Electrochemical Characterizations of Germanium and Carbon-Coated Germanium Composite Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries
- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- Published by The Electrochemical Society in Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters
- Vol. 11 (4), A42-A45
- https://doi.org/10.1149/1.2836481
Abstract
The electrochemical reaction mechanism of germanium with lithium at room temperature was investigated. Two distinct voltage plateaus corresponding to the formation of and were observed, and the final products were identified as a mixture of and phases. A three-step reaction mechanism of germanium with lithium was suggested. Carbon-coated germanium composites prepared by mechanical milling and pyrolysis were evaluated as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. The composite materials, Ge–mesocarbon microbeads and Ge–poly(vinyl alcohol), showed good cyclability and retained fairly large capacities of 473 and , respectively, up to 50 cycles when cycled within a limited voltage window.Keywords
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