Enhanced Stability of Li Metal Anodes by Synergetic Control of Nucleation and the Solid Electrolyte Interphase

Peng, Zhe; Song, Junhua; Huai, Liyuan; Jia, Haiping; Xiao, Biwei; Zou, Lianfeng; Zhu, Guomin; Martinez, Abraham I.; Roy, Swadipta; Murugesan, Vijayakumar; Lee, Hongkyung; Ren, Xiaodi; Li, Qiuyan; Liu, Bin; Li, Xiaolin; Wang, Deyu; Xu, Wu; Zhang, Jiguang

doi:10.1002/aenm.201901764

Title: Enhanced Stability of Li Metal Anodes by Synergetic Control of Nucleation and the Solid Electrolyte Interphase

Journal Article · Wed Nov 13 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Advanced Energy Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201901764· OSTI ID:1608547

Peng, Zhe ^[1]; Song, Junhua ^[2]; Huai, Liyuan ^[3]; Jia, Haiping ^[4]; Xiao, Biwei ^[4]; Zou, Lianfeng ^[4]; Zhu, Guomin ^[1]; Martinez, Abraham I. ^[4]; Roy, Swadipta ^[4];

^[4]; Lee, Hongkyung ^[4]; Ren, Xiaodi ^[4];

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^[4]; Li, Xiaolin ^[4]; Wang, Deyu ^[5];

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UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS
Washington State University
Chinese Academy of Sciences
BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)
CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Use of a protective coating on a lithium (Li) metal anode (LMA) is an effective approach to enhance its coulombic efficiency and cycling stability. Here we report a facile approach to produce uniform silver (Ag) nanoparticle-decorated LMAs for high-performance Li metal batteries (LMBs). This effective treatment can lead to well controlled nucleation and the formation of a stable solid electrolyte interphase (SEI). Ag nanoparticles embedded in the surface of Li anodes induced uniform Li plating/stripping morphologies with reduced overpotential. More importantly, cross-linked lithium fluoride (LiF) networks formed during Ag+ reduction enabled a highly stable SEI layer. Based on the Ag-LiF decorated anodes, LMBs with LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2 cathode (~1.8 mAh cm-2) can retain >80% capacity over 500 cycles. The similar results were also obtained when the same approach was applied to the design of stable sodium (Na) anodes. These results indicate that synergetic control of the nucleation and SEI is an efficient approach to stabilize rechargeable metal batteries.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1608547

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-144016

Journal Information:: Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 9, Issue 42

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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