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Preparation of Silicon-Carbon-Graphene Composites and their Application to Lithium Ion Secondary Battery

실리콘-탄소-그래핀 복합체 제조 및 리튬이온 이차전지 응용

  • Kim, SunKyung (Resources Utilization Research Center, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • Kim, ChanMi (Resources Utilization Research Center, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • Chang, Hankwon (Resources Utilization Research Center, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • Jang, Hee Dong (Resources Utilization Research Center, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
  • 김선경 (한국지질자원연구원 자원활용연구센터) ;
  • 김찬미 (한국지질자원연구원 자원활용연구센터) ;
  • 장한권 (한국지질자원연구원 자원활용연구센터) ;
  • 장희동 (한국지질자원연구원 자원활용연구센터)
  • Received : 2019.10.16
  • Accepted : 2019.12.03
  • Published : 2019.12.31
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Abstract

Recently, high electrochemical performance anode materials for lithium ion secondary batteries are of interest. Here, we present silicon-carbon-graphene (Si-C-GR) composites for high performance anode materials of lithium ion secondary battery (LIB). Aerosol process and heat-treatment were employed to prepare the Si-C-GR composites using a colloidal mixture of silicon, glucose, and graphene oxide precursor. The effects of the size of the silicon particles in Si-C-GR composites on the material properties including the morphology and crystal structure were investigated. Silicon particles ranged from 50 nm to 1 ㎛ in average diameter were employed while concentration of silicon, graphene oxide and glucose was fixed in the aerosol precursor. Morphology of as-fabricated Si-C-GR composites was generally the shape of a crumpled paper ball and the Si particles were well wrapped in carbon and graphene. The size range of composites was about from 2.2 to 2.9 ㎛. The composites including silicon particles larger than 200 nm in size exhibited higher performance as LIB anodes such as capacity and coulombic efficiency than silicon particles less than 100 nm, which were about 1500 mAh/g at 100 cycles in capacity and 99% in coulombic efficiency, respectively.

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