An electrode for a metal-ion battery is provided wherein the active layer of the electrode comprises a plurality of low porosity particles comprising an electroactive material selected from silicon, silicon oxide germanium, tin, aluminium and mixtures ther...

Pillared particles of silicon or silicon-comprising material and a method of fabricating the same. These particles may be used to create both a composite anode structure with a polymer binder, a conductive additive and a metal foil current collector, and a...

An electrode structure for a lithium rechargeable cell comprising intersecting silicon-comprising fibres.

A silicon/lithium battery which can be fabricated from a silicon substrate allowing it to be produced as an integrated unit on a chip, the battery comprising a silicon anode formed from sub-micron diameter pillars of silicon fabricated on an n-type silicon...