Spray Drying Method for Large-Scale and High-Performance Silicon Negative Electrodes in Li-Ion Batteries

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Nanostructured silicon electrodes have shown great potential as lithium ion battery anodes because they can address capacity fading mechanisms originating from large volume changes of silicon alloys while delivering extraordinarily large gravimetric capacities. Nonetheless, synthesis of well-defined silicon nanostructures in an industrially adaptable scale still remains as a challenge. Herein, we adopt an industrially established spray drying process to enable scalable synthesis of silicon-carbon composite particles in which silicon nanoparticles are embedded in porous carbon particles. The void space existing in the porous carbon accommodates the volume expansion of silicon and thus addresses the chronic fading mechanisms of silicon anodes. The composite electrodes exhibit excellent electrochemical performance, such as 1956 mAh/g at 0.05C rate and 91% capacity retention after 150 cycles. Moreover, the spray drying method requires only 2 s for the formation of each particle and allows a production capability of ∼10 g/h even with an ultrasonic-based lab-scale equipment. This investigation suggests that established industrial processes could be adaptable to the production of battery active materials that require sophisticated nanostructures as well as large quantity syntheses. © 2013 American Chemical Society.
Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
Issue Date
2013-05
Language
English
Article Type
Article
Keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; PHOSPHOR PARTICLES; ANODE MATERIAL; LITHIUM; PYROLYSIS; NANOCOMPOSITES; COMPOSITES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOWIRES; STORAGE

Citation

NANO LETTERS, v.13, no.5, pp.2092 - 2097

ISSN
1530-6984
DOI
10.1021/nl400437f
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10203/174354
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