Carbon nanotube-enhanced growth of silicon nanowires as an anode for high-performance lithium-ion batteries

Xianglong Li, Jeong Hyun Cho, Nan Li, Yingying Zhang, Darrick Williams, Shadi A. Dayeh, S. T. Picraux

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Abstract

A simple, efficient, and elegant method is developed to greatly enhance vapor-liquid-solid growth of silicon nanowires on current collectors, which leads to well-aligned silicon nanowires with a high areal loading density within a short growth time, and thus enhances electrochemical performance of lithium-ion battery half cells with these nanowires as working electrodes when compared with electrodes based on traditional catalysts.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)87-93
Number of pages7
JournalAdvanced Energy Materials
Volume2
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2012

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