Improving the stability of nanostructured silicon thin film lithium-ion battery anodes through their controlled oxidation

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2506-2516

  Abel, Paul R ^a   Lin, Yong Mao ^a   Celio, Hugo ^a   Heller, Adam ^b   Mullins, C Buddie ^a,b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

lithium ion battery; nanostructured; reactive ballistic deposition; silicon; SiO x

Indexed keywords

BALLISTIC DEPOSITION; CAPACITY FADE; COIN CELLS; CYCLING STABILITY; EVAPORATIVE DEPOSITION; GLANCING ANGLE; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY; LOW TEMPERATURES; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOSTRUCTURED SILICON; OXIDIZED SILICON; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; OXYGEN CONTENT; PRESSURE OF WATER; REVERSIBLE CAPACITY; SIO X; SURFACE OXIDATIONS;

ANODES; DEPOSITION; LITHIUM; LITHIUM BATTERIES; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SILICON OXIDES;

LITHIUM; NANOMATERIAL; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POWER SUPPLY;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; LITHIUM; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SILICON;

EID: 84859136775     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn204896n     Document Type: Article

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