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Silicon has around ten times the specific capacity of graphite but its application as an anode in post-lithium-ion batteries presents huge challenges. After decades of development, silicon-based batteries are now on the verge of large-scale commercial success.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Yi Cui

  2. Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA

    Yi Cui

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The author is the founder and a board director of Amprius Inc., which develops Si anodes. He owns shares of Amprius.

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Cui, Y. Silicon anodes. Nat Energy 6, 995–996 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-021-00918-2

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