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A porous SiOx/C anode material derived from biomass white onion for lithium-ion batteries

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In order to find a low-cost, simple, and controllable method to construct a material structure that can cope with the volume expansion of silicon suboxide, here, we report white onion as a biomass material and obtained biomass derivatives layered porous SiOx/C anode material through activation treatment, pre-calcination, and aluminothermic reduction. It is found that the layered porous structure of SiOx/C can be effectively controlled by varied activation treatment temperatures. The SiOx/C-6 anode material lastly obtained by the activation temperature of 600 °C shows the best electrochemical performance, and SiOx/C The initial discharge specific capacity of SiOx/C-6 at a current density of 0.1 A·g−1 is 1753.4 mAh·g−1, and it still has a reversible specific capacity of 926.5 mAh·g−1 after 100 cycles, compared with that after the second cycle the capacity retention rate is as high as 94.6%.

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This work was supported by the Specialized Research Fund for the Technology Innovation of Foshan City (1920001001421), the Science and Technology Plan Foundation of Guangdong (2017B010119002).

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    Zhe Bai, Jielong He, Jiani Wu, Zhengyu Zhang, Xinping Huang & Jun Li

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Bai, Z., He, J., Wu, J. et al. A porous SiOx/C anode material derived from biomass white onion for lithium-ion batteries. Ionics 28, 5475–5487 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-022-04790-2

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