Results and Publications

Research Areas & Activities Solar Energy Biomass Energy Hydrogen Advanced Combustion CO₂ Capture CO₂ Storage Advanced Materials & Catalysts Advanced Coal Advanced Transportation High-Energy Organic Battery Electrodes A Quantum Leap Forward for Li-Ion Battery Cathodes Battery Electrodes with Nanowire Architectures Other Renewables Integrated Assessment Advanced Nuclear Energy Energy Distribution & Infrastructures Geoengineering All Activities Analysis Activities Technical Reports

Research

Battery Electrodes with Nanowire Architectures

March 2007 - February 2010

Investigators

Yi Cui and Friedrich B. Prinz, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University

Annual Reports

Publications

Cui, L-F., R. Ruffo, C. K. Chan, H. Peng, and Y. Cui. “Crystalline-amorphous core−shell silicon nanowires for high capacity and high current battery electrodes.” Nano Letters, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 491–495, doi: 10.1021/nl8036323 (2009).
Chan, C. K., R. Ruffo, S. S. Hong, R. A. Huggins, and Y. Cui. “Structural and electrochemical study of the reaction of lithium with silicon nanowires.” Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 189, No. 1, pp. 34–39, doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2008.12.047 (2009).
Chan, C. K., S. T. Connor, C-M. Hsu, R. A. Huggins and Y. Cui. “Nanowire batteries for next generation of electronics.” IEDM, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/IEDM.2008.4796644 (2008).
Ruffo, R. S. S. Hong, C. K. Chan, R. A. Huggins, and Y. Cui. “Impedance analysis of silicon nanowire lithium-ion battery anodes.” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 113, No. 26, pp. 11390-11398, doi: 10.1021/jp901594g (2009).
Chan, C. K., H. Peng, G. Liu, K. McIlwrath, X. F. Zhang, R. A. Huggins, and Y. Cui. “High-performance lithium battery anodes using silicon nanowires.” Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 3, pp. 31-35, doi: 10.1038/nnano.2007.411 (2008).
Chan, C. K., X. F. Zhang, and Y. Cui. “High capacity Li-ion battery anodes using Ge nanowires.” Nano Letters, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 307-309, doi: 10.1021/nl0727157 (2008).
Kim, D. K., P. Muralidharan, H.-W. Lee, R. Ruffo, Y. Yang, C. K. Chan, H. Peng, R. A. Huggins, and Y. Cui. “Spinel LiMn2O4 nanorods as Li-ion battery cathodes.” Nano Letters, Vol. 8, No. 11, pp. 3948-3952, 10.1021/nl8024328 (2008).

Updated October 2009