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Improved electrochemical performance of silicon monoxide anode materials prompted by macroporous carbon

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Silicon monoxide (SiO) shows great potential for application as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries on account of its large capacity, low-cost, ample reserves and environmental amity, but serious capacity reduction and low lithium-ion transfer rate during charging and discharging restrict its development. In this work, a new strategy for the preparation of SiO and Porous carbon (Pc) composite by freeze-drying is proposed. A firm and conjoint SiO@Pc framework provides adequate transmission channels for lithium ions and sufficient number of pores to allow electrolyte penetration. The fabricated SiO@Pc composite anode material delivers high capacity of 1020 mAh g−1 with ~ 80% capacity retention rate after 200 cycles. It also exhibits excellent rate performance, providing 634 mAh g−1 capacity remaining at a current density of 1000 mA g−1. In addition, the optimized lithium-ion kinetics were further revealed by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry. Our approach uses environmental amity and low-cost materials to provide new ideas for making high-performance energy devices through simple and doable preparation process.

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This work was supported by the funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, Grant Nos. 11874282, 11604245, 11981240429), the Six Talent Peaks Project in Jiangsu Province (Grant No. 2019-XNY-074), and the Vice President Project of Industry-University-Research Cooperation in Science and Technology of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. BY2020675) and Young and middle-aged academic leader of “Qinglan Project” of universities in Jiangsu Province (2021), and Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (KYCX21_3472).

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XD: Ideas for design and fabrication, Project director, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. HZ: Software, Preparation of samples, Data curation. NZ: Experimental measurement. XC: Experimental measurement. JX: Experimental measurement.

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Zhao, H., Ding, X., Zhang, N. et al. Improved electrochemical performance of silicon monoxide anode materials prompted by macroporous carbon. J Porous Mater 29, 1191–1198 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-022-01243-z

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