Crystalline Sb–Cu alloy films as anode materials for Li-ion rechargeable batteries

Nanostructured Antimony/carbon Composite Fibers as Anode Material for Lithium-ion Battery

“…Recently, downsizing materials with nanoscale is one of most popular approaches for improving the electrochemical performance of these electrodes [17][18][19]. It is supposed that the nanostructured materials could provide a series of better properties including (i) the larger specific surface area, which results in a decrease of charge/discharge capacity loss; (ii) a shorter diffusion length for Li-ion transport, which leads to a faster rate capability; and (iii) combating the stress of lithium insertion/extraction, which causes the increase of cycling life [8,10,17].…”

Development of nano-spherical RuO2 active material on AISI 317 steel substrate via pulse electrodeposition for supercapacitors

“…Large numbers of ions or atoms can be transferred between the anode and the cathode during the electrochemical reaction because of the nano-spherical shaped particles in the active material. Synthesized electrode materials having a particle size below sub-micron level (~5 μm) is the preferred morphological characteristic for a good energy transferring electrode [17,18]. The EDAX results in Fig.…”

SnSb/TiO2/C nanocomposite fabricated by high energy ball milling for high-performance lithium-ion batteries

“…8,24,25 Unfortunately, the pulverization problem due to the large volume change would also lead to a high level of irreversibility and poor cycle life for SnSb based anodes. To improve the cyclic stability, previous studies 21, [26][27][28] reported that incorporating Sb into intermetallic by a one-step ball milling can achieve a good cyclability of 330 mA h g À1 over 500 cycles. To this end, Sb 2 O 3 and carbon, used as host matrix can reduce the aggregation of Sb during cycling and maintain the structural stability.…”