{Reference Type}: Journal Article {Title}: Infiltrating lithium into carbon cloth decorated with zinc oxide arrays for dendrite-free lithium metal anode {Author}: Wang, Xianshu; Pan, Zhenghui; Wu, Yang; Ding, Xiaoyu; Hong, Xujia; Xu, Guoguang; Liu, Meinan; Zhang, Yuegang; Weishan, Li {Journal}: Nano Research {ISBN/ISSN}: 1998-0124 {Year}: 2019 {Volume}: 12 {Issue}: 3 {Pages}: 525-529 {DOI}: 10.1007/s12274-018-2245-z {Keywords}: carbon cloth {Keywords}: dendrite-free {Keywords}: lithium metal anodes {Keywords}: lithium plating/stripping {Keywords}: thermal infiltration {Keywords}: zinc oxide nanowire arrays {Abstract}: Lithium metal anode for batteries has attracted extensive attentions, but its application is restricted by the hazardous dendritic Li growth and dead Li formation. To address these issues, a novel Li anode is developed by infiltrating molten Li metal into conductive carbon cloth decorated with zinc oxide arrays. In carbonate-based electrolyte, the symmetric cell shows no short circuit over 1, 500 h at 1 mAdcm-2, and stable voltage profiles at 3 mAdcm-2 for ~ 300 h cycling. A low overpotential of ~ 243 mV over 350 cycles at a high current density of 10 mAdcm-2 is achieved, compared to the seriously fluctuated voltage and fast short circuit in the cell using bare Li metal. Meanwhile, the asymmetric cell withstands 1, 000 cycles at 10 C (1 C = 167 mAhdg-1) compared to the 210 cycles for the cell using bare Li anode. The excellent performance is attributed to the well-regulated Li plating/stripping driven from the formation of LiZn alloy on the wavy carbon fibers, resulting in the suppression of dendrite growth and pulverization of the Li electrode during cycling. {URL}: https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.1007/s12274-018-2245-z {Language}: en