Carbon fibers as three-dimensional current collectors for silicon/reduced graphene oxide lithium ion battery anodes with improved rate performance and cycle life

• Published in: New journal of chemistry Vol. 42; no. 11; pp. 9058 - 9064
• Main Authors: Hsu, Chun-Han, Lin, Heng-Han, Liu, Yi-Hung, Lin, Hong-Ping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry 2018
• Subjects: Anodes; Carbon fiber reinforced plastics; Carbon fibers; Charge transfer; Electrodes; Foils; Graphene; Lithium; Lithium-ion batteries; Low resistance; Product design; Rechargeable batteries; Scanning electron microscopy; Silicon; Three dimensional composites; X-ray diffraction

A lithium ion battery (LIB) anode is prepared consisting of silicon and a reduced graphene oxide (Si/r-GO) composite deposited on a three-dimensional (3D) carbon fiber (CF) current collector. The morphology, structure and textural properties of the as-prepared Si, Si/r-GO composite and Si/r-GO/CF el...