Engineering stable interfaces for three-dimensional lithium metal anodes
Abstract
Lithium metal has long been considered one of the most promising anode materials for advanced lithium batteries (for example, Li-S and Li-O2), which could offer significantly improved energy density compared to state-of-the-art lithium ion batteries. Despite decades of intense research efforts, its commercialization remains limited by poor cyclability and safety concerns of lithium metal anodes. One root cause is the parasitic reaction between metallic lithium and the organic liquid electrolyte, resulting in continuous formation of an unstable solid electrolyte interphase, which consumes both active lithium and electrolyte. Until now, it has been challenging to completely shut down the parasitic reaction. We find that a thin-layer coating applied through atomic layer deposition on a hollow carbon host guides lithium deposition inside the hollow carbon sphere and simultaneously prevents electrolyte infiltration by sealing pinholes on the shell of the hollow carbon sphere. By encapsulating lithium inside the stable host, parasitic reactions are prevented, resulting in impressive cycling behavior. In conclusion, we report more than 500 cycles at a high coulombic efficiency of 99% in an ether-based electrolyte at a cycling rate of 0.5 mA/cm2 and a cycling capacity of 1 mAh/cm2, which is among the most stable Li anodes reported so far.
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- Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
- Bosch Research and Technology Center North America, Palo Alto, CA (United States)
- Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1475492
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515; 03.25.SS.15
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Science Advances
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 4; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2375-2548
- Publisher:
- AAAS
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE
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Xie, Jin, Wang, Jiangyan, Lee, Hye Ryoung, Yan, Kai, Li, Yuzhang, Shi, Feifei, Huang, William, Pei, Allen, Chen, Gilbert, Subbaraman, Ram, Christensen, Jake, and Cui, Yi. Engineering stable interfaces for three-dimensional lithium metal anodes. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aat5168.
Xie, Jin, Wang, Jiangyan, Lee, Hye Ryoung, Yan, Kai, Li, Yuzhang, Shi, Feifei, Huang, William, Pei, Allen, Chen, Gilbert, Subbaraman, Ram, Christensen, Jake, & Cui, Yi. Engineering stable interfaces for three-dimensional lithium metal anodes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aat5168
Xie, Jin, Wang, Jiangyan, Lee, Hye Ryoung, Yan, Kai, Li, Yuzhang, Shi, Feifei, Huang, William, Pei, Allen, Chen, Gilbert, Subbaraman, Ram, Christensen, Jake, and Cui, Yi. Fri .
"Engineering stable interfaces for three-dimensional lithium metal anodes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aat5168. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1475492.
@article{osti_1475492,
title = {Engineering stable interfaces for three-dimensional lithium metal anodes},
author = {Xie, Jin and Wang, Jiangyan and Lee, Hye Ryoung and Yan, Kai and Li, Yuzhang and Shi, Feifei and Huang, William and Pei, Allen and Chen, Gilbert and Subbaraman, Ram and Christensen, Jake and Cui, Yi},
abstractNote = {Lithium metal has long been considered one of the most promising anode materials for advanced lithium batteries (for example, Li-S and Li-O2), which could offer significantly improved energy density compared to state-of-the-art lithium ion batteries. Despite decades of intense research efforts, its commercialization remains limited by poor cyclability and safety concerns of lithium metal anodes. One root cause is the parasitic reaction between metallic lithium and the organic liquid electrolyte, resulting in continuous formation of an unstable solid electrolyte interphase, which consumes both active lithium and electrolyte. Until now, it has been challenging to completely shut down the parasitic reaction. We find that a thin-layer coating applied through atomic layer deposition on a hollow carbon host guides lithium deposition inside the hollow carbon sphere and simultaneously prevents electrolyte infiltration by sealing pinholes on the shell of the hollow carbon sphere. By encapsulating lithium inside the stable host, parasitic reactions are prevented, resulting in impressive cycling behavior. In conclusion, we report more than 500 cycles at a high coulombic efficiency of 99% in an ether-based electrolyte at a cycling rate of 0.5 mA/cm2 and a cycling capacity of 1 mAh/cm2, which is among the most stable Li anodes reported so far.},
doi = {10.1126/sciadv.aat5168},
journal = {Science Advances},
number = 7,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jul 27 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Fri Jul 27 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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