Fluidized bed reaction towards crystalline embedded amorphous Si anode with much enhanced cycling stability

Chem Commun (Camb). 2018 Apr 10;54(30):3755-3758. doi: 10.1039/c8cc00575c.

Abstract

A facile and large-scale fluidized bed reaction route was introduced for the first time to prepare crystalline embedded amorphous silicon nanoparticles with an average size of 50 nm as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. By increasing the operating potential to control the electrochemically active degree, the resulting sample showed excellent cycle stability with a high capacity retention of 94.7% after 200 cycles at 1 A g-1 in the voltage range of 0.12-2.00 V.