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Some decades ago, binary lithium alloys with elements such as Sb and Sn were proposed as candidates to replace lithium metal anodes (Weppner and Huggins, 1977, Wen and Huggins 1981, Wang et al. 1986). Due to the lithium-rich compositions that can be reached in some of these intermetallic phases (e.g. Li3Sb and Li22Sn5) high capacities are observed during the first discharge. Moreover, the undesirable properties of lithium metal electrodes such as dendrite formation and hydrogen evolution during cycling were avoided. Nevertheless, the best performances were obtained above room temperature, as the reversible capacity was commonly lost in a reduced number of cycles when using the massive metals as starting material. Such effect is mostly due to dramatic changes in volume during alloying leading to an electrochemical grinding and electrical isolation of the resulting particles.
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Alcántara, R., Fernández Madrigal, F.J., Lavela, P., Pérez Vicente, C., Tirado, J.L. (2002). In Situ Preparation of Composite Electrodes: Antimony Alloys and Compounds. In: Julien, C., Pereira-Ramos, J.P., Momchilov, A. (eds) New Trends in Intercalation Compounds for Energy Storage. NATO Science Series, vol 61. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0389-6_13
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