Nano-Micro Letters, Volume. 16, Issue 1, 098(2024)

Macroporous Directed and Interconnected Carbon Architectures Endow Amorphous Silicon Nanodots as Low-Strain and Fast-Charging Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Zhenwei Li1...2, Meisheng Han3,*, Peilun Yu1, Junsheng Lin1, and Jie Yu12,** |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Optoelectronic Materials and Intelligent Photonic Systems, Shenzhen Engineering Lab for Supercapacitor Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, University Town, Shenzhen 518055, People’s Republic of China
  • 2Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory Dongguan, Dongguan, 523808 Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
  • 3Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People’s Republic of China
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    Fabricating low-strain and fast-charging silicon-carbon composite anodes is highly desired but remains a huge challenge for lithium-ion batteries. Herein, we report a unique silicon-carbon composite fabricated by uniformly dispersing amorphous Si nanodots (SiNDs) in carbon nanospheres (SiNDs/C) that are welded on the wall of the macroporous carbon framework (MPCF) by vertical graphene (VG), labeled as MPCF@VG@SiNDs/C. The high dispersity and amorphous features of ultrasmall SiNDs (~ 0.7 nm), the flexible and directed electron/Li+ transport channels of VG, and the MPCF impart the MPCF@VG@SiNDs/C more lithium storage sites, rapid Li+ transport path, and unique low-strain property during Li+ storage. Consequently, the MPCF@VG@SiNDs/C exhibits high cycle stability (1301.4 mAh g-1 at 1 A g-1 after 1000 cycles without apparent decay) and high rate capacity (910.3 mAh g-1, 20 A g-1) in half cells based on industrial electrode standards. The assembled pouch full cell delivers a high energy density (1694.0 Wh L-1; 602.8 Wh kg-1) and an excellent fast-charging capability (498.5 Wh kg-1, charging for 16.8 min at 3 C). This study opens new possibilities for preparing advanced silicon-carbon composite anodes for practical applications.

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    Zhenwei Li, Meisheng Han, Peilun Yu, Junsheng Lin, Jie Yu. Macroporous Directed and Interconnected Carbon Architectures Endow Amorphous Silicon Nanodots as Low-Strain and Fast-Charging Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 098

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Sep. 16, 2023

    Accepted: Dec. 5, 2023

    Published Online: Jan. 23, 2025

    The Author Email: Han Meisheng (hanms@sustech.edu.cn), Yu Jie (jyu@hit.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s40820-023-01308-x

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