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JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY
Volume 14, Issue 10, Pages 1835-1839Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10008-010-1045-5
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The electrochemical and structural responses of silicon nanowires deposited by chemical vapor deposition are investigated. Transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction experiments show the electrochemical lithiation of SiNWs is not a quantitative process in good agreement with cycling experiments performed as a function of cycling limits. The SiNWs are not deeply lithiated as revealed by TEM micrographs. Our results suggest the existence of two well-defined lithiation steps, first at similar to 0.2 V into amorphous silicon and then into crystalline silicon at similar to 0.1 V. Cycling SiNWs above 100 mV avoid the lithiation of c-Si which preserves the silicon 3-D architecture and results in good cycling performances. A stable capacity value of similar to 500 mAh g(-1) is achieved over at least 50 cycles.
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