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ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Volume 5, Issue 10, Pages 9014-9020Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c2ee22292b
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- KAKENHI [21750194]
- JSPS Japan
- NEDO
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22685009] Funding Source: KAKEN
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NaOH-neutralized poly(acrylic acid) is examined as a binder for Si-based negative electrodes in rechargeable Li-ion batteries. To better understand the influence of polymer binder characteristics, the impact of neutralization degree (ND) of poly(acrylic acid) (PAH) on electrode performance of a Si-graphite composite is studied. The electrode performance of the Si-based composites is remarkably improved by appropriate neutralization of PAH because the NDs highly influence rheological properties of a slurry and thus the electrode morphology, such as porosity. It is found that 80% neutralized PAH provides the moderate porous structure inside the composite electrode with 10 wt% binder content because of a unique rheological property during the drying process after casting the slurry onto a current collector. The self-formed porous structure by the partially neutralized PAH is beneficial to buffer volume expansion caused by lithiation of Si. Therefore, an excellent capacity retention for a 100 cycle test with a high reversible capacity of approximately 1000 mA h g(-1) is achieved with the 80% neutralized PAH as a binder for Si-based composite electrodes.
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