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Epstein, Ariela

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“…Silicon accumulation exceeding 4 % is especially common in monocotyledonous plants, and hence in the plant families of Poaceae, Equisetaceae, and Cyperaceae 34. 35 Reeds, as the typical members of the Poaceae family, grow in along rivers, or in shallow water near ponds. They are widely distributed worldwide in the wetland of the temperate regions 35.…”

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“…They are widely distributed worldwide in the wetland of the temperate regions 35. As a living plant, reeds absorb silica from soil, and the silica accumulates around cellulose microcompartments 35. 36 Therefore, reeds are suitable natural reservoirs of nanostructured silica and its derivatives.…”

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“…35 Reeds, as the typical members of the Poaceae family, grow in along rivers, or in shallow water near ponds. They are widely distributed worldwide in the wetland of the temperate regions 35. As a living plant, reeds absorb silica from soil, and the silica accumulates around cellulose microcompartments 35.…”

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Energy Storage Materials from Nature through Nanotechnology: A Sustainable Route from Reed Plants to a Silicon Anode for Lithium‐Ion Batteries

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Silicon is an attractive anode material in energy storage devices, as it has a ten times higher theoretical capacity than its state-of-art carbonaceous counterpart. However, the common process to synthesize silicon nanostructured electrodes is complex, costly, and energy-intensive. Three-dimensional (3D) porous silicon-based anode materials have been fabricated from natural reed leaves by calcination and magnesiothermic reduction. This sustainable and highly abundant silica source allows for facile production of 3D porous silicon with very good electrochemical performance. The obtained silicon anode retains the 3D hierarchical architecture of the reed leaf. Impurity leaching and gas release during the fabrication process leads to an interconnected porosity and the reductive treatment to an inside carbon coating. Such anodes show a remarkable Li-ion storage performance: even after 4000 cycles and at a rate of 10 C, a specific capacity of 420 mA h g(-1) is achieved.

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