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Nano Research 2022, 15(4): 3150-3160 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-021-3872-3
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Modulating Sand’ s time by ion-transport-enhancement toward dendrite-free lithium metal anode

Show Author's Information Yu Yan,  Chaozhu Shu( ),  Ruixin Zheng,  Minglu Li,  Zhiqun Ran,  Miao He,  Anjun Hu,  Ting Zeng,  Haoyang Xu,  Ying Zeng( )
College of Materials and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, 1# Dongsanlu, Erxianqiao, Chengdu 610059, China
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stability, lithium-oxygen batteries, electrode materials, lithiophilic resin, electrode structure
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Yan Y, Shu C, Zheng R, et al. Modulating Sand’ s time by ion-transport-enhancement toward dendrite-free lithium metal anode. Nano Research, 2022, 15(4): 3150-3160. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-021-3872-3
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Metallic lithium is deemed as the “Holy Grail” anode in high-energy-density secondary batteries. Uncontrollable lithium dendrite growth and related issues originated from uneven concentration distribution of Li+ in the vicinity of the anode, however, induce severe safety concerns and poor cycling efficiency, dragging lithium metal anode out of practical application. Herein we address these issues by using cross-linked lithiophilic amino phosphonic acid resin as the effective host with the ion-transport-enhancement feature. Based on theoretical calculations and multiphysics simulation, it is found that this ion-transport-enhancement feature is capable of facilitating the self-concentration kinetics of Li+ and accelerating Li+ transfer at the electrolyte/electrode interface, leading to uniform bulk lithium deposition. Experimental results show that the proposed lithium-hosting resin decreases the irreversible lithium capacity and improves lithium utilization (with the Coulombic efficiency (CE) of 98.8% over 130 cycles). Our work demonstrates that inducing the self-concentrating distribution of Li+ at the interface can be an effective strategy for improving the interfacial ion concentration gradient and optimizing lithium deposition, which opens a new avenue for the practical development of next-generation lithium metal batteries.


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Modulating Sand’ s time by ion-transport-enhancement toward dendrite-free lithium metal anode

Show Author's information Yu Yan, Chaozhu Shu( ), Ruixin Zheng, Minglu Li, Zhiqun Ran, Miao He, Anjun Hu, Ting Zeng, Haoyang Xu, Ying Zeng( )
College of Materials and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, 1# Dongsanlu, Erxianqiao, Chengdu 610059, China

Abstract

Metallic lithium is deemed as the “Holy Grail” anode in high-energy-density secondary batteries. Uncontrollable lithium dendrite growth and related issues originated from uneven concentration distribution of Li+ in the vicinity of the anode, however, induce severe safety concerns and poor cycling efficiency, dragging lithium metal anode out of practical application. Herein we address these issues by using cross-linked lithiophilic amino phosphonic acid resin as the effective host with the ion-transport-enhancement feature. Based on theoretical calculations and multiphysics simulation, it is found that this ion-transport-enhancement feature is capable of facilitating the self-concentration kinetics of Li+ and accelerating Li+ transfer at the electrolyte/electrode interface, leading to uniform bulk lithium deposition. Experimental results show that the proposed lithium-hosting resin decreases the irreversible lithium capacity and improves lithium utilization (with the Coulombic efficiency (CE) of 98.8% over 130 cycles). Our work demonstrates that inducing the self-concentrating distribution of Li+ at the interface can be an effective strategy for improving the interfacial ion concentration gradient and optimizing lithium deposition, which opens a new avenue for the practical development of next-generation lithium metal batteries.

Keywords: stability, lithium-oxygen batteries, electrode materials, lithiophilic resin, electrode structure

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Received: 30 June 2021
Revised: 28 August 2021
Accepted: 06 September 2021
Published: 30 September 2021
Issue date: April 2022

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21905033) and the Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province (No. 2019YJ0503). The support from the State Key Laboratory of Vanadium and Titanium Resources Comprehensive Utilization (No. 2020P4FZG02A) is also appreciated.

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