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2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

1. Porous Silicon as Anode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Authors : Madhuri Thakur, Roderick Pernites, Steve L. Sinsabaugh, Michael S. Wong, Sibani L. Biswal

Published in: Silicon-based Nanomaterials

Publisher: Springer New York

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Abstract

Lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous in our modern society, powering everything from cell phones, laptops, and power tools.They are also powering emerging applications such as electric vehicles and used for on-grid power stabilization. Lithium-ion batteries are a significant and growing part of this market due to their high specific energy. The worldwide market for lithium-ion batteries is projected to reach more than USD 9 billion by 2015. While lithium-ion batteries are often selected for their high specific energy, the market is demanding yet higher performance, usually in terms of energy stored per unit mass of battery. Many groups have recently turned their attention toward developing a silicon-based anode material to increase lithium-ion battery density. Silicon continues to draw great interest as an anode for lithium-ion batteries due to its large specific capacity as compared to the conventional graphite. Despite this exciting property, its practical use has been limited due to a large volume change associated with the insertion and extraction of lithium, which oftentimes leads to cracking and pulverization of the anode, limiting its cycle life. To overcome this problem, significant research has been focused toward developing various silicon nanostructures to accommodate the severe volume expansion and contraction. The structuring of the silicon often involves costly processing steps, limiting its application in price sensitive commercial lithium-ion batteries. To achieve commercial viability, work is being pursued on silicon battery anode structures and processes with a special emphasis on the cost and environment. In this review book chapter, we will summarize recent development of a cost-effective electrochemically etched porous silicon as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries. Briefly, the new approach involves creating hierarchical micron-and nanometer-sized pores on the surface of micron-sized silicon particulates, which are combined with an excellent conductor binder.

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Metadata
Title
Porous Silicon as Anode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries
Authors
Madhuri Thakur
Roderick Pernites
Steve L. Sinsabaugh
Michael S. Wong
Sibani L. Biswal
Copyright Year
2013
Publisher
Springer New York
Book
Silicon-based Nanomaterials

Print ISBN: 978-1-4614-8168-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4614-8169-0

Copyright Year: 2013

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8169-0_1

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