Abstract
To determine the effect of cross-linking in polymer binders on gravimetric capacity and retention in charge/discharge cycling of lithium-ion batteries containing silicon anodes, polymers with a varied chemiophysical characters have been studied as electrode binders. Here we report the utilization of cross-linked polyborosiloxanes and a boron-modified organosilicate as binders for nanoparticulate silicon-containing anodes for lithium-ion batteries. We show that highly cross-linked binders enable a large degree of capacity to be accessed and that capacity retention is greater when the electrodes are cycled in half cells. More extensive analysis of the boron-modified organosilicate is further explored.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | A731-A735 |
| Journal | Journal of the Electrochemical Society |
| Volume | 165 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| State | Published - 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We thank the National Science Foundation for Award No. 1355438 (EPSCoR: Powering the Kentucky Bioeconomy for a Sustainable Future). We thank Celgard for their donation of battery separators. We thank Matthew Casselman and Bryant Polzin for helpful discussions.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2018.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Surfaces, Coatings and Films
- Electrochemistry
- Materials Chemistry
