• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.116-123
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• 2011

Herein, a novel preparation method of highly homogeneous carbon-silicon composite materials was presented. In contrast to conventional solvent evaporation method, a milled silicon-graphite or its oxidized material were directly reacted with petroleum-derived pitch precursor. After thermal reaction under high pressure, pitch-graphite-silicon composite was prepared. Carbon-graphite-silicon composite were prepared by an air-oxidization and following carbonization. From energy dispersive spectroscopy, it was observed that small Si particles were highly embedded within carbon, which was confirmed by disappearance of Si peaks in Raman spectra. Furthermore, X-ray diffraction and Raman spectra revealed that carbon crystallinity decreased when the strongly oxidized silicon-graphite was added, which was probably due to oxygen-induced cross-linking. From the anode application in lithium ion batteries, carbon-graphite-silicon composite anode displayed a high capacity ($565\;mAh\;g^{-1}$), a good initial efficiency (68%) and an good cyclability (88% retention at 50 cycles), which were attributed to the high dispersion of Si particles within cabon. In case of the strongly oxidized silicongraphite addtion, a decrease of reversible capacity was observed due to its low crystallinity.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제29권10호
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• pp.1965-1968
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• 2008

The effects of carbon-coated silicon/graphite (Si/Gr.) composite anode on the electrochemical properties were investigated. The nanosized silicon particle shows a good cycling performance with a reasonable value of the first reversible capacity as compared with microsized silicon particle. The carbon-coated silicon/graphite composite powders have been prepared by pyrolysis method under argon/10 wt% propylene gas flow at $700{^{\circ}C}$ for 7 h. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis indicates that the carbon layer thickness of 5 nm was coated uniformly onto the surface silicon powder. It is confirmed that the insertion of lithium ions change the crystalline silicon phase into the amorphous phase by X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. The carbon-coated composite silicon/graphite anode shows excellent cycling performance with a reversible value of 700 mAh/g. The superior electrochemical characteristics are attributed to the enhanced electronic conductivity and low volume change of silicon powder during cycling by carbon coating.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제59권4호
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• pp.487-492
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 피치가 코팅된 실리콘 시트/흑연 음극복합소재의 전기화학적 특성을 조사하였다. NaCl을 주형으로 하여 스토버 법 및 마그네슘 열 환원법을 통해 실리콘 시트를 제조하고, 양친성 물질인 SDBS로 흑연과 결합시켜 실리콘 시트/흑연을 합성하였다. THF를 용매로 석유계 피치가 코팅된 실리콘 시트/흑연 음극복합소재를 제조하였고, 음극복합소재의 물리적 특성은 XRD, SEM, EDS와 TGA를 통해 분석하였다. 전기화학적 특성은 LiPF₆ (EC:DMC:EMC=1:1:1 vol%)의 전해액을 사용해 전지를 제조하여, 충·방전 사이클, 율속, 순환전압전류, 전기화학적 임피던스 테스트를 통해 조사하였다. 실리콘 조성이 증가함에 따라 방전 용량이 증가하였고, 장기 안정성은 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 30 wt% 실리콘 조성을 갖는 실리콘 시트/흑연 복합소재에 피치를 코팅한 음극복합소재는 1228.8 mAh/g의 높은 초기 방전 용량을 보였으며, 50사이클 이후 용량 유지율은 77%로 실리콘 시트/흑연 복합소재에 비해 안정성이 개선됨을 알 수 있었다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.1257-1261
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• 2010

The electrochemical performances of anode composites comprising elemental silicon (Si), silicon monoxide (SiO), and graphite (C) were investigated. The composite devoid of elemental silicon (SiO:C = 1:1) and its carbon coated composite showed reduced capacity degradation with measured values of 606 and 584 mAh/g at the fiftieth cycle. The capacity retention nature when the composites were cycled followed the order of Si:SiO:C = 3:1:4 < Si:SiO:C = 2:2:4 < SiO:C = 1:1 < SiO:C = 1:1 (carbon coated). A comparison of the capacity retention properties for the composites in terms of the silicon content showed that a reduced silicon content increased the stability of the composite electrodes. Even though the carbon-coated composite delivered low capacity during cycling compared to the other composites, its low capacity degradation made the anode a better choice for lithium ion batteries.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제57권1호
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• pp.118-123
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 리튬이온전지 음극소재인 흑연의 낮은 이론 용량을 개선하기 위해 흑연/실리콘/피치 음극 복합소재의 전기화학적 특성을 조사하였다. 흑연의 표면에 양친성 물질인 Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)을 코팅한 후 (3-Aminopropyl)triethoxysilane(APTES)로 표면 처리된 실리카를 결합시켜 흑연/실리카를 합성하였으며, 실리카의 질량비에 따라 피치 소재로 코팅한 후 마그네슘 열 환원법을 통하여 실리카를 실리콘으로 환원시켜 흑연/실리콘/피치 복합소재를 제조하였다. 흑연/실리콘/피치 음극소재는 XRD, SEM과 TGA를 통해 물리적 특성을 분석하였으며, 전기화학적 특성은 1.0 M $LiPF_6$ (EC:DMC:EMC=1:1:1 vol%)의 전해액을 사용하여 충 방전 사이클, 율속, 순환전압전류, 임피던스 테스트를 통해 조사하였다. 제조된 흑연/실리콘/피치 복합소재의 실리카 비율이 28.5 wt% 일때 537 mAh/g의 높은 초기 방전 용량을 나타내었으며, 30 사이클까지의 사이클 성능은 95%로 매우 우수한 사이클 안정성과 율속 테스트에서 0.1 C/0.2 C 일 때 98% 회복을 나타냄을 확인하였다.

• Carbon letters
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.91-94
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• 2007

The application of Carbon and graphite based materials in unprotected environment is limited to a temperature of $450^{\circ}C$ or so because of their susceptibility to oxidation at this temperature and higher. To over come these obstacles a low cost chemical vapour reaction process (CVR) was developed to give crystalline and high purity SiC coating on graphite and isotropic C/C composite. CVR is most effective carbothermal reduction method for conversation of a few micron of carbon layer to SiC. In the CVR method, a sic conversation layer is formed by reaction between carbon and gaseous reagent silicon monoxide at high temperature. Characterization of SiC coating was carried out using SEM. The other properties studied were hardness density and conversion efficiency.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.193-197
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• 2014

Si-carbon composites as anode materials for lithium rechargeable batteries were prepared simply by mixing Si nanoparticles with carbon black and/or graphite through a solution process. Si nanoparticles were well dispersed and deposited on the surface of the carbon in a tetrahydrofuran solution. Si-carbon composites showed more than 700 mAh/g of initial capacity under less than 20% loading of Si nanoparticle in the composites. While the electrode with only Si nanoparticles showed fast capacity fading during continuous cycling, Si-carbon composite electrodes showed higher capacities. The cycle performances of Si nanoparticles in composites containing graphite were improved due to the role of the graphite as a matrix.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.626-634
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• 1998

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제58권1호
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• pp.142-149
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 인조흑연의 낮은 이론용량을 개선하기 위하여 음극소재로서 흑연/실리콘/피치 복합소재의 전기화학적 성능을 조사하였다. 구형의 인조 흑연 표면을 polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) 양친성 물질로 코팅한 후 실리카를 성장시켜 흑연/실리카 소재를 합성하였으며, 석유계 피치 코팅과 마그네슘 열 환원법을 통해 흑연/실리콘/피치 복합소재를 제조하였다. 흑연/실리콘/피치 복합소재의 전극은 poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF), carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), polyacrylic acid (PAA) 바인더에 따라 제조하였으며, 다양한 전해액과 첨가제를 이용하여 전지를 조립하였다. 흑연/실리콘/피치 복합소재는 X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM)와 thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA)를 통해 물리적 특성을 분석하였으며, 전기화학적 특성은 충 방전 사이클, 율속, 순환전압전류, 임피던스 테스트를 통해 조사하였다. 흑연/실리콘/피치 복합소재는 흑연 : 실리카 : 피치 = 1 : 4 : 8일 때 높은 사이클 안정성을 보였다. PAA 바인더를 사용하여 제조된 전극은 높은 용량과 안정성을 보였으며, EC:DMC:EMC 전해액을 사용하였을 때 719 mAh/g의 높은 초기 용량과 우수한 사이클 안정성 나타내었다. 또한 vinylene carbonate (VC) 첨가시에 2 C/0.1 C 일 때 77% 용량 유지율과 0.1 C/0.1 C 일 때 88% 용량 회복을 나타냄을 확인하였다.

• 한국표면공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국표면공학회 2015년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.167-167
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• 2015

SiC thin films made by vapor silicon infiltration into porous graphite can be obtained for shorter time than liquid silicon. Si diffusion coefficient is estimated by comparing experiment results with quadratic equation obtained by Fick's second law.