Carbon-Coated Silicon Material: an Ideal Anode Material for Lithium Batteries

Problems Facing Silicon Carbon Material System

Silicon possesses an ultra-high theoretical capacity for lithium insertion, about 10 times greater than carbon materials. It has many advantages, including a similar charging and discharging system to graphite and low prices and plentiful sources. Silicon will, however, produce volume changes of >400% during the deintercalation process of lithium. This will lead to pulverization, loss of contact between the current collectors and the conductive agents, and rapid degradation of capacity. The SEI membrane on the silicon surface is also a major factor in limiting its cycle life.
The lithium ions diffuse into the silicon particle, reducing the lithium insertion capability of the active materials. Selecting nano-scale silicon particle can also reduce material powdering. This will improve capacity. Nanoparticles, however, are easily agglomerated, and they have little effect on the thickening SEI films. Currently, silicon anode technologies are focusing on two key problems: “volume growth” and “conductivity”, which occur during the charge-discharge process. As far as anodes are concerned, the carbon materials used in silicon anodes to form conductive and buffer layer are crucial.


The nanometerization process can enhance the performance of silicon material. To reduce the production costs of nanosilicon materials and to stabilize the SEI film on the silicon surface, many materials have excellent intrinsic conductivity. These materials are then compounded with silicon to achieve these goals. Carbon materials can be used to improve the conductivity on silicon-based anodes and also stabilize the SEI films.

No single silicon or carbon material can meet both the criteria of the modern electronic device for energy density as well as cycle life. The fact that silicon is a member of the same chemical group as carbon, and has similar properties to both, makes it easy to recombine them. The composite silicon-carbon can be used to complement both the benefits and shortcomings of each material. It also allows for a material with gram and cycle capacities that are significantly increased.

The reduction of particle size in the electrode material has the additional purpose of increasing the ionic rather than electronic conductivity. As the particle size is reduced, the diffusion path of lithium ions is also shortened. This allows the lithium ion to quickly participate in electrochemical reactions, during charge and discharge. For the enhancement of electronic conductivity there are two methods. One involves coatings of conductive material and the second is doping. This is done by producing mixed valences states to improve the intrinsic conductivity.

Carbon-Coated Silicone Material

Scientists developed a plan for using carbon to wrap silicone as a negative electrolyte material in lithium batteries. They did this by synthesizing the electrochemical characteristics of carbon and silica. In experiments, scientists found that silicon coated with carbon can boost the material’s performance. Preparation methods for this material include hydrothermal method CVD, and coating carbon precursors to silicon particles. The array of nanowires were prepared by metal catalytically etching the silicon plate. They then coated the surface with carbon using carbon aerogels. The initial discharge capacity of this nanocomposite was 3,344mAh/g. After 40 cycles, the capacity reversible is 1,326mAh/g. The material’s excellent electrochemical performance is due to its good electronic conductivity, contact between silicon and carbon materials and effective inhibition of volume expansion by the silicon materials.

The Development Prospects

Carbon-coated Silicon material is an ideal anode material for lithium batteries. It combines high conductivity, stability and capacity of silicon with the advantages of carbon.


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Copper Nanoparticles – Properties and Applications

What exactly are Copper Nanoparticles Nanomaterials products have some very strange properties. The superplastic nano-copper can be stretched at room temperature for up to 50 times without cracking and is therefore very flexible. Nano copper is more reactive than normal copper to oxygen. Although the copper atoms of nano copper behave the same way as in normal copper, nano copper’s copper particles are much smaller.

Copper nanoparticles

1. Copper Nanoparticles’ metallic and non-metallic surfaces conductive coatings are highly activated and can be applied at temperatures less than the melting points of powders, in the absence or oxygen. It’s used to produce microelectronic devices. 2. High-efficiency catalyst Copper and its alloy Nano powder can be used to catalyze the reactions of carbon dioxide, hydrogen synthesis methanol and carbon dioxide. 3. The cost of substituting copper nanoparticles in precious metal powder for electronic paste can be greatly reduced. Assist in further optimizing the microelectronic process. 4. Copper Nanoparticles have a strong antibacterial effect, which can kill microorganisms. 5. The thermal conductivity anti-wear micro copper directly acts on the metal surfaces of the machine. This helps to restore the old metal. Once the friction heat has been released, the product will attach to the metallic surface. Its nanometer-sized characteristics can smoothen the original rough metal layer and strengthen the protective film. Thus, it is possible to extend the life expectancy of metal parts while saving energy. Rmcplant (aka. Rmcplant is an advanced material. With over 12 years’ experience, Rmcplant is an established global supplier of chemical material. High purity, small particles, uniform distribution and low packing density are all hallmarks of the copper nanoparticles that our company produces. We can provide lower quantities if required.
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Silicon Nanoparticles Nano Si Powder CAS 7440-21-3

About Silicon Nanoparticles Nano Si Powder:
Silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs) are biologically compatible, metal-free quantum dots that exhibit size and surface tailorable photoluminescence. Silicon nanoparticles are composed of pure amorphous nano silicon dioxide. The particle diameter is less than 5 nanometers, and the particle range is narrow. Nano silicon powder is a new generation of optoelectronic semiconductor materials with wide gap energy semiconductors and is also a high-power light source material.
 
Silicon nanoparticles are known for being absorbent and abrasive, whereas mesoporous silicon nanoparticles have important applications in drug delivery and nanomedicine. Silicon nanoparticles have attracted great attention in the past decades because of their intriguing physical properties, active surface state, distinctive photoluminescence and biocompatibility.

How is Silicon Nanoparticles Nano Si Powder produced?
Some methods used to synthesize silicon nanoparticles are reverse microemulsion and flame synthesis and widely used sol-gel. In a reverse microemulsion, surfactant molecules dissolved in an organic solvent form spherical micelles. In the presence of water, the polar head groups organize themselves to form water-containing microcavities, usually called reverse micelles.
 
When synthesizing silicon nanoparticles, the addition of silicon alkoxide and catalyst to the medium containing reverse micelles can be carefully controlled to make the nanoparticles grow in the microcavity. The main disadvantages of the reverse micro emulsification method are the high cost and difficulty in removing the surfactant in the final product.
 
Besides, by reacting 1 kg of sulphuric acid 3M with 190 g of Olivine at 90°C in a stirred reactor 65 g of nano-silicon is produced. The features of the silicon produced are a specific surface area of 100-500 m²/g, a mean particle size of 5-20 nm and a specific surface area in micropores of 20- 200 m²/g.

Technical Parameter of Silicon Nanoparticles Nano Si Powder:

Product NameMFPurityParticle SizeCrystal FormSSAColor
Silicon NanoparticlesSi99%50nm, 100nmPolycrystalline22m2/gOchre

 

Application of Silicon Nanoparticles Nano Si Powder:

1. Lithium battery anode material
Silicon nanoparticles made of nano Si powder is used in the anode material of rechargeable lithium battery, or the surface of nano silicon powder is coated with graphite as the anode material of rechargeable lithium battery, which improves the electric capacity of a rechargeable lithium battery by more than 10 Capacity and a number of charge and discharge cycles.
2. Nano-silicon semiconductor light-emitting materials
Silicon/silicon oxide nanostructures designed on a silicon substrate, which can achieve photoluminescence and forward or reverse bias in all major wavelength bands (including 1.54 and 1.62µm) from near-ultraviolet to near-infrared Low threshold voltage electroluminescence.
3. Aluminum castable
Adding Si powder can significantly reduce the creep rate of high-aluminum casting castings in high-temperature furnaces, prevent cracks and spalling of the furnace lining due to shrinkage and creep, and improve service life. 
4. Tire cord fabric compound
Adding silicon nanoparticles to the tire cord fabric compound can increase the 300% constant tensile stress of vulcanizate, tensile properties, tear strength, reduce Mooney viscosity, and have a certain reinforcing effect on the compound.
5.Coatings
Adding silicon nanoparticles to the coating system can improve the anti-aging, scrub resistance, and anti-staining properties of the coating, and finally extend the service life of the coating.

Packing & Shipping of Silicon Nanoparticles Nano Si Powder:
We have many different kinds of packing which depends on the silicon nanoparticles quantity.
Silicon nanoparticles nano Si powder packing: vacuum packing, 1kg/bag, 25kg/barrel, or as your request.
Silicon nanoparticles nano Si powder shipping: could be shipped out by sea , by air, by express as soon as possible once payment receipt.
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Silicon Nanoparticles Properties

Other NamesSilicon Nanopowder, silicon nanocrystals, silicon nano-particles,
nanosilicon, silicon nano-powder, nano-silicon
CAS No.7440-21-3
Compound FormulaSi
Molecular Weight28.08
AppearanceYellow Brown Powder
Melting Point2900 °C
Boiling PointN/A
Bulk Density1414 g/cm3
Trun Density2330 g/cm3
Solubility in H2ON/A
Poisson’s Ratio0.064-0.28
Vickers HardnessN/A
Thermal Expansion(25 °C) 2.6 µm·m-1·K-1
Young’s Modulus51-80 GPa
  
  

Silicon Nanoparticles Health & Safety Information

Signal WordWarning
Hazard StatementsH228
Flash PointNot applicable
Hazard CodesF
Risk Codes11
Safety Statements16-33-36
RTECS NumberVW0400000
Transport InformationUN 1346 4.1/PG 3
WGK Germany2
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