Deploying lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries depends on cost-effective electrode materials with high energy and power density to facilitate lower weight and volume. Si-based anode materials theoretically offer superior lithium storage capacity. Replacing a graphite anode with high-capacity materials such as silicon will further improve the energy density. Durable, low-cost, and high-energy-density materials are vital to developing plug-in electric vehicles as affordable and convenient as gasoline-powered ones, while reducing carbon emissions.

• Chapter 1: Overview of the development of silicon anodes for lithium-ion batteries
• Chapter 2: Application of Zintl-Klemm rules to silicon-based LIB anodes
• Chapter 3: Electrochemistry of silicon
• Chapter 4: Electrolytes used in silicon anodes
• Chapter 5: Interfacial chemistry on silicon anode
• Chapter 6: Computational studies for understanding and developing silicon anodes
• Chapter 7: Nanostructure silicon for Li-ion batteries
• Chapter 8: Binder additive for silicon anodes
• Chapter 9: Surface modification for silicon anodes
• Chapter 10: Mechanical characterization of silicon-based electrodes
• Chapter 11: Practical implementation of silicon-based negative electrodes in lithium-ion full-cells - challenges and solutions
• Chapter 12: A silicon future