• 文献标题:   Novel honeycomb silicon wrapped in reduced graphene oxide/CNT system as high-stability anodes for lithium-ion batteries
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WEI Q, LIU GC, ZHANG C, HONG XJ, SONG CL, YANG Y, ZHANG M, HUANG W, CAI YP
  • 作者关键词:   honeycomb silicon, magnesiothermic reduction, graphene oxide/carbon nanotube, selfstanding anode, lithium ion battery
  • 出版物名称:   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
  • ISSN:   0013-4686 EI 1873-3859
  • 通讯作者地址:   South China Normal Univ
  • 被引频次:   12
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.electacta.2019.06.024
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Silicon (Si) has been regarded as one of the next-generation anode materials due to its ultrahigh theoretical capacity, low equilibrium potential, abundant resources and superior safety performance. Herein, we fabricated a novel honeycomb Si composed of many Si nanoparticles (NPs), which can be refined from the urchin-like crude product obtained through the magnesiothermic reduction process. Via the electrostatic attraction, rapid freeze-drying process and further thermal treatment, the honeycomb Si can be tightly encapsulated in a thin layer composed of reduced graphene oxide and carbon nanotube (indicating as Si-rGO/CNT) to avoid direct exposure to the electrolyte. Si NPs with the wrinkled rGO/CNT wrapping layer containing mesopores can not only shorten the pathway of Li+ ions and electrons but also accommodate the unavoidable expansion/contraction and buffer the excessive stress. Meanwhile, the CNT intertwined throughout the electrode can effectively repair those areas that lost conductivity during long-term cycling. Therefore, the self-supported Si-rGO/CNT electrode having a high Si content of 76 wt% exhibits capacities of 1304 mAh g(-1) at 2 A g(-1) and 1053 mAh g(-1) at 5 A g(-1) in rate performance, and maintain a capacities of 1899 mAh g(-1) at 0.5 A g(-1) after 250 cycles and 1003 mAh g(-1) at 4 A g(-1) after 1000 cycles accompanying with a stable coulombic efficiency (CE) up to 99.5%. (c) 2019 Published by Elsevier Ltd.