Fig. 3.

Electrochemical performance of Si nanowire-polymer composite. (A) Ensemble view of the large-scale LIPOSIL processing flow. Commercial battery-scale fabrication is achieved. (B) Cyclic voltammetry curves of the polymer wrapped silicon nanowires anodes between 3.2 V and 0.02 V by soaking the polymer in 1M solution of LiPF₆ in 1∶1 (v/v) mixture of Ethylene Carbonate (EC) and Dimethyl Carbonate (DMC). (C) Galvanostatic discharge/charge profiles of the Si—polymer composite cycled at a rate of C/20 between 1.5 V and 0.02 V vs Li/Li⁺.