On plastic deformation and fracture in Si films during electrochemical lithiation/delithiation cycling

Siva P. V. Nadimpalli, Vijay A. Sethuraman, Giovanna Bucci +3

An in situ study of deformation, fracture, and fatigue behavior of silicon as a lithium-ion battery electrode material is presented. Thin films (100-200 nm) of silicon are cycled i…