Intrinsically self-healing polymers: from mechanistic insight to current challenges

B Li, PF Cao, T Saito, AP Sokolov - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Self-healing materials open new prospects for more sustainable technologies with improved
material performance and devices' longevity. We present an overview of the recent …

Microscale silicon-based anodes: fundamental understanding and industrial prospects for practical high-energy lithium-ion batteries

G Zhu, D Chao, W Xu, M Wu, H Zhang - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
To accelerate the commercial implementation of high-energy batteries, recent research
thrusts have turned to the practicality of Si-based electrodes. Although numerous …

An ion‐conductive grafted polymeric binder with practical loading for silicon anode with high interfacial stability in lithium‐Ion batteries

Z Li, G Wu, Y Yang, Z Wan, X Zeng… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Binders are required to dissipate huge mechanical stress and enhance the lithium‐ion
diffusion kinetics of silicon anodes during cycling. Herein, a stress‐distribution binder with …

Advances of polymer binders for silicon‐based anodes in high energy density lithium‐ion batteries

YM Zhao, FS Yue, SC Li, Y Zhang, ZR Tian, Q Xu… - InfoMat, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Conventional lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) with graphite anodes are approaching their
theoretical limitations in energy density. Replacing the conventional graphite anodes with …

Designing polymers for advanced battery chemistries

J Lopez, DG Mackanic, Y Cui, Z Bao - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Electrochemical energy storage devices are becoming increasingly important to our global
society, and polymer materials are key components of these devices. As the demand for …

Constructing pure Si anodes for advanced lithium batteries

M Je, DY Han, J Ryu, S Park - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus With the escalating demands of portable electronics, electric vehicles, and grid-
scale energy storage systems, the development of next-generation rechargeable batteries …

Physicochemical dual cross‐linking conductive polymeric networks combining high strength and high toughness enable stable operation of silicon microparticle …

B Zhang, Y Dong, J Han, Y Zhen, C Hu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The poor interfacial stability and insufficient cycling performance caused by undesirable
stress hinder the commercial application of silicon microparticles (µSi) as next‐generation …

Exploring chemical, mechanical, and electrical functionalities of binders for advanced energy-storage devices

H Chen, M Ling, L Hencz, HY Ling, G Li, Z Lin… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Tremendous efforts have been devoted to the development of electrode materials,
electrolytes, and separators of energy-storage devices to address the fundamental needs of …

Engineering prelithiation of polyacrylic acid binder: a universal strategy to boost initial Coulombic efficiency for high‐areal‐capacity Si‐based anodes

Z Li, W Tang, Y Yang, G Lai, Z Lin… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The low initial Coulombic efficiency (ICE) and insufficient cycling lives of silicon (Si)‐based
anodes seriously hinder their eventual introduction into next‐generation high‐energy …

Alternative binders for sustainable electrochemical energy storage–the transition to aqueous electrode processing and bio-derived polymers

D Bresser, D Buchholz, A Moretti, A Varzi… - Energy & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we discuss the most recent developments in the field of green binders for
batteries and supercapacitors and explain how they could decrease cost and environmental …