title: Si nanoparticle-decorated Si nanowire networks for Li-ion battery anodes.
abstract: We designed and fabricated binder-free, 3D porous silicon nanostructures for Li-ion battery anodes, where Si nanoparticles electrically contact current collectors via vertically grown silicon nanowires. When compared with a Si nanowire anode, the areal capacity was increased by a factor of 4 without having to use long, high temperature steps under vacuum that vapour-liquid-solid Si nanowire growth entails.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Liangbing
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Seung Sae
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Lifeng
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: McDonough
authors.forename: Sy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bohy
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cui
mesh_terms: D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004566:Electrodes; D007477:Ions / Q000737:chemistry; D008094:Lithium / Q000737:chemistry*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D016062:Porosity; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D008094:Lithium; D012825:Silicon