Silicon/Biomass Carbon Composite as a Low-Cost Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Ziying Meng, Ziqing Xu, Heng Li, Hanqing Xiong, Xijun Liu, Chunling Qin and Zhifeng Wang ()
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Ziying Meng: “The Belt and Road Initiative” Advanced Materials International Joint Research Center of Hebei Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
Ziqing Xu: “The Belt and Road Initiative” Advanced Materials International Joint Research Center of Hebei Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
Heng Li: “The Belt and Road Initiative” Advanced Materials International Joint Research Center of Hebei Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
Hanqing Xiong: Department of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha 410022, China
Xijun Liu: School of Resources, Environments and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
Chunling Qin: “The Belt and Road Initiative” Advanced Materials International Joint Research Center of Hebei Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
Zhifeng Wang: “The Belt and Road Initiative” Advanced Materials International Joint Research Center of Hebei Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China

Energies, 2025, vol. 18, issue 4, 1-13

Abstract: Various biomass materials have been developed as precursor materials to fabricate carbon-based anodes for Li-ion battery (LIB) applications due to their inherent sustainability and low cost. However, the low theoretical specific capacity of carbon materials (273 mAh g −1 ) restricts their further application as an anode for LIBs. Herein, silicon/reed catkin composites (Si/RC) and silicon/apricot shell-derived carbon (Si/AC) are successfully fabricated, and their performances are evaluated as anode materials for LIBs. The Si/RC anode displays a reversible capacity of 318.4 mAh g −1 after 100 cycles at 200 mA g −1 and remains 229.3 mAh g −1 after 1000 cycles at 1 A g −1 . This work discloses the feasibility and promising prospects of utilizing biomass reed catkins to prepare low-cost, porous, carbon-based materials for energy storage applications.

Keywords: reed catkins; apricot shells; biomass carbon; anode; lithium-ion battery (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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