funded by the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)under the Principal Investigator Program under contract No.11PI-1148,16/IA/4629 and SFI 16/M-ERA/3419;funding under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program;grant agreement No.814464 (Si-DRIVE project);IRCLA/2017/285 and SFI Research Centres AMBER,Ma REI and CONFIRM 12/RC/2302_P2,12/RC/2278_P2,and 16/RC/3918;SFI for SIRG grant No.18/SIRG/5484;support from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland through the Research Development and Demonstration Funding Program (Grant No.19/RDD/548);Enterprise Ireland through the Innovation Partnership Program (Grant No.IP 20190910);support from the SFI Research Centre Ma REI (award reference No.12/RC/2302_P2);support from the SFI Industry RD&I Fellowship Program (21/IRDIF/9876);the EU Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship Grant (843621)。
Silicon nanowires(Si NWs)have been widely researched as the best alternative to graphite anodes for the next-generation of high-performance lithium-ion batteries(LIBs)owing to their high capacity and low discharge pot...