Silicon-Graphite Composite Anode

Thermal Mechanism Quantified

First quantitative elucidation of how gas-phase crosstalk and silicon/graphite competitive reactions dictate thermal runaway pathways, informing safer high-energy composite-anode batteries.

Hou-Wei, Zeng · Duan, Qiangling · Zhang, Ning · Duan, Peiyu · Mei, Wenxin · Wang, Qingsong · Sun, Jinhua

Advanced Materials 2026

Advantages

Increasing silicon content reduces the onset temperature of self-heating while elevating the triggering temperature and peak temperature of thermal runaway