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Compact structured silicon/carbon composites as high-performance anodes for lithium ion batteries

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Compact-structured silicon/carbon composites consisting of silicon, graphite, and coal tar pitch pyrolysis carbon are prepared via two heating procedures after liquid solidification. The first heating procedure plays a key role in the formation of compact-structured silicon/carbon composites, in which the coal tar pitch has a good fluidity at 180 °C above the softening temperature, and it is easy to form a uniform coating on the surface of materials. At the same time, the fluidic coal tar pitch could also fill the voids between particles to form compact-structured silicon/carbon composites. As-prepared silicon/carbon composites exhibit moderate reversible capacity of 602.4 mAh g−1, high initial charge-discharge efficiency of 82.3%, and good cycling stability with the capacity retention of 93.4% at 0.1 A g−1 after 50 cycles. It is noteworthy that the synthetic method is scalable which is suitable for mass production.

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This work was financially supported by the National Science and Technology Support Program of China (2015BAB06B00), the Program of Strategic Emerging Industries of Hunan Province, China (Grant No. 2017GK4019), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Central South University (No. 2017zzts126). Additionally, we thank the financial supporting from the collaborative Innovation Center of Manganese-Zinc-Vanadium Industrial Technology (the 20ll plan of Hunan province).

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    Zhewei Yang, Yang Yang, Huajun Guo, Zhixing Wang, Xinhai Li, Yu Zhou & Jiexi Wang

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Yang, Z., Yang, Y., Guo, H. et al. Compact structured silicon/carbon composites as high-performance anodes for lithium ion batteries. Ionics 24, 3405–3411 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-018-2486-6

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