Metal oxides-free anodes for lithium-ion batteries

Fossil fuel energy large consumption is one of the major menacing factors for the global warming/energy crisis issues in the recent days that restricts the growth of next-generation storage devices. To meet such energy crises demand, the progress of a new class of electrode materials for renewable energy sources is highly required. This particular chapter enlightens the current progress and recent trends in nanostructured negative electrode materials for lithium-ion battery (LIB) applications. Especially, we deal with metal-free oxides such as transition metal chalcogenides and phosphides which are knowing to be the auspicious anode candidates for rechargeable LIBs owing to their safety features and excellent theoretical capacities. Nevertheless, commercialization of these anode materials-based batteries is hugely limited by their initial capacity fading and poor cycle life. Henceforth, different methodologies to synthesis strategies of materials with various nanostructures, their morphological effect and cycling behaviors for LIBs are necessary to improve the performance of LIBs and explained in detail. The initial capacity fading and retention properties of various metal oxide-free anodes have been reviewed.