A highly flexible semi-tubular carbon film for stable lithium metal anodes in high-performance batteries

Huang, Siya; Tang, Lu; Najafabadi, Hasan Salehi; Chen, Shuo; Ren, Zhifeng

doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.06.030

Title: A highly flexible semi-tubular carbon film for stable lithium metal anodes in high-performance batteries

Journal Article · Fri Jun 16 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Nano Energy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.06.030· OSTI ID:1534147

Huang, Siya ^[1]; Tang, Lu ^[1]; Najafabadi, Hasan Salehi ^[1]; Chen, Shuo ^[1]; Ren, Zhifeng ^[1]

University of Houston, TX (United States)

As the lightest and most electropositive material, lithium metal is regarded as the ultimate anode material for next-generation high-energy batteries. However, uncontrolled dendritic lithium growth as well as low Coulombic efficiency hinders its widespread application in secondary batteries. Interfacial modification of anodes with protective layers has been proved to be an effective way to inhibit the growth of ramified lithium. We report on a freestanding, highly flexible nanostructured carbon film, which is ready to be transferred onto electrodes with great ease. We show that such mechanically robust carbon films can effectively suppress the growth of Li dendrites upon cycling at practical current densities (0.25–1.0 mA cm^-2) with significantly improved Coulombic efficiency up to ~99.5% for over hundreds of cycles and thousands of operation hours. Notably, this semi-tubular carbon film demonstrated instant, reliable protection to electrodes in not only reactive electrolytes but also ambient environment with high humidity, offering a practically feasible route toward the dendrite-free lithium metal batteries.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Houston, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0010831; DOE DE-SC0010831

OSTI ID:: 1534147

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1550354

Journal Information:: Nano Energy, Vol. 38, Issue C; ISSN 2211-2855

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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