Implementing high-performance silicon(Si)anode in actual processing and application is highly desirable for next-generation,high-energy Li-ion batteries.However,high content of inactive matrix(including conductive age...Implementing high-performance silicon(Si)anode in actual processing and application is highly desirable for next-generation,high-energy Li-ion batteries.However,high content of inactive matrix(including conductive agent and binder)is often indispensable in order to ensure local conductivity and suppress pulverization tendency of Si particles,which thus cause great capacity loss based on the mass of whole electrode.Here,we designed an accordion-structured,high-performance electrode with high Si content up to 95%.Si nanoparticles were well anchored into the interlayer spacings of accordion-like graphene arrays,and free-standing electrode was prepared via a simple filtration process without any binder.Conductive accordion framework ensures strong confinement effect of Si nanoparticles and also provides direct,non-tortuous channels for fast electrochemical reaction kinetics.As a consequence,the accordion Si electrodes exhibit ultrahigh,electrode-based capacities up to 3149 mAh g^(-1)(under Si content of 91%),as well as long-term stability.Also,the accordion electrode can bear extreme condition of over-lithiation and maintains stable in full-cell test.This design provides a significant stride in high Si content toward realistic,high-performance electrodes.展开更多
It is well known that femtosecond laser pulses can easily spontaneously induce deep-subwavelength periodic surface structures on transparent dielectrics but not on non-transparent semiconductors.Nevertheless,in this s...It is well known that femtosecond laser pulses can easily spontaneously induce deep-subwavelength periodic surface structures on transparent dielectrics but not on non-transparent semiconductors.Nevertheless,in this study,we demonstrate that using high-numerical-aperture 800 nm femtosecond laser direct writing with controlled pulse energy and scanning speed in the near-damage-threshold regime,polarization-dependent deep-subwavelength single grooves with linewidths of~180 nm can be controllably prepared on Si.Generally,the single-groove linewidth increases slightly with increase in the pulse energy and decrease in the scanning speed,whereas the single-groove depth significantly increases from~300 nm to~600 nm with decrease in the scanning speed,or even to over 1μm with multi-processing,indicating the characteristics of transverse clamping and longitudinal growth of such deep-subwavelength single grooves.Energy dispersive spectroscopy composition analysis of the near-groove region confirms that single-groove formation tends to be an ultrafast,non-thermal ablation process,and the oxidized deposits near the grooves are easy to clean up.Furthermore,the results,showing both the strong dependence of groove orientation on laser polarization and the occurrence of double-groove structures due to the interference of pre-formed orthogonal grooves,indicate that the extraordinary field enhancement of strong polarization sensitivity in the deep-subwavelength groove plays an important role in single-groove growth with high stability and collimation.展开更多
基金supported by Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Co.,Ltd.(18529)Yiwu Research Institute of Fudan University(21557)+1 种基金the National Science Foundation of China(22075048)the Shanghai International Collaboration Research Project(19520713900).
文摘Implementing high-performance silicon(Si)anode in actual processing and application is highly desirable for next-generation,high-energy Li-ion batteries.However,high content of inactive matrix(including conductive agent and binder)is often indispensable in order to ensure local conductivity and suppress pulverization tendency of Si particles,which thus cause great capacity loss based on the mass of whole electrode.Here,we designed an accordion-structured,high-performance electrode with high Si content up to 95%.Si nanoparticles were well anchored into the interlayer spacings of accordion-like graphene arrays,and free-standing electrode was prepared via a simple filtration process without any binder.Conductive accordion framework ensures strong confinement effect of Si nanoparticles and also provides direct,non-tortuous channels for fast electrochemical reaction kinetics.As a consequence,the accordion Si electrodes exhibit ultrahigh,electrode-based capacities up to 3149 mAh g^(-1)(under Si content of 91%),as well as long-term stability.Also,the accordion electrode can bear extreme condition of over-lithiation and maintains stable in full-cell test.This design provides a significant stride in high Si content toward realistic,high-performance electrodes.
基金financially supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China(No.2020CDJDPT001)the Chongqing Natural Science Foundation,China(No.cstc2021jcyj-msxm X0699)。
基金Project supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (Grant No.2021A1515012335)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.11274400)+2 种基金Pearl River S&T Nova Program of Guangzhou (Grant No.201506010059)State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics (Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics)State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies (Sun Yat-Sen University)。
文摘It is well known that femtosecond laser pulses can easily spontaneously induce deep-subwavelength periodic surface structures on transparent dielectrics but not on non-transparent semiconductors.Nevertheless,in this study,we demonstrate that using high-numerical-aperture 800 nm femtosecond laser direct writing with controlled pulse energy and scanning speed in the near-damage-threshold regime,polarization-dependent deep-subwavelength single grooves with linewidths of~180 nm can be controllably prepared on Si.Generally,the single-groove linewidth increases slightly with increase in the pulse energy and decrease in the scanning speed,whereas the single-groove depth significantly increases from~300 nm to~600 nm with decrease in the scanning speed,or even to over 1μm with multi-processing,indicating the characteristics of transverse clamping and longitudinal growth of such deep-subwavelength single grooves.Energy dispersive spectroscopy composition analysis of the near-groove region confirms that single-groove formation tends to be an ultrafast,non-thermal ablation process,and the oxidized deposits near the grooves are easy to clean up.Furthermore,the results,showing both the strong dependence of groove orientation on laser polarization and the occurrence of double-groove structures due to the interference of pre-formed orthogonal grooves,indicate that the extraordinary field enhancement of strong polarization sensitivity in the deep-subwavelength groove plays an important role in single-groove growth with high stability and collimation.
