Nano-Micro Letters, Volume. 16, Issue 1, 078(2024)

Lithium-Ion Charged Polymer Channels Flattening Lithium Metal Anode

Haofan Duan1、†, Yu You1、†, Gang Wang1、*, Xiangze Ou1, Jin Wen1, Qiao Huang1, Pengbo Lyu1, Yaru Liang1、**, Qingyu Li2, Jianyu Huang1, Yun-Xiao Wang3, Hua-Kun Liu3,4, Shi Xue Dou3,4, and Wei-Hong Lai3、***
Author Affiliations
  • 1Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Thin Film Materials and Devices, School of Material Sciences and Engineering, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, People’s Republic of China
  • 2Guangxi Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy Materials, School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, People’s Republic of China
  • 3Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Institute of Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus, Squires Way, North Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia
  • 4Institute of Energy Materials Science, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, People’s Republic of China
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    The concentration difference in the near-surface region of lithium metal is the main cause of lithium dendrite growth. Resolving this issue will be key to achieving high-performance lithium metal batteries (LMBs). Herein, we construct a lithium nitrate (LiNO3)-implanted electroactive β phase polyvinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene (PVDF-HFP) crystalline polymorph layer (PHL). The electronegatively charged polymer chains attain lithium ions on the surface to form lithium-ion charged channels. These channels act as reservoirs to sustainably release Li ions to recompense the ionic flux of electrolytes, decreasing the growth of lithium dendrites. The stretched molecular channels can also accelerate the transport of Li ions. The combined effects enable a high Coulombic efficiency of 97.0% for 250 cycles in lithium (Li)||copper (Cu) cell and a stable symmetric plating/stripping behavior over 2000 h at 3 mA cm-2 with ultrahigh Li utilization of 50%. Furthermore, the full cell coupled with PHL-Cu@Li anode and LiFePO4 cathode exhibits long-term cycle stability with high-capacity retention of 95.9% after 900 cycles. Impressively, the full cell paired with LiNi0.87Co0.1Mn0.03O2 maintains a discharge capacity of 170.0 mAh g-1 with a capacity retention of 84.3% after 100 cycles even under harsh condition of ultralow N/P ratio of 0.83. This facile strategy will widen the potential application of LiNO3 in ester-based electrolyte for practical high-voltage LMBs.

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    Haofan Duan, Yu You, Gang Wang, Xiangze Ou, Jin Wen, Qiao Huang, Pengbo Lyu, Yaru Liang, Qingyu Li, Jianyu Huang, Yun-Xiao Wang, Hua-Kun Liu, Shi Xue Dou, Wei-Hong Lai. Lithium-Ion Charged Polymer Channels Flattening Lithium Metal Anode[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 078

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Aug. 8, 2023

    Accepted: Nov. 27, 2023

    Published Online: Jan. 23, 2025

    The Author Email: Wang Gang (esgwang@xtu.edu.cn), Liang Yaru (yaruliang@xtu.edu.cn), Lai Wei-Hong (weihongl@uow.edu.au)

    DOI:10.1007/s40820-023-01300-5

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