Citation: Yu-Fei YANG, Jin-Long YANG, Feng PAN, Yi CUI. From Intercalation to Alloying Chemistry: Structural Design of Silicon Anodes for the Next Generation of Lithium-ion Batteries[J]. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, ;2020, 39(1): 16-19. doi: 10.14102/j.cnki.0254-5861.2011-2715 shu

From Intercalation to Alloying Chemistry: Structural Design of Silicon Anodes for the Next Generation of Lithium-ion Batteries

Yu-Fei YANG ^{a, *} ,
Jin-Long YANG ^{a, b, *} ,
Feng PAN ^b,, ,
Yi CUI ^{a, c,,}

a.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
b.
School of Advanced Materials, Peking University, Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
c.
Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA

Corresponding author: Feng PAN, panfeng@pkusz.edu.cn Yi CUI, yicui@stanford.edu

Received Date: 26 December 2019
Accepted Date: 27 December 2019

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Lithium-ion batteries, first commercialized in 1991, have been thriving for the past 30 years and become an important basis for portable electronics and electric vehicles. However, this first generation of lithium-ion batteries built on the intercalation materials has limited energy density and can not meet the increased demand of various applications. Thus, a transition from intercalation to alloying chemistry for anodes is on call. Silicon, as the most attractive alloying anode material, has been on the research focus for next-generation high-energy density battery. Alloying mechanism benefits silicon a large capacity while brings silicon the challenge of volume expansion. This article discusses the structure design strategies to address the issues of large volume change and interface instability.
- silicon anode,
- alloying chemistry,
- structural design,
- lithium-ion battery.
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