Graphite is an excellent negative electrode (anode) material for Li-ion batteries. It has high
specific capacity (eg,∼ 2.5× higher than LiCoO 2), high volumetric capacity (∼ the same as …

Growing market demand for portable energy storage has triggered significant research on
high‐capacity lithium‐ion (Li‐ion) battery anodes. Various elements have been utilized in …

Since the launch of lithium-ion batteries, elements (such as silicon, tin, or aluminum) that can
be alloyed with lithium have been expected as anode materials, owing to larger capacity …

Poor electrochemical performances of materials in commercial lithium-ion batteries (LIBs)
make it difficult to realize battery technologies for future electric power applications such as …

Battery chemistry based on earth-abundant elements has great potential for the
development of cost-effective, large-scale energy storage systems. Herein, we report, for the …

Sodium-ion batteries are an alternative to lithium-ion batteries for large-scale applications.
However, low capacity and poor rate capability of existing anodes are the main bottlenecks …

Electrospinning is a versatile and efficient technique to fabricate hollow structured
nanofibers of metal oxides, carbon, metals, composites, and others, which present great …

In this Letter, we reported on the preparation and Li-ion battery anode application of
ultrasmall Sn nanoparticles (∼ 5 nm) embedded in nitrogen-doped porous carbon network …

Among the various kinds of electrospun materials, electrospun carbon nanofibers (ECNFs)
represent one of the most interesting research directions in nanoscience and …

Tremendous efforts have been devoted to replace commercial graphite anode (372 mAh g−
1) by group IV elements (Si, Ge, Sn) based-materials with high capacities in lithium-ion …