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Avoiding short circuits from zinc metal dendrites in anode by backside-plating configuration

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  • Shougo Higashi

    (Stanford University
    Smart Design of Materials and Process Research-Domain, Toyota Central R&D Laboratories, Inc.)

  • Seok Woo Lee

    (Stanford University
    School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University)

  • Jang Soo Lee

    (Stanford University)

  • Kensuke Takechi

    (Smart Design of Materials and Process Research-Domain, Toyota Central R&D Laboratories, Inc.)

  • Yi Cui

    (Stanford University
    SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences)

Abstract

Portable power sources and grid-scale storage both require batteries combining high energy density and low cost. Zinc metal battery systems are attractive due to the low cost of zinc and its high charge-storage capacity. However, under repeated plating and stripping, zinc metal anodes undergo a well-known problem, zinc dendrite formation, causing internal shorting. Here we show a backside-plating configuration that enables long-term cycling of zinc metal batteries without shorting. We demonstrate 800 stable cycles of nickel–zinc batteries with good power rate (20 mA cm−2, 20 C rate for our anodes). Such a backside-plating method can be applied to not only zinc metal systems but also other metal-based electrodes suffering from internal short circuits.

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  • Shougo Higashi & Seok Woo Lee & Jang Soo Lee & Kensuke Takechi & Yi Cui, 2016. "Avoiding short circuits from zinc metal dendrites in anode by backside-plating configuration," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 7(1), pages 1-6, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:7:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms11801
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11801
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