Lithium-ion batteries are nowadays playing a pivotal role in our everyday life thanks to their
excellent rechargeability, suitable power density, and outstanding energy density. A key …

Rechargeable lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) are today's best performing and most promising
energy storage devices. Silicon‐based anode materials with ultrahigh specific capacity are …

Silicon (Si) is one of the most promising anode candidates to further push the energy density
of lithium ion batteries. However, its practical usage is still hindered by parasitic side …

Lithium ion batteries (LIBs) using silicon as anode material are endowed with much higher
energy density than state‐of‐the‐art graphite‐based LIBs. However, challenges of volume …

The relationship between the degree of lithiation and open-circuit potential (OCP) of the half-
cells of lithium-ion batteries is mostly regarded to be invariant during battery aging. In …

Li-ion batteries will lose both capacity and power over time due to calendar aging caused by
slow parasitic processes that consume Li+ ions. Studying and mitigating these processes is …

Direct-contact prelithiation (PL) is a facile, practical, and scalable method to overcome the
first-cycle loss and large volume expansion issues for silicon anode (with 30 wt% Si loading) …

The energy density of lithium-ion batteries can be increased by replacing the traditional
graphite anode with a high capacity silicon anode. However, volume changes and interfacial …

Silicon (Si) is one of the most promising candidates for application as high‐capacity
negative electrode (anode) material in lithium ion batteries (LIBs) due to its high specific …

The mass electrification of personal and service vehicles is reliant on the ability of battery
packs to undergo extreme fast recharging. A central challenge is that the repeated exposure …