Dendrite-Suppressed Lithium Plating from a Liquid Electrolyte via Wetting of Li3N
Abstract
Lithium metal is an ultimate anode material to provide the highest energy density for a given cathode by providing a higher capacity and cell voltage. However, lithium is not used as the anode in commercial lithium-ion batteries because electrochemical dendrite formation and growth during charge can induce a cell short circuit that ignites the flammable liquid electrolyte. Plating of lithium through a bed of Li3N particles is shown to transform dendrite growth into a 3D lithium network formed by wetting the particle surfaces; plating through a Li3N particle is without dendrite nucleation. The Li3N particles create a higher overpotential during Li deposition than that with dendrite growth in galvanostatic charge/discharge tests. The characteristic overpotential increase is correlated with the morphological changes and a more isotropic growth behavior. The Li3N-modified Li electrode shows a stable cycling performance at 0.5 and 1.0 mA cm-2 for more than 100 cycles. In this paper, the origin of the bonding responsible for wetting of the Li3N particles by lithium and for plating through a Li3N particle is discussed.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V); USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1430485
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1399054
- Grant/Contract Number:
- EE0007762
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Energy Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 19; Journal ID: ISSN 1614-6832
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; batteries; dendrite; Li3N; lithium; wetting
Citation Formats
Park, Kyusung, and Goodenough, John B. Dendrite-Suppressed Lithium Plating from a Liquid Electrolyte via Wetting of Li3N. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1002/aenm.201700732.
Park, Kyusung, & Goodenough, John B. Dendrite-Suppressed Lithium Plating from a Liquid Electrolyte via Wetting of Li3N. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201700732
Park, Kyusung, and Goodenough, John B. Mon .
"Dendrite-Suppressed Lithium Plating from a Liquid Electrolyte via Wetting of Li3N". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201700732. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1430485.
@article{osti_1430485,
title = {Dendrite-Suppressed Lithium Plating from a Liquid Electrolyte via Wetting of Li3N},
author = {Park, Kyusung and Goodenough, John B.},
abstractNote = {Lithium metal is an ultimate anode material to provide the highest energy density for a given cathode by providing a higher capacity and cell voltage. However, lithium is not used as the anode in commercial lithium-ion batteries because electrochemical dendrite formation and growth during charge can induce a cell short circuit that ignites the flammable liquid electrolyte. Plating of lithium through a bed of Li3N particles is shown to transform dendrite growth into a 3D lithium network formed by wetting the particle surfaces; plating through a Li3N particle is without dendrite nucleation. The Li3N particles create a higher overpotential during Li deposition than that with dendrite growth in galvanostatic charge/discharge tests. The characteristic overpotential increase is correlated with the morphological changes and a more isotropic growth behavior. The Li3N-modified Li electrode shows a stable cycling performance at 0.5 and 1.0 mA cm-2 for more than 100 cycles. In this paper, the origin of the bonding responsible for wetting of the Li3N particles by lithium and for plating through a Li3N particle is discussed.},
doi = {10.1002/aenm.201700732},
journal = {Advanced Energy Materials},
number = 19,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 10 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Mon Jul 10 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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