Journal
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Volume 53, Issue 52, Pages 14527-14532Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201408108
Keywords
anode materials; colloids; group 14 elements; nanoparticles; prelithiation
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- Colorado School of Mines (CSM)
- Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (COEDIT) [11833]
- Office of Technology Transfer of CSM
- National Science Foundation through the Renewable Energy Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (REMRSEC) [DMR-0820518]
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The synthesis of colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) of lithiated group 14 elements (Z=Si, Ge, and Sn) is reported, which are Li4.4Si, Li3.75Si, Li4.4Ge, and Li4.4Sn. Li(x)Z compounds are highly reactive and cannot be synthesized by existing methods. The success relied on separating the surface protection from the crystal formation and using a unique passivating ligand. Bare Li(x)Z crystals were first produced by milling elemental Li and Z in an argon-filled jar. Then, under the assistance of additional milling, hexyllithium was added to passivate the freshly generated Li(x)Z NCs. This ball-milling-assisted surface protection method may be generalized to similar systems, such as Na(x)Z and K(x)Z. Moreover, Li4.4Si and Li4.4Ge NCs were conformally encapsulated in carbon fibers, providing great opportunities for studying the potential of using Li(x)Z to mitigate the volume-fluctuation-induced poor cyclability problem confronted by Z anodes in lithium-ion batteries.
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