ABSTRACT
Nano anode materials brought impetus for the development of
electrode materials for advanced battery applications. In lithium-
ion batteries (LIBs), for instance, the advanced electrode materials
suffer from intrinsic electronic-ionic conductivitieswhich limit their
performance. Nevertheless, use of nanomaterials help overcome
such conductivity issues as the size of the grains offer shorter
diffusion length of Li+ as well as electrons and providing preferable accommodation to the strain for lithium insertion-extraction.
Nanoporous materials, on the other hand, facilitate accessibility
of electrolyte and enhance the rate of performance. This chapter
enunciates the various nano advantages in LIB applications focusing
on various anode materials (negative electrodes), for instance,
carbon nanotubes (CNTs), carbon nanofibres, Si and Sn compounds,
and 3d transition metal oxides.
