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A review of existing and emerging binders for silicon anodic Li-ion batteries

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Silicon anodes have been extensively studied as a potential alternative to graphite ones for Li-ion batteries. However, their commercial application is limited by the issues of the poor structural and interfacial stability. In this regard, one of the key strategies for fully exploiting the capacity potential of Si-based anodes is to design robust conductive binder networks. Although the amount of binder in the electrode is small, it is, however, considered as a critical component of Si-based anodes for Li-ion batteries. In this review, a brief summary is given from the structural and functional aspects of the existing binders for Si anodes. In particular, three-dimensional and multifunctional polymeric binders with excellent electrical conductivity, flexibility, and adhesion prepared by chemical bonding, electrostatic and coordination interactions have become the focus of research, and are expected to accelerate the practical application of silicon anodes. Lastly, some suggestions for the future development of Si anodic binders are put forward.

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This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2017YFA0208200), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 52202309, 52271230, 22208280, 22022505, and 21872069), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (Nos. 020514380266, 020514380272, and 020514380274), the Scientific and Technological Innovation Special Fund for Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality of Jiangsu Province (No. BK20220008), the funding for school-level research projects of Yancheng Institute of Technology (No. xjr2019006), the Open Fund of Key Laboratory for Advanced Technology in Environmental Protection of Jiangsu Province, the Nanjing International Collaboration Research Program (Nos. 202201007 and 2022SX00000955), and the Suzhou Gusu Leading Talent Program of Science and Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Wujiang District (No. ZXL2021273).

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Liu, Y., Shao, R., Jiang, R. et al. A review of existing and emerging binders for silicon anodic Li-ion batteries. Nano Res. 16, 6736–6752 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-5281-7

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