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Effects of LiCl template amount on structure, morphology, and electrochemical performance of porous Si@C anodes

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Porous silicon carbon (Si@C) has been regarded as a promising candidate to overcome volume change of silicon-based anodes. However, the relationship between pore size distribution and properties of porous Si@C materials is not clear. Herein, porous materials with different pore size structures are synthesized by adjusting the proportion of LiCl additives in the template, which is used to study the effect of pore size distribution on the properties of batteries. The results show that the porous Si@C prepared with the content of 10% LiCl templates has the perfect electrochemical comprehensive performance. In addition, we have utilized the density functional theory (DFT) calculation methods to further study the effect of carbon defects on the material properties.

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This work was supported by Gansu Provincial Department of Education: Industrial Support Program Project (2021CYZC-18), the Major Science and Technology Projects of Gansu Province (18ZD2FA012), and the Lanzhou University of Technology Hongliu First-class Discipline Construction Program, Education Department of Gansu Province: Excellent Graduate Student “Innovation Star” Project (2021CXZX-456).

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  1. School of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, 36 Pengjiaping Road, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, 730050, People’s Republic of China

    Hong Dong, Hao Ding, Ningshuang Zhang, Jie Wang,  Song, Peng Wang, Ru Song, Yongkun Sun & Shiyou Li

  2. Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy and Chemical Engineering of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, 730050, People’s Republic of China

    Hong Dong, Ningshuang Zhang & Shiyou Li

  3. Gansu Engineer in Laboratory of Cathode Material for Lithium-Ion Battery, Baiyin, 730900, People’s Republic of China

    Ningshuang Zhang & Shiyou Li

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Dong, H., Ding, H., Zhang, N. et al. Effects of LiCl template amount on structure, morphology, and electrochemical performance of porous Si@C anodes. Ionics 28, 2635–2648 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-022-04526-2

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