Facile Fabrication of Porous Si Microspheres from Low-Cost Precursors for High-Capacity Electrode

Geng, Liyuan; Yang, Dandan; Gao, Shilun; Zhang, Zhaoxiang; Sun, Feiyuan; Pan, Yiyang; Li, Shaoqi; Li, Xiaohua; Cao, Peng‐Fei; Yang, Huabin

doi:10.1002/admi.201901726

Title: Facile Fabrication of Porous Si Microspheres from Low-Cost Precursors for High-Capacity Electrode

Journal Article · 18 December 2019 · Advanced Materials Interfaces

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.201901726 · OSTI ID:1761722

Geng, Liyuan ^[1]; Yang, Dandan ^[1]; Gao, Shilun ^[1]; Zhang, Zhaoxiang ^[1]; Sun, Feiyuan ^[1]; Pan, Yiyang ^[1]; Li, Shaoqi ^[1]; Li, Xiaohua ^[1];

^[2]; Yang, Huabin ^[1]

Nankai Univ., Tianjin (China)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Chemical Sciences Division

Comparing with nanometer-sized Si (nano-Si), the micrometer-sized Si (micro-Si) is more promising for the practical applications due to its low cost and scalable production method. Fabrication of micro-Si with porous architecture can efficiently alleviate the high mechanical stress and severe mechanical fracture. Till now, it is still a challenge to achieve porous micro-Si with controlled morphology, such as microsphere, from a cost-efficient and environmentally friendly approach. Herein, a facile approach on fabricating Si microsphere with porous architecture via a low-temperature aluminothermic reduction (LTAR) method using the low-cost fumed silica (FS) as raw material is introduced. After compositing with graphite and then coating with amorphous carbon, the Si_FS/graphite@carbon (Si_FS/G@C) electrode displays superior reversible capacity (730 mAh g^–1 after 100 cycles) and excellent rate capability (729.1 mAh g^–1 at 1 A g^–1). The electrochemical performance is much better than that of Si-microparticles/G@C (Mic-Si/G@C, 368 mAh g^–1 at 100 mA g^–1 after 100 cycles). These results show the great potential of Si_FS/G@C electrode as an alternative high-performance electrode material for lithium ion batteries. Moreover, the LTAR adopted in the current study significantly reduces the energy consumption for preparation of Si microspheres from low-cost raw materials.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: China Ministry of Education (MOE); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC); Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1761722

Journal Information:: Advanced Materials Interfaces, Journal Name: Advanced Materials Interfaces Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 7; ISSN 2196-7350

Publisher:: Wiley-VCHCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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