battery anode. The precursor material was produced by pack cementation. The effect of
length of pack-cementation time on the pore structure and the microstructure of the struts
was investigated in this study. It was found that for high pack-cementation times a
hierarchical pore structure with nano-and micro-sized pores was formed. In addition, the
longer the pack-cementation time, the lower the crystallite size and the dislocation density in …