Silicon nanowires used as the anode of a lithium-ion battery

Journal Article · Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4922564· OSTI ID:22490681

Prosini, Pier Paolo ^[1]; Rufoloni, Alessandro; Rondino, Flaminia; Santoni, Antonino ^[2]

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1. ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Casaccia Research Centre, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Santa Maria di Galeria, Rome (Italy)
2. ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Frascati Research Centre, via E. Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati (Italy)

In this paper the synthesis and characterization of silicon nanowires to be used as the anode of a lithium-ion battery cell are reported. The nanowires were synthesized by CVD and characterized by SEM. The nanostructured material was used as an electrode in a lithium cell and its electrochemical properties were investigated by galvanostatic charge/discharge cycles at C/10 rate as a function of the cycle number and at various rates as a function of the charge current. The electrode was then coupled with a LiFePO{sub 4} cathode to fabricate a lithium-ion battery cell and the cell performance evaluated by galvanostatic charge/discharge cycles.

• OSTI ID: 22490681
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1667, Issue 1; Conference: Nanoforum 2014, Rome (Italy), 22-25 Sep 2014; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
ANODES
CATHODES
CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION
ELECTROCHEMISTRY
LITHIUM
LITHIUM ION BATTERIES
NANOWIRES
PERFORMANCE
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
SILICON
SYNTHESIS