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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 174, Issue -, Pages 688-695Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.06.042
Keywords
Graphene/silicon composite film; Anodes; High areal capacity; Lithium ion battery
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11179038]
- Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education [20120211130005]
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Silicon is a highly promising anode material of lithium ion batteries (LIBs) for its low insertion voltage and high reversible capacity. A flexible, honeycomb-like film of reduced graphene (RGO)/Si nanoparticles (NPs) composite with a thickness as thick as 25 pm is synthesized by a facile vacuum filter assembly process. The Si NPs are enwrapped into the RGO sheets with an areal density of 0.65 mg cm(-2). The ultra-thick composite film is directly employed as an anode for LIBs without using any binder and conductive additive. The flexible RGO sheet coat enables the electrode to maintain the structural integrity and provide continuous conductive paths for Si NPs. The electrode exhibits a high capacity of 2370 mA h g(-1) over 50 cycles at a current of 210 mA g(-1) and a capacity higher than 1000 mA h g(-1) at a current density of 4200 mA g(-1) after 500 cycles. Especially, the electrode exhibits excellent rate capability, indicating that it may be applied to the high-power LIBs as a flexible, high areal capacity, binder-free and free-standing anode. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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