eprintid: 10062413 rev_number: 22 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/06/24/13 datestamp: 2018-11-27 15:18:37 lastmod: 2021-10-10 23:07:15 status_changed: 2018-11-30 11:45:52 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Benítez, A creators_name: Di Lecce, D creators_name: Elia, GA creators_name: Caballero, A creators_name: Morales, J creators_name: Hassoun, J title: A Lithium‐Ion Battery using a 3 D‐Array Nanostructured Graphene–Sulfur Cathode and a Silicon Oxide‐Based Anode ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F43 keywords: graphene, lithium-ion batteries, microwave chemistry, silicon, sulfur note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: An efficient lithium‐ion battery was assembled by using an enhanced sulfur‐based cathode and a silicon oxide‐based anode and proposed as an innovative energy‐storage system. The sulfur–carbon composite, which exploits graphene carbon with a 3 D array (3DG‐S), was synthesized by a reduction step through a microwave‐assisted solvothermal technique and was fully characterized in terms of structure and morphology, thereby revealing suitable features for lithium‐cell application. Electrochemical tests of the 3DG‐S electrode in a lithium half‐cell indicated a capacity ranging from 1200 to 1000 mAh g⁻¹ at currents of C/10 and 1 C, respectively. Remarkably, the Li‐alloyed anode, namely, LiγSiOₓ-C prepared by the sol–gel method and lithiated by surface treatment, showed suitable performance in a lithium half‐cell by using an electrolyte designed for lithium–sulfur batteries. The LiγSiOₓ-C/3DG-S battery was found to exhibit very promising properties with a capacity of approximately 460 mAh gs⁻¹ delivered at an average voltage of approximately 1.5 V over 200 cycles, suggesting that the characterized materials would be suitable candidates for low‐cost and high‐energy‐storage applications. date: 2018-05-09 date_type: published publisher: WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH official_url: https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201800242 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Journal Article verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1589041 doi: 10.1002/cssc.201800242 language_elements: English lyricists_name: Di Lecce, Daniele lyricists_id: DDILE26 actors_name: Di Lecce, Daniele actors_id: DDILE26 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: ChemSusChem volume: 11 number: 9 pagerange: 1512-1520 pages: 9 issn: 1864-5631 citation: Benítez, A; Di Lecce, D; Elia, GA; Caballero, A; Morales, J; Hassoun, J; (2018) A Lithium‐Ion Battery using a 3 D‐Array Nanostructured Graphene–Sulfur Cathode and a Silicon Oxide‐Based Anode. ChemSusChem , 11 (9) pp. 1512-1520. 10.1002/cssc.201800242 <https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201800242>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10062413/1/Di%20Lecce_A%20Lithium-Ion%20Battery%20using%20a%203D-Array%20Nanostructured%20Graphene-Sulfur%20Cathode%20and%20a%20Silicon%20Oxide-Based%20Anode_AAM.pdf