Hundred-gram scale fabrication of few-layered silicene by a continuous vapor-dealloying strategy for high-performance lithium storage

Chem Commun (Camb). 2022 May 10;58(38):5717-5720. doi: 10.1039/d2cc01116f.

Abstract

A continuous vapor de-alloying strategy for a hundred-gram scale fabrication of silicene is developed by etching CaSi2 using waste polyvinyl chloride (PVC). The as-obtained few-layered silicene can be readily assembled with carbon nanotubes into flexible electrodes for lithium storage with excellent performance, which stably deliver a high capacity and stability. This strategy can be extended to other silicon analogs with various structures by selecting precursors such as Mg2Si and Al/Si alloy.