Stable metal battery anodes enabled by polyethylenimine sponge hosts by way of electrokinetic effects
Abstract
The cycle life and energy density of rechargeable metal batteries are largely limited by the dendritic growth of their metal anodes (lithium, sodium or zinc). Here we develop a three-dimensional cross-linked polyethylenimine lithium-ion-affinity sponge as the lithium metal anode host to mitigate the problem. We show that electrokinetic surface conduction and electro-osmosis within the high-zeta-potential sponge change the concentration and current density profiles, which enables dendrite-free plating/stripping of lithium with a high Coulombic efficiency at high deposition capacities and current densities, even at low temperatures. The use of a lithium-hosting sponge leads to a significantly improved cycling stability of lithium metal batteries with a limited amount of lithium (for example, the areal lithium ratio of negative to positive electrodes is 0.6) at a commercial-level areal capacity. We also observed dendrite-free morphology in sodium and zinc anodes, which indicates a broader promise of this approach.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1497676
- Grant/Contract Number:
- EE0007795; EE0007803
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Energy
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 3; Journal Issue: 12; Related Information: Supplementary information is available for this paper at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0276-z; Journal ID: ISSN 2058-7546
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 25 ENERGY STORAGE; 42 ENGINEERING; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
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Li, Guoxing, Liu, Zhe, Huang, Qingquan, Gao, Yue, Regula, Michael, Wang, Daiwei, Chen, Long-Qing, and Wang, Donghai. Stable metal battery anodes enabled by polyethylenimine sponge hosts by way of electrokinetic effects. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41560-018-0276-z.
Li, Guoxing, Liu, Zhe, Huang, Qingquan, Gao, Yue, Regula, Michael, Wang, Daiwei, Chen, Long-Qing, & Wang, Donghai. Stable metal battery anodes enabled by polyethylenimine sponge hosts by way of electrokinetic effects. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0276-z
Li, Guoxing, Liu, Zhe, Huang, Qingquan, Gao, Yue, Regula, Michael, Wang, Daiwei, Chen, Long-Qing, and Wang, Donghai. Mon .
"Stable metal battery anodes enabled by polyethylenimine sponge hosts by way of electrokinetic effects". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0276-z. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1497676.
@article{osti_1497676,
title = {Stable metal battery anodes enabled by polyethylenimine sponge hosts by way of electrokinetic effects},
author = {Li, Guoxing and Liu, Zhe and Huang, Qingquan and Gao, Yue and Regula, Michael and Wang, Daiwei and Chen, Long-Qing and Wang, Donghai},
abstractNote = {The cycle life and energy density of rechargeable metal batteries are largely limited by the dendritic growth of their metal anodes (lithium, sodium or zinc). Here we develop a three-dimensional cross-linked polyethylenimine lithium-ion-affinity sponge as the lithium metal anode host to mitigate the problem. We show that electrokinetic surface conduction and electro-osmosis within the high-zeta-potential sponge change the concentration and current density profiles, which enables dendrite-free plating/stripping of lithium with a high Coulombic efficiency at high deposition capacities and current densities, even at low temperatures. The use of a lithium-hosting sponge leads to a significantly improved cycling stability of lithium metal batteries with a limited amount of lithium (for example, the areal lithium ratio of negative to positive electrodes is 0.6) at a commercial-level areal capacity. We also observed dendrite-free morphology in sodium and zinc anodes, which indicates a broader promise of this approach.},
doi = {10.1038/s41560-018-0276-z},
journal = {Nature Energy},
number = 12,
volume = 3,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 12 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Mon Nov 12 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}
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