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Naked metallic skin for homo-epitaxial deposition in lithium metal batteries

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  • Minsung Baek

    (Seoul National University)

  • Jinyoung Kim

    (Seoul National University)

  • Kwanghoon Jeong

    (Seoul National University)

  • Seonmo Yang

    (Seoul National University)

  • Heejin Kim

    (Korea Basic Science Institute)

  • Jimin Lee

    (Seoul National University)

  • Minkwan Kim

    (Seoul National University)

  • Ki Jae Kim

    (Konkuk University)

  • Jang Wook Choi

    (Seoul National University
    Seoul National University)

Abstract

Regulating the morphology of lithium plating is the key to extending the cycle life of lithium metal batteries. Fatal dendritic growth is closely related to out-of-plane nucleation on the lithium metal surface. Herein, we report a nearly perfect lattice match between the lithium metal foil and lithium deposits by removing the native oxide layer using simple bromine-based acid-base chemistry. The naked lithium surface induces homo-epitaxial lithium plating with columnar morphologies and lower overpotentials. Using the naked lithium foil, the lithium-lithium symmetric cell maintains stable cycling at 10 mA cm−2 for more than 10,000 cycles, and the full-cell paired with LiFePO4 with high areal capacity of 3.3 mAh cm−2 and practical N/P ratio of 2.5 exhibits 86% capacity retention after 300 cycles. This study elucidates the usefulness of controlling the initial surface state to facilitate homo-epitaxial lithium plating for sustainable cycling of lithium metal batteries.

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  • Minsung Baek & Jinyoung Kim & Kwanghoon Jeong & Seonmo Yang & Heejin Kim & Jimin Lee & Minkwan Kim & Ki Jae Kim & Jang Wook Choi, 2023. "Naked metallic skin for homo-epitaxial deposition in lithium metal batteries," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-36934-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36934-x
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