A novel polymeric lithicone coating for superior lithium metal anodes

Wang, Xin; Carballo, Kevin Velasquez; Shao, Aiying; Cai, Jiyu; Watanabe, Fumiya; Meng, Xiangbo

doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2024.109840

A novel polymeric lithicone coating for superior lithium metal anodes

Journal Article · Thu Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2024 · Nano Energy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2024.109840· OSTI ID:2569848

Wang, Xin ^[1]; Carballo, Kevin Velasquez ^[1]; Shao, Aiying ^[1]; Cai, Jiyu ^[2]; Watanabe, Fumiya ^[3]; Meng, Xiangbo ^[1]

Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (United States)
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (United States)

Lithium metal (Li) is commonly regarded as the “holy grail” of rechargeable batteries and can serve as anodes for constituting various high-energy lithium metal batteries (LMBs). However, it suffers from two notorious issues: (1) continuous formation of inhomogeneous solid electrolyte interphase and (2) Li dendritic growth. Here, in this study, we developed a novel polymeric lithicone via a new molecular layer deposition (MLD) process, using lithium tert-butoxide (LTB) and hydroquinone (HQ) as precursors. We revealed that such an MLD process enabled the resultant LiHQ to grow linearly in a highly controllable and cyclic mode at a growth rate of 4 Å cycle⁻¹ . Furthermore, its low process deposition temperature of 150 °C made it possible to practice high-quality coatings over Li anodes directly. We demonstrated that, very compellingly, this LiHQ coating could protect Li anodes from corrosion and dendritic growth. As a consequence, this LiHQ coating has enabled Li||Li symmetric cells an extremely long cyclability up to 8000 Li-plating/stripping cycles without failure. More excitingly, we demonstrated that, coupled with LiNi_0.8Mn_0.1Co_0.1O₂ (NMC811) cathodes, the LiHQ-modified Li anodes could help the resultant Li||NMC811 realize a much better capacity retention and much longer cyclability. Thus, this study represents a strategic route for developing commercializeable LMBs.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0023439; AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 2569848

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2373244

Journal Information:: Nano Energy, Journal Name: Nano Energy Vol. 128; ISSN 2211-2855

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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