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Characterization of Electrode Materials for Lithium Ion and Sodium Ion Batteries Using Synchrotron Radiation Techniques
Published on: November 11, 2013
An amorphous Si material with a sponge-like structure as an anode for Li-ion and Na-ion batteries
Ying Han1, Ning Lin, Tianjun Xu
1Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Micro-scale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China. ychzhu@ustc.edu.cn ytqian@ustc.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Sponge-like amorphous silicon was prepared by reacting silicon tetrachloride with magnesium powder. When the as-prepared sample was applied as an anode in rechargeable batteries, it exhibited a reversible capacity of 1125 mA h g-1 after 100 cycles at 1 A g-1 for Li-ion batteries (LIBs) and a reversible capacity of 176 mA h g-1 at 100 mA g-1 over 100 cycles for Na-ion batteries (NIBs).
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