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Silicon X

Silicon X

What is it?

Description

Description

A stabilized form of silicon called Silicon X is utilized in batteries. It is known as the X factor, which is what researchers have been looking for. The Institute for Energy Technology's scientists claim to have solved this issue with a new silicon alloy that carefully blends silicon nanoparticles with an unidentified substance. Work to patent the technique is currently under progress. Its a alloy mixed with metal and nonmetal meterials. Swedish chemist Jons Jacob Berzelius is credited with discovering silicon, who first isolated the element in 1824. By heating silica and potassium to produce pure silicon, he was able to accomplish this. Without Jons we wouldn't have litium ion batteries or silicom X.

Problem Solved

Issue Fixed

To identify a new component for lithium batteries, Silicon X was developed. The issue with silicon is that it can expand by up to 400% before contracting down to its original size as it discharges, but Silicon X resolves that. The team argues that although the novel battery design initially sacrifices capacity, its stability over charging cycles results in a battery that has three to five times the charge capacity of today's graphite anodes and considerably superior capacity than a fast-degrading pure silicon anode.

Structure

Structure of Material

Exists at standard pressure and temperature as a solid. Possesses a shiny sheen (a metal-like appearance). It breaks easily. It is typically an insulator but can be a semiconductor (can be made to conduct electricity under certain conditions). 1410 degrees Celsius is the melting point. The boiling point is 3265 °C. 2.33 g/cm3 is the density. Silicon X has three different natural isotopes (silicon-28, 29, and 30). There are numerous radioactive manmade isotopes that are also known. It was possible to find silicon bonded to other elements, such as oxygen (O). Rocks that contain both silicon and oxygen are known as silicates. It is a gray crystal that appears metallic when decontaminated. It may sparkle like metal, but it is not a metal. Made from nonmetals and metals

Properties

Properties

Manufacturing

Manufacturing

In a submerged arc furnace, quartz or gravel (SiO2) is combined with a carbon source and heated to a high temperature. The carbon in the mixture combines with the oxygen in the quartz to produce CO gas as it heats, melting the quartz to 99% silicon.

Performance

Performance

Beyond lithium batteries, it is used for other things. Solar panels, computer chips, waterproofing, and building all employ it as well.

Sources/Fusion

Sources/Fusion

Ife. “SiliconX: Scientists Hail New Alloy as Missing Ingredient for next-Gen Batteries.” New Atlas, 13 July 2018, https://newatlas.com/siliconx-lithium-battery-anode/55448/.

“Our Silicon Production Process.” Mississippi Silicon, https://www.missilicon.com/process#:~:text=The%20basic%20process%.

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