Silicon/Wolfram Carbide@Graphene composite: Enhancing conductivity and structure stability in amorphous-silicon for high lithium storage performance

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 191, Issue , 2016, Pages 462-472

  Sun, Wei ^a,b   Hu, Renzong ^a,b   Liu, Hui ^a,b   Zhang, Hanying ^a,b   Liu, Jiangwen ^a,b   Yang, Lichun ^a,b   Wang, Haihui ^a   Zhu, Min ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Aus China Joint Laboratory for Energy and Environmental Materials   (China)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Anode; Ball milling; Lithium ion batteries; Wolfram carbide

Indexed keywords

ANODES; BALL MILLING; CARBIDES; ELECTRODES; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; LITHIUM; LITHIUM ALLOYS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; MILLING (MACHINING); SILICON; STABILITY; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHENE NANOSHEETS; HIGH LITHIUM STORAGES; LARGE-SCALE MANUFACTURING; MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; VOLUMETRIC EXPANSION;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 84955518518     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.01.096     Document Type: Article

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