Preparation and electrochemical lithium storage performance of porous silicon microsphere composite with metal modification and carbon coating
- Corresponding author: Jianming WANG, wjm@zju.edu.cn
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Zeyu XU, Tongzhou LU, Haibo SHAO, Jianming WANG. Preparation and electrochemical lithium storage performance of porous silicon microsphere composite with metal modification and carbon coating[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry,
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10.11862/CJIC.20240164
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In the naming of different materials, the symbol"/"represents the interface between the substrate and the metal deposition layer, and the symbol"-"is used to connect different components in the alloy or deposition layer.
Inset: the corresponding pore size distribution curves.
The bar chart represents the discharge capacity, while the line diagram represents the retention rate vs 3rd cycle in c.