Silica nanoparticles have rapidly found applications in medicine, supercapacitors, batteries,
optical fibers and concrete materials, because silica nanoparticles have tunable physical …

Environmental pollution has become a relevant issue as the population rises and resources
decrease. Reuse and recycling still have the greatest potential as they turn the waste into a …

Commercial Celgard 2325 separators suffer from poor flexibility, poor electrolyte wettability,
and thermal instability, which can cause internal short circuits and thermal runaway in …

Utilization of biomass-converted products in the energy industry is a pathway to sustain the
demand of high energy lithium cells, and silicon anode could be a solution before the lithium …

Silicon oxide is one of the most representative anode materials for lithium-ion storage.
However, the poor conductivity of silicon oxide and the large volume expansion during the …

Novel rational design of hierarchical porous hard carbon as anode material for Na-ion
storage is successfully prepared from rubber-wood sawdust via a ZnO-based hard template …

Silicon oxide (SiO x) is a widely researched Si-based anode due to its simplicity in synthesis,
cost-effectiveness, and high theoretical capacity (2680 mAh g–1). However, its poor …

High-performance polymeric separators are crucial materials for advanced rechargeable
lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Generally, separators need simultaneously possess qualified …

SiO2 was prepared from rice husk (RH) with the assistance of cetrimonium bromide (CTAB),
and the CuO• Fe3O4/SiO2 composite was prepared by a simple coprecipitation method to …

The extraction of silica particles from rice husks has been extensively studied. This review
aims to present the most efficient approach to harnessing rice husk biomass and converting …