Journal
ACS NANO
Volume 12, Issue 5, Pages 4993-5002Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b02219
Keywords
silicon; vacuum distillation; nanoporous structure; anodes; lithium-ion batteries
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- Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (China) [ZR2017MB001]
- Independent Innovation Foundation of Shandong University
- Young Scholars Program of Shandong University [2016WLJH03]
- State Key Program of National Natural Science of China [61633015, 51532005]
- 1000 Talent Plan program [31270086963030]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21371108]
- Project of the Taishan Scholar [ts201511004]
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Silicon is considered as one of the most favorable anode materials for next-generation lithium-ion batteries. Nanoporous silicon is synthesized via a green, facile, and controllable vacuum distillation method from the commercial Mg2Si alloy. Nanoporous silicon is formed by the evaporation of low boiling point Mg. In this method, the magnesium metal from the Mg2Si alloy can be recycled. The pore sizes of nanoporous silicon can be secured by adjusting the distillated temperature and time. The optimized nanoporous silicon (800 degrees C, 0.5 h) delivers a discharge capacity of 2034 mA h g(-1) at 200 mA g(-1) for 100 cycles, a cycling stability with more than 1180 mA h g(-1) even after 400 cycles at 1000 mA g(-1), and a rate capability of 855 mA h g(-1) at 5000 mA g(-1). The electrochemical properties might be ascribed to its porous structure, which may accommodate large volume change during the cycling process. These results suggest that the green, scalable, and controllable approach may offer a pathway for the commercialization of high-performance Si anodes. This method may also be extended to construct other nanoporous materials.
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