Open AccessDesign and Fabrication of Microspheres with Hierarchical Internal Structure for Tuning Battery Performance
Author(s) -
Nowack Lea V.,
Bunjaku Teutë,
Wegner Karsten,
Pratsinis Sotiris E.,
Luisier Mathieu,
Wood Vanessa
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.388
H-Index - 100
ISSN - 2198-3844
DOI - 10.1002/advs.201500078
Subject(s) - microsphere , fabrication , materials science , porosity , spray drying , particle (ecology) , particle size , electrochemistry , battery (electricity) , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , composite material , electrode , chemistry , medicine , power (physics) , alternative medicine , physics , pathology , quantum mechanics , engineering , oceanography , geology
Microspheres with controlled nano‐ and macroporosity are fabricated by template‐assisted spray drying. Increasing the porosity of the particle up to 20% improves the rate performance of the particles as shown experimentally and by electrochemical simulations of particle lithiation.