title: Stabilizing Nanosized Si Anodes with the Synergetic Usage of Atomic Layer Deposition and Electrolyte Additives for Li-Ion Batteries.
abstract: A substantial increase in charging capacity over long cycle periods was made possible by the formation of a flexible weblike network via the combination of Al2O3 atomic layer deposition (ALD) and the electrolyte additive vinylene carbonate (VC). Transmission electron microscopy shows that a weblike network forms after cycling when ALD and VC were used in combination that dramatically increases the cycle stability for the Si composite anode. The ALD-VC combination also showed reduced reactions with the lithium salt, forming a more stable solid electrolyte interface (SEI) absent of fluorinated silicon species, as evidenced by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Although the bare Si composite anode showed only an improvement from a 56% to a 45% loss after 50 cycles, when VC was introduced, the ALD-coated Si anode showed an improvement from a 73% to a 11% capacity loss. Furthermore, the anode with the ALD coating and VC had a capacity of 630 mAh g(-1) after 200 cycles running at 200 mA g(-1), and the bare anode without VC showed a capacity of 400 mAh g(-1) after only 50 cycles. This approach can be extended to other Si systems, and the formation of this SEI is dependent on the thickness of the ALD that affects both capacity and stability.
authors.affiliation: †Nanoelectrochemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106-07, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Sunny
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hy
authors.affiliation: †Nanoelectrochemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106-07, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yi-Hsiu
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: †Nanoelectrochemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106-07, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ho-Ming
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: †Nanoelectrochemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106-07, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chun-Jern
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: †Nanoelectrochemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106-07, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ju-Hsiang
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: †Nanoelectrochemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106-07, Taiwan.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rick
authors.affiliation: †Nanoelectrochemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106-07, Taiwan.|‡National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsin-Chu 30076, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Bing-Joe
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Hwang
keywords: additive; anode; carbon; composite; lithium battery; silicon