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Drop-on-demand 3D-printed silicon-based anodes for lithium-ion batteries

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We present the application of drop-on-demand (DoD) dispensing technology for printing of silicon-based anodes. We show that the DoD printing technique is highly suitable for printing of arbitrary-geometry, high-activity SiNi nanoparticle anodes for Li-ion batteries. These anodes are on par with traditionally prepared anodes in terms of electrochemical behavior and performance and can be easily used in printed or any other type of Li-ion cells. We found that improved adhesion is necessary because of the complex geometry of printed anodes. High adhesion was achieved with the use of two types of CNT coatings on the copper current collector, and etching of the copper itself without the use of an intermediate coating. Printed anodes are electrochemically stable and perform according to most criteria as well as previously presented cast anodes, exhibiting high capacity (500–1200 mAh/g anode, depending on the type of cell) and have a relatively long cycle life (up to 500 cycles). Our results highlight novel strategies for 3D electrode printing, for potential uses in specialized batteries, and are of particular importance for advanced research and development. Printed electrodes shown here can be directly implemented as described, or be used as reference for the development of new types of electrodes for energy storage devices.

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The authors made a sincere effort to report all relevant data for complete and truthful understanding of our work. Raw measurements of cell performance and impedance spectra are available from the authors upon request.

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The authors used Bio-Logic EC lab software for measurements. Data processing, fitting, and plotting were done using custom Python code based on the Pandas, NumPy, and Matplotlib packages, available upon request. Minor image manipulations (annotation, arrangement, brightness, and contrast adjustments) for micrographs were done using Adobe Photoshop; plot and graph editing (annotation and arrangement) was done using Adobe Illustrator.

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The authors thank the members of the Peled and Golodnitsky electrochemistry research groups for their help and advice. We thank Dr. Evelina Faktorovich-Simon for her help in conducting thermal analysis measurements.

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This work was supported by the Israeli Ministry of Defense, Directorate of Defense Research and Development.

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    Ido Ben-Barak, Dan Schneier, Yosef Kamir, Meital Goor, Diana Golodnitsky & Emanuel Peled

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Ben-Barak, I., Schneier, D., Kamir, Y. et al. Drop-on-demand 3D-printed silicon-based anodes for lithium-ion batteries. J Solid State Electrochem 26, 183–193 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-021-05056-z

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