This article introduces the preparation of silicon materials by molten salt electrolysis and its application in the energy fields. Molten salt electrolysis can achieve large-scale preparation of silicon nanomaterials from a feedstock of silicon oxide at fairly mild temperatures. The obtained silicon nanomaterials are controllable in purity and morphology and can be used in silicon-based photovoltaics and the negative electrode of a lithium-ion battery. Also presented is an overview of the relevant fundamental research progress in 2019.
JIANG Tingting
,
CHEN George Zheng
. An overview of molten salt electrolysis for production of silicon based energy materials and relevant research in 2019[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2020
, 38(1)
: 115
-124
.
DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2020.01.010
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