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Litchi shell-derived porous carbon for enhanced stability of silicon-based lithium-ion battery anode materials

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The structural characteristics of litchi shell-derived carbon are conducive to regulation and modification. Using biomass waste litchi shells as carbon source and nano-silicon particles to prepare silicon-carbon composite materials to relieve the volume effect of silicon in the charge and discharge process, litchi shell-derived activated carbon (LAC) with high specific surface area (1011.115 m2 g−1) and high porosity was obtained from litchi shell as silicon buffer matrix by simple high-temperature calcination and activation of ZnCl2. A silicon-carbon composite material (3D LAC@Si) with an embedded cladding structure was prepared with a high-energy ball milling process. In the electrochemical performance test, 3D LAC@Si as the negative electrode of a lithium-ion battery showed a high lithium storage capacity of 834.4 mAh g−1 and a high coulombic efficiency of 98.34% after cycling 100 cycles at a current density of 0.2A g−1.

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The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author: Zhao Fang fangzhao@xauat.edu.cn, upon reasonable request.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51974219, 52034011), National Key Research and Development Project (2018YFE0203400), and Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province (2018JM5135).

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    Linbo Li, Shuai Luo, Zekun Zheng, Kenan Zhong, Wenlong Huang & Zhao Fang

  2. Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Metallurgical, Xi’an, 710055, China

    Linbo Li & Zhao Fang

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Li, L., Luo, S., Zheng, Z. et al. Litchi shell-derived porous carbon for enhanced stability of silicon-based lithium-ion battery anode materials. Ionics 28, 161–172 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-021-04337-x

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