Properties of silicon-based lithium batteries with different electrode nanostructures

Abstract

Among the energy storage devices, lithium-based batteries demonstrate extraordinary performance, which makes them a promising substitution for fossil fuels. Although lithium-based batteries are now used on a large scale, there are still some drawbacks in the basic components of the battery that limit its further application In recent decades, researchers have focused greatly on the refinement of the nanostructure of electrode materials. Nanostructures are highly promising candidates for solving these problems of the lithium-based battery, whose large specific area, considerable active points, and many extraordinary properties derived from its minimum size, especially gather attention from researchers. This review article will emphasize the strategies used by researchers to help them overcome the drawbacks they face. Moreover, this review discusses these strategies at the level of different dimensions, which helps us to optimize the design of lithium batteries from a more integrated perspective. To give a clearer picture of the lithium-based battery developments, this review also summarizes the recent advancement of nanostructures applied in lithium-based batteries