title: Highly reversible and large lithium storage in mesoporous si/c nanocomposite anodes with silicon nanoparticles embedded in a carbon framework.
abstract: A magnesiothermic reduction approach is designed to synthesize mesoporous Si/C nanocomposites with ultrasmall, uniform silicon nanoparticles (ca. 3 nm) embedded in a rigid mesoporous carbon framework. The resultant mesoporous Si/C nanocomposites present excellent performance with high reversible capacity, good Coulombic efficiency and rate capability, and outstanding cycling stability in lithium-ion battery applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Shanghai Key Lab of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials and Advanced Materials Lab, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Renyuan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yuanjin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Dengke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zaiping
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Hua Kun
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ahmed A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Elzatahry
authors.forename: Dongyuan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhao
keywords: anode materials; lithium-ion batteries; mesoporous carbon; nanocomposites; silicon anode