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SUBMITTER: Shen BH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6641945 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shen B H BH Wang S S Tenhaeff W E WE
Science advances 20190719 7
Electrochemical reduction of lithium ion battery electrolyte on Si anodes was mitigated by synthesizing nanoscale, conformal polymer films as artificial solid electrolyte interface (SEI) layers. Initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD) was used to deposit poly(1,3,5,7-tetravinyl-1,3,5,7-tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane) (pV4D4) onto silicon thin film electrodes. pV4D4 films (25 nm) on Si electrodes improved initial coulombic efficiency by 12.9% and capacity retention over 100 cycles by 64.9% rela ...[more]