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Intrinsic lithiophilic carbon host derived from bacterial cellulose nanofiber for dendrite-free and long-life lithium metal anode

Show Author's Information Gangyi Xiong1,  Jiayu Yu1,  Yalan Xing1( ),  Puheng Yang2( ),  Shichao Zhang1( )
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
School of Physics Science and Nuclear Energy Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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lithium metal anode, lithium dendrite, bacterial cellulose, long cycling life, intrinsic lithiophilicity
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Xiong G, Yu J, Xing Y, et al. Intrinsic lithiophilic carbon host derived from bacterial cellulose nanofiber for dendrite-free and long-life lithium metal anode. Nano Research, 2024, 17(5): 4203-4210. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-6380-9
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Although lithium metal is considered a promising anode for advanced Li-S and Li-air batteries, the uncontrolled dendrite growth and infinite volume change impede its practical application. Herein, we report an ideal framework composed of carbonized bacterial cellulose (CBC) nanofibers, which shows intrinsic lithiophilicity to molten lithium without any lithiophilic surface modification. The wetting behavior of molten lithium can be significantly improved because its surface functional groups provide thermodynamical driving force, and the high surface roughness derived from nanocracks leads to rapid infusion in kinetics. The hybrid anode exhibits long cycle life up to 2000 h and excellent deep stripping–platting capacity up to 20 mAh·cm−2. When the anode is assembled with LiFePO4 cathode, the full cell delivers a good cycling stability up to 700 cycles. This is attributed to the intrinsic lithiophilic scaffold, which can not only lower the nucleation barrier of Li and provide uniform nucleation sites for stable Li stripping/plating, but also offer interspace to accommodate volume fluctuation of lithium during long cycling. This work provides a new manner to achieve a series of intrinsic lithiophilic carbon skeletons based on the large family of biomass materials and organic materials.


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Intrinsic lithiophilic carbon host derived from bacterial cellulose nanofiber for dendrite-free and long-life lithium metal anode

Show Author's information Gangyi Xiong1, Jiayu Yu1, Yalan Xing1( ), Puheng Yang2( ), Shichao Zhang1( )
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
School of Physics Science and Nuclear Energy Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

Abstract

Although lithium metal is considered a promising anode for advanced Li-S and Li-air batteries, the uncontrolled dendrite growth and infinite volume change impede its practical application. Herein, we report an ideal framework composed of carbonized bacterial cellulose (CBC) nanofibers, which shows intrinsic lithiophilicity to molten lithium without any lithiophilic surface modification. The wetting behavior of molten lithium can be significantly improved because its surface functional groups provide thermodynamical driving force, and the high surface roughness derived from nanocracks leads to rapid infusion in kinetics. The hybrid anode exhibits long cycle life up to 2000 h and excellent deep stripping–platting capacity up to 20 mAh·cm−2. When the anode is assembled with LiFePO4 cathode, the full cell delivers a good cycling stability up to 700 cycles. This is attributed to the intrinsic lithiophilic scaffold, which can not only lower the nucleation barrier of Li and provide uniform nucleation sites for stable Li stripping/plating, but also offer interspace to accommodate volume fluctuation of lithium during long cycling. This work provides a new manner to achieve a series of intrinsic lithiophilic carbon skeletons based on the large family of biomass materials and organic materials.

Keywords: lithium metal anode, lithium dendrite, bacterial cellulose, long cycling life, intrinsic lithiophilicity

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Received: 12 October 2023
Revised: 28 November 2023
Accepted: 28 November 2023
Published: 28 December 2023
Issue date: May 2024

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This work was supported by Defense Industrial Technology Development Program (No. JCKY2020601C023).

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