Nano-structured silicon anodes are attractive alternatives to graphitic carbons in
rechargeable Li-ion batteries, owing to their extremely high capacities. Despite their …

One of the major bottlenecks towards the development of the Na-ion battery system is that
graphitic carbon (the commonly used anode material for the Li-ion system) is not suitable for …

We report here a systematic study concerning the effects of different Si oxides and sub-
oxides (viz., SiO 2, Si 2 O 3, SiO, Si 2 O), in varying contents, as present on the surface of …

A molecular dynamics simulation with a Tersoff modified potential was used to investigate
the structural features of hollow-core Si nanowires with outer radii of 1.6–3.8 nm at different …

A synthetic route to crystalline silicon (Si) nanowires with an amorphous Si shell is reported.
Trisilane (Si3H8) and Sn (HMDS) 2 are decomposed in supercritical toluene at 450° C. Sn …

We use Raman spectroscopy in tandem with transmission electron microscopy and density
functional theory simulations to show that extreme (GPa) pressure converts the phase of …

We investigated the elastic modulus behavior of crystalline InAs/amorphous Al2O3 core–
shell heterostructured nanowires with shell thicknesses varying between 10 and 90 nm by …

The mechanical properties of SiC nanowires were investigated using molecular dynamics
simulation method. The results show that the disorder shell layer reduced the elastic …

In this work, we have simulated a three point bending test for Si nanorods of different sizes
with an oxide coating of different thicknesses using molecular dynamics simulations and the …

As the power demands of mobile technologies continue to increase, lithium-ion batteries are
needed with greater power and energy density. Silicon anodes offer an alternative to …