Research progress in degradation mechanism of silicon anode materials for lithium-ion batteries

MA Zengsheng; ZHOU Yichun; LIU Jun; XUE Dongfeng; YANG Qingsheng; PAN Yong

doi:10.6052/1000-0992-13-066

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MA Zengsheng, ZHOU Yichun, LIU Jun, XUE Dongfeng, YANG Qingsheng, PAN Yong. Research progress in degradation mechanism of silicon anode materials for lithium-ion batteries[J]. Advances in Mechanics, 2013, 43(6): 581-599. doi: 10.6052/1000-0992-13-066

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MA Zengsheng, ZHOU Yichun, LIU Jun, XUE Dongfeng, YANG Qingsheng, PAN Yong. Research progress in degradation mechanism of silicon anode materials for lithium-ion batteries[J]. Advances in Mechanics, 2013, 43(6): 581-599. doi: 10.6052/1000-0992-13-066

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MA Zengsheng, ZHOU Yichun, LIU Jun, XUE Dongfeng, YANG Qingsheng, PAN Yong. Research progress in degradation mechanism of silicon anode materials for lithium-ion batteries[J]. Advances in Mechanics, 2013, 43(6): 581-599. doi: 10.6052/1000-0992-13-066

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Research progress in degradation mechanism of silicon anode materials for lithium-ion batteries

doi: 10.6052/1000-0992-13-066

1 Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials and Application Technology of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials, Optoelectronics and Physics, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
2 State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
3 Department of Engineering Mechanics, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China

Funds: The project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11102176, 11372267), the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) (2013AA032502), and the Emerging Strategic Industries of Hunan Province (2012GK4075).

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Corresponding author: ZHOU Yichun; PAN Yong
Received Date: 2013-09-01
Rev Recd Date: 2013-10-22
Publish Date: 2013-11-25

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Silicon anode materials have very high theoretical specific capacity, hence become promising replacement for anode material of lithium-ion batteries. However, during charging and discharging, silicon anode materials suffer big volume deformation that may cause destruction and failure of the active material. This seriously affects the electrochemical cycle performance, and restricts wide applications in the field of lithium-ion batteries. In this paper, we introduce silicon anode materials of different structure form, and the degradation mechanism of the electrochemical properties during charging and discharging. We summarize the latest international research progress in mechanical properties evolution of charging and discharging process, the related theoretical analysis, numerical simulations, and prospects for research emphasis of the mechanical failure in silicon anode materials.
- lithium-ion battery,
- silicon anode materials,
- ion diffusion,
- stress evolution,
- simulations,
- chemo-mechanical coupling

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