Hierarchical porous framework of Si-based electrodes for minimal volumetric expansion.

Piper, Daniela Molina; Woo, Jae Ha; Son, Seoung-Bum; Kim, Seul Cham; Oh, Kyu Hwan; Lee, Se-Hee · Adv Mater · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A tunable hierarchical porous framework is fabricated to house the volumetric changes outputted by Si. The nSi@cPAN/cPAN electrodes only expand by 14.3% at full initial lithiation and remain within 23% expansion from its uncycled state after 20 cycles with remarkable cycling stability and high coulombic efficiencies in excess of 99.5%.