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Lithium anode stable in air for low-cost fabrication of a dendrite-free lithium battery

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  • Xiaowei Shen

    (Soochow University)

  • Yutao Li

    (The University of Texas at Austin)

  • Tao Qian

    (Soochow University)

  • Jie Liu

    (Soochow University)

  • Jinqiu Zhou

    (Soochow University)

  • Chenglin Yan

    (Soochow University)

  • John B. Goodenough

    (The University of Texas at Austin)

Abstract

Lithium metal, the ideal anode material for rechargeable batteries, suffers from the inherent limitations of sensitivity to the humid atmosphere and dendrite growth. Herein, low-cost fabrication of a metallic-lithium anode that is stable in air and plated dendrite-free from an organic-liquid electrolyte solves four key problems that have plagued the development of large-scale Li-ion batteries for storage of electric power. Replacing the low-capacity carbon anode with a safe, dendrite-free lithium anode provides a fast charge while reducing the cost of fabrication of a lithium battery, and increasing the cycle life of a rechargeable cell by eliminating the liquid-electrolyte ethylene-carbonate additive used to form a solid-electrolyte interphase passivation layer on the anode that is unstable during cycling. This solution is accomplished by formation of a hydrophobic solid-electrolyte interphase on a metallic-lithium anode that allows for handling of the treated lithium anode membrane in a standard dry room during cell fabrication.

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  • Xiaowei Shen & Yutao Li & Tao Qian & Jie Liu & Jinqiu Zhou & Chenglin Yan & John B. Goodenough, 2019. "Lithium anode stable in air for low-cost fabrication of a dendrite-free lithium battery," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-019-08767-0
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-08767-0
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    1. Pier Giorgio Schiavi & Flavia Carla dos Santos Martins Padoan & Pietro Altimari & Francesca Pagnanelli, 2020. "Cryo-Mechanical Treatment and Hydrometallurgical Process for Recycling Li-MnO 2 Primary Batteries with the Direct Production of LiMnPO 4 Nanoparticles," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(15), pages 1-11, August.
    2. Zhenkang Wang & Haoqing Ji & Jinqiu Zhou & Yiwei Zheng & Jie Liu & Tao Qian & Chenglin Yan, 2023. "Exploiting nonaqueous self-stratified electrolyte systems toward large-scale energy storage," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.
    3. Shaozhen Huang & Zhibin Wu & Bernt Johannessen & Kecheng Long & Piao Qing & Pan He & Xiaobo Ji & Weifeng Wei & Yuejiao Chen & Libao Chen, 2023. "Interfacial friction enabling ≤ 20 μm thin free-standing lithium strips for lithium metal batteries," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.

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