (cited authors)

• Young, G. N., Humood, M., Kim, H., & Polycarpou, A. A.

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• Young, Gyu Nam||Humood, Mohammad||Kim, Haejune||Polycarpou, Andreas A

publication date

• January 2017

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• MRS Communications  Journal

keywords

• 7 Affordable And Clean Energy

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1557/mrc.2017.106

start page

• 867

end page

• 872

volume

• 7

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2017.106

user-defined tag

• 7 Affordable and Clean Energy