Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

Hierarchical porous silicon structures with extraordinary mechanical strength as high-performance lithium-ion battery anodes

  • Haiping Jia,
  • Xiaolin Li,
  • Junhua Song,
  • Xin Zhang,
  • Langli Luo,
  • Yang He,
  • Binsong Li,
  • Yun Cai,
  • Shenyang Hu,
  • Xingcheng Xiao,
  • Chongmin Wang,
  • Kevin M. Rosso,
  • Ran Yi,
  • Rajankumar Patel,
  • Ji-Guang Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15217-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The authors here construct hierarchical porous CNT@Si@C microspheres as anodes for Li-ion batteries, enabling both high electrochemical performance and excellent mechanical strength. The work highlights the importance of mechanical properties in developing battery materials for practical applications.