A giant in our field has left us. Dr. Thomas A. Lipo passed away his home Middleton, Wisconsin, on 8 May 2020 after a two-year battle with cancer. Given the tremendous impact that he had both technology and personal lives of so many international professional community, it is difficult to overstate sense shock sadness was experienced by those who knew him personally or reputation. However, led ...

The inorganic compounds, lithium polysilicate (Li 2 Si 5 O 11 ), sodium polyphosphate ((NaPO 3 ) n and phosphate monobasic (H LiPO 4 were investigated as the sole binders in Si-alloy graphite electrodes for Li cells. Surprisingly, coating quality cycling performance of anodes with these is similar to those using state art polyacrylate (LiPAA) organic binder. Graphite show good despite having po...