Energy Storage Materials from Nature through Nanotechnology: A Sustainable Route from Reed Plants to a Silicon Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Preparation of Nanocrystalline Silicon from SiCl4at 200 °C in Molten Salt for High-Performance Anodes for Lithium Ion Batteries

(2015) Ning Lin et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Ge/C Nanowires as High-Capacity and Long-Life Anode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries

(2014) Jun Liu et al.   ACS Nano

Carbon-Encapsulated Pyrite as Stable and Earth-Abundant High Energy Cathode Material for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries

(2014) Jun Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Highly Reversible and Large Lithium Storage in Mesoporous Si/C Nanocomposite Anodes with Silicon Nanoparticles Embedded in a Carbon Framework

(2014) Renyuan Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Surface Binding of Polypyrrole on Porous Silicon Hollow Nanospheres for Li-Ion Battery Anodes with High Structure Stability

(2014) Fei-Hu Du et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Self-Supported Li4Ti5O12–C Nanotube Arrays as High-Rate and Long-Life Anode Materials for Flexible Li-Ion Batteries

(2014) Jun Liu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Facile Synthesis of Highly Porous Ni–Sn Intermetallic Microcages with Excellent Electrochemical Performance for Lithium and Sodium Storage

(2014) Jun Liu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Scalable synthesis of silicon nanosheets from sand as an anode for Li-ion batteries

(2014) Won-Sik Kim et al.   Nanoscale

Towards greener and more sustainable batteries for electrical energy storage

(2014) D. Larcher et al.   Nature Chemistry

A pomegranate-inspired nanoscale design for large-volume-change lithium battery anodes

(2014) Nian Liu et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Revealing lithium–silicide phase transformations in nano-structured silicon-based lithium ion batteries via in situ NMR spectroscopy

(2014) K. Ogata et al.   Nature Communications

Binder-free rice husk-based silicon–graphene composite as energy efficient Li-ion battery anodes

(2014) Deniz P. Wong et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Reed Leaves as a Sustainable Silica Source for 3D Mesoporous Nickel (Cobalt) Silicate Architectures Assembled into Ultrathin Nanoflakes for High-Performance Supercapacitors

(2014) Junhong Zhao et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Graphene-Encapsulated Si on Ultrathin-Graphite Foam as Anode for High Capacity Lithium-Ion Batteries

(2013) Junyi Ji et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Multilayered Si Nanoparticle/Reduced Graphene Oxide Hybrid as a High-Performance Lithium-Ion Battery Anode

(2013) Jingbo Chang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Thermodynamics of Electrochemical Lithium Storage

(2013) Joachim Maier   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Self-healing chemistry enables the stable operation of silicon microparticle anodes for high-energy lithium-ion batteries

(2013) Chao Wang et al.   Nature Chemistry

Recycling rice husks for high-capacity lithium battery anodes

(2013) D. S. Jung et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Challenges Facing Lithium Batteries and Electrical Double-Layer Capacitors

(2012) Nam-Soon Choi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Anodized Macroporous Silicon Anode for Integration of Lithium-Ion Batteries on Chips

(2012) Xida Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

In situ atomic-scale imaging of electrochemical lithiation in silicon

(2012) Xiao Hua Liu et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Stable cycling of double-walled silicon nanotube battery anodes through solid–electrolyte interphase control

(2012) Hui Wu et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Roll up nanowire battery from silicon chips

(2012) A. Vlad et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Major Constituent of Brown Algae for Use in High-Capacity Li-Ion Batteries

(2011) I. Kovalenko et al.   SCIENCE

Electrical Energy Storage for the Grid: A Battery of Choices

(2011) B. Dunn et al.   SCIENCE

Reversible Storage of Lithium in Silver-Coated Three-Dimensional Macroporous Silicon

(2010) Yan Yu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High-performance lithium-ion anodes using a hierarchical bottom-up approach

(2010) A. Magasinski et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Silicon: its manifold roles in plants

(2009) E. Epstein   ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY

Three-Dimensional Porous Silicon Particles for Use in High-Performance Lithium Secondary Batteries

(2008) Hyunjung Kim et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Superior Storage Performance of a Si@SiOx/C Nanocomposite as Anode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries

(2008) Yong-Sheng Hu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Extended Arrays of Vertically Aligned Sub-10 nm Diameter [100] Si Nanowires by Metal-Assisted Chemical Etching

(2008) Zhipeng Huang et al.   NANO LETTERS