Behavior of Lithium Metal Anodes under Various Capacity Utilization and High Current Density in Lithium Metal Batteries
Abstract
We report that lithium (Li) metal batteries (LMBs) have recently attracted extensive interest in the energy-storage field after silence from the public view for several decades. However, many challenges still need to be overcome before their practical application, especially those that are related to the interfacial instability of Li metal anodes. Here, we reveal for the first time that the thickness of the degradation layer on the metallic Li anode surface shows a linear relationship with Li areal capacity utilization up to 4.0 mAh cm-2 in a practical LMB system. The increase in Li capacity utilization in each cycle causes variations in the morphology and composition of the degradation layer on the Li anode. Under high Li capacity utilization, the current density for charge (i.e., Li deposition) is identified to be a key factor controlling the corrosion of the Li metal anode. Lastly, these fundamental findings provide new perspectives for the development of rechargeable LMBs.
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- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1549089
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1413509
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-125205
Journal ID: ISSN 2542-4351; S2542435117301319; PII: S2542435117301319
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-76RLO1830; AC05-76RL01830; AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Joule
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Joule Journal Volume: 2 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2542-4351
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 25 ENERGY STORAGE; lithium capacity utilization; degradation layer; electrode loading; cycling performance; lithium metal battery
Citation Formats
Jiao, Shuhong, Zheng, Jianming, Li, Qiuyan, Li, Xing, Engelhard, Mark H., Cao, Ruiguo, Zhang, Ji-Guang, and Xu, Wu. Behavior of Lithium Metal Anodes under Various Capacity Utilization and High Current Density in Lithium Metal Batteries. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.joule.2017.10.007.
Jiao, Shuhong, Zheng, Jianming, Li, Qiuyan, Li, Xing, Engelhard, Mark H., Cao, Ruiguo, Zhang, Ji-Guang, & Xu, Wu. Behavior of Lithium Metal Anodes under Various Capacity Utilization and High Current Density in Lithium Metal Batteries. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2017.10.007
Jiao, Shuhong, Zheng, Jianming, Li, Qiuyan, Li, Xing, Engelhard, Mark H., Cao, Ruiguo, Zhang, Ji-Guang, and Xu, Wu. Mon .
"Behavior of Lithium Metal Anodes under Various Capacity Utilization and High Current Density in Lithium Metal Batteries". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2017.10.007.
@article{osti_1549089,
title = {Behavior of Lithium Metal Anodes under Various Capacity Utilization and High Current Density in Lithium Metal Batteries},
author = {Jiao, Shuhong and Zheng, Jianming and Li, Qiuyan and Li, Xing and Engelhard, Mark H. and Cao, Ruiguo and Zhang, Ji-Guang and Xu, Wu},
abstractNote = {We report that lithium (Li) metal batteries (LMBs) have recently attracted extensive interest in the energy-storage field after silence from the public view for several decades. However, many challenges still need to be overcome before their practical application, especially those that are related to the interfacial instability of Li metal anodes. Here, we reveal for the first time that the thickness of the degradation layer on the metallic Li anode surface shows a linear relationship with Li areal capacity utilization up to 4.0 mAh cm-2 in a practical LMB system. The increase in Li capacity utilization in each cycle causes variations in the morphology and composition of the degradation layer on the Li anode. Under high Li capacity utilization, the current density for charge (i.e., Li deposition) is identified to be a key factor controlling the corrosion of the Li metal anode. Lastly, these fundamental findings provide new perspectives for the development of rechargeable LMBs.},
doi = {10.1016/j.joule.2017.10.007},
journal = {Joule},
number = 1,
volume = 2,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}
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