A binder-free web-like silicon-carbon nanofiber-graphene hybrid membrane for use as the anode of a lithium-ion battery

WU Jun-xiong; QIN Xian-ying; LIANG Ge-meng; YUN Qin-bai; HE Yan-bing; KANG Fei-yu; LI Bao-hua

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WU Jun-xiong, QIN Xian-ying, LIANG Ge-meng, YUN Qin-bai, HE Yan-bing, KANG Fei-yu, LI Bao-hua. A binder-free web-like silicon-carbon nanofiber-graphene hybrid membrane for use as the anode of a lithium-ion battery. New Carbon Mater., 2016, 31(3): 321-327.

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A binder-free web-like silicon-carbon nanofiber-graphene hybrid membrane for use as the anode of a lithium-ion battery

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Engineering Laboratory for Next Generation Power and Energy Storage Batteries, Engineering Laboratory for Functionalized Carbon Materials, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China;
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Laboratory of Advanced Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Funds: National Key Basic Research Program of China (2014CB932400);National Natural Science Foundation of China (51202121, 51232005);NSAF (U1330123).

Received Date: 2016-05-06
Accepted Date: 2016-06-28
Rev Recd Date: 2016-06-01
Publish Date: 2016-06-28

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A binder-free silicon-carbon nanofiber-graphene (Si-CNF-G) hybrid membrane was prepared by embedding Si particles encapsulated in a porous carbon in a cobweb-like carbon scaffold composed of CNFs and G nanosheetsproduced using the coaxial electrospraying method. The binder-free Si-CNF-G electrode delivered an initial reversible specific capacity of 957 mAh·g^-1 with a retention of 74.4% after 100 cycles at 0.2 A·g^-1, and a rate capability of 539 mAh·g^-1 at 2 A·g^-1, which was much better than that of a Si electrode. This can be attributed to the fact that the porous carbon matrix was able to buffer the large volume expansion and contraction of Si during charging and discharging, and that the interconnected carbon scaffold not only created efficient pathways for electron conduction and ion transfer, but also improved the structural stability of the whole electrode.
- Lithium-ion battery,
- Silicon/carbon anode,
- Electrochemical performance,
- Electrospraying deposition

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