Mechanical mismatch-driven rippling in carbon-coated silicon sheets for stress-resilient battery anodes

Maintaining the structural stability during electrochemical cycling remains a big challenge facing the silicon anode material. Here, the authors have developed 2D silicon nanosheets coated with carbon layers, which show a unique mechanism in releasing internal stress by forming ripple structures.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jaegeon Ryu, Tianwu Chen, Taesoo Bok, Gyujin Song, Jiyoung Ma, Chihyun Hwang, Langli Luo, Hyun-Kon Song, Jaephil Cho, Chongmin Wang, Sulin Zhang, Soojin Park
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05398-9