Micrometre-sized silicon particles are attractive negative-electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries but are prone to mechanical failure during electrochemical cycling. Now, graphene cages grown conformally around the micro-silicon particles are shown to improve their cycling stability.
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Fuller, T. Batteries: Bigger and better. Nat Energy 1, 16003 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2016.3
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