Silicon Anode Systems for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Prashant Kumta is the Edward R. Weidlein Endowed Chair Professor in the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania, USA. The author/co-author of over 150 refereed journal publications, he is a recognized authority on advanced Li-ion batteries, and has given more 66 invited presentations. Aloysius F. Hepp is Chief Technologist at Nanotech Innovations and independent consultant based in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned a PhD in Inorganic Photochemistry in 1983 from MIT and retired in December 2016 from the Photovoltaic & Electrochemical Systems Branch of the NASA Glenn Research Center. He was a visiting fellow at Harvard University from 1992–3. He was awarded the NASA Exceptional Achievement medal in 1997. He has served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Albany and Cleveland State University. Dr. Hepp has co-authored nearly 200 publications (including six patents) focused on processing of thin film and nanomaterials for I–III–VI solar cells, Li-ion batteries, integrated power devices and flight experiments, and precursors and spray pyrolysis deposition of sulfides and carbon nanotubes. He has co-edited twelve books on advanced materials processing, energy conversion and electronics, biomimicry and aerospace technologies. He is Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing (MSSP) and is currently the chair of the International Advisory Board of MSSP, as well as serving on the Editorial Advisory Boards of Mater. Sci. and Engin. B and Heliyon. Moni K. Datta is an Assistant Professor at the Bioengineering Department of the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, USA. Oleg I. Velikokhatnyi is an Assistant Professor, Bioengineering Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Part I: Background and Introduction 1. Introduction to silicon anode systems for lithium-ion batteries 2. Recent Advances in Silicon Materials for Li ion Batteries: Novel Processing, Alternative Raw Materials and Practical Considerations

Part II: Mechanical Properties 3. A Computational Study on the Effects of Mechanical Constraint on the Performance of Si Nanosheets as Anode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries 4. Mechanical Properties of Silicon-Based Electrodes 5. The Effect of the Insertion of an Elastic Buffer Layer on the Stability of a Si Thin Film Patterned Li-Ion Anode

Part III: Electrolytes and SEI Issues 6. The SEI Layer and Its Impact on Si-Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries 7. Active/Inactive Phases, Binders and the Impact of Electrolytes

Part IV: Achieving High Performance 8. Performance-Degradation Modeling in Silicon Anodes 9. Nanostructured 3D Electrode Architectures of Silicon for High-Performance Li-Ion Batteries 10. The Processing and Properties of Silicon Anode Materials for High Capacity and Performance

Part V: Applications and Future Directions 11. Silicon as anode material for high energy lithium-ion batteries 12. Batteries for Integrated Power and CubeSats: Recent Developments and Future Prospects