Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Evolving affinity between Coulombic reversibility and hysteretic phase transformations in nano-structured silicon-based lithium-ion batteries

  • K. Ogata,
  • S. Jeon,
  • D.-S. Ko,
  • I. S. Jung,
  • J. H. Kim,
  • K. Ito,
  • Y. Kubo,
  • K. Takei,
  • S. Saito,
  • Y.-H. Cho,
  • H. Park,
  • J. Jang,
  • H.-G. Kim,
  • J.-H. Kim,
  • Y. S. Kim,
  • W. Choi,
  • M. Koh,
  • K. Uosaki,
  • S. G. Doo,
  • Y. Hwang,
  • S. Han

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-02824-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Using silicon electrodes could improve lithium ion battery storage capacities, but irreversible side reactions during cycling rapidly degrade current batteries. Here, the authors studied silicon-rich electrode phase transitions and how such transitions may benefit the rechargeable cell systems.