Lithium anode stable in air for low-cost fabrication of a dendrite-free lithium battery

Shen, Xiaowei; Li, Yutao; Qian, Tao; Liu, Jie; Zhou, Jinqiu; Yan, Chenglin; Goodenough, John B.

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08767-0

Lithium anode stable in air for low-cost fabrication of a dendrite-free lithium battery

Journal Article · Fri Feb 22 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08767-0· OSTI ID:1614046

Shen, Xiaowei ^[1]; Li, Yutao ^[2]; ^[3]; ^[3]; ^[3]; ^[3]; ^[2]

Soochow Univ. (China); DOE/OSTI
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
Soochow Univ. (China)

Lithium metal, the ideal anode material for rechargeable batteries, suffers from the inherent limitations of sensitivity to the humid atmosphere and dendrite growth. Herein, low-cost fabrication of a metallic-lithium anode that is stable in air and plated dendrite-free from an organic-liquid electrolyte solves four key problems that have plagued the development of large-scale Li-ion batteries for storage of electric power. Replacing the low-capacity carbon anode with a safe, dendrite-free lithium anode provides a fast charge while reducing the cost of fabrication of a lithium battery, and increasing the cycle life of a rechargeable cell by eliminating the liquid-electrolyte ethylene-carbonate additive used to form a solid-electrolyte interphase passivation layer on the anode that is unstable during cycling. This solution is accomplished by formation of a hydrophobic solid-electrolyte interphase on a metallic-lithium anode that allows for handling of the treated lithium anode membrane in a standard dry room during cell fabrication.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Natural Science Foundations of China (NNSFC); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0007762

OSTI ID:: 1614046

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 10; ISSN 2041-1723

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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