Effect of Silicon Anode Additives on Lithium Ion Batteries

Abstract

Silicon anode of lithium ion batteries was fabricated with different binders and conductive additives (acetylene black, SuperP, VulcanXC-72, BP2000), and the electrochemical performance was investigated in detail. The effect of morphology and addition amount of conductive additives on the electrochemical performance of silicon electrode were investigated. Then, the appropriate type and content of binder in the silicon electrode was optimized. The morphology of silicon electrodes were characterized by scanning electron microscope(SEM). Electrochemical performances of the silicon electrodes were measured by constant current charge-discharge and cyclic voltammetry(CV). The results shows that SuperP has good electrical conductivity, a suitable surface area of 75.8 m 2 /g and average particle size of 39.24 nm, which can improve cycling performance and rate performance of the silicon electrode. With 15wt% SuperP and 15wt% CMC, the electrode exhibits a reversible capacity of 1143.8 mAh/g after 50 cycles.