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SiO2–non-graphitizable carbon composites were prepared by pyrolysis of a mixture of ethyl cellulose and nano-sized SiO2. The composite electrode showed high reversibility in insertion and/or extraction reactions of Li ions at potentials below 1 V with little hysteresis after the 2nd cycle, whereas a large irreversible capacity was observed in the 1st cycle. This reversible capacity increased with increasing SiO2 content above 5 wt%. Li ion transfer at the interface between a composite electrode and an electrolyte was studied by ac impedance spectroscopy. In the Nyquist plots, a semi-circle that was assigned to charge-transfer resistance (R ct) because of Li ion transfer across the interface between the composite electrode and electrolyte appeared at potentials below 1 V. The values of R ct decreased with increasing SiO2 content. These results indicate that both a decrease in R ct and an increase in reversible capacity can be achieved by use of SiO2–non-graphitizable carbon composite electrodes; this would lead to Li-ion batteries with higher power and energy density.
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This work was supported by an Industrial Technology Research Grant in 2000 from the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development (NEDO) of Japan and also by a Grant-in-Aid for the 21st century program—COE for a United Approach to New Materials Science—from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology.
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Doi, T., Tagashira, M., Iriyama, Y. et al. Preparation and electrochemical properties of SiO2–non-graphitizable carbon composites as negative electrode materials for Li-ion batteries. J Appl Electrochem 42, 69–74 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-011-0372-2
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