Design advanced lithium metal anode materials in high energy density lithium batteries
Ran Tian,
Jingyu Jia,
Meixiang Zhai,
Ying Wei,
Xinru Feng,
Ruoqi Li,
Jinyan Zhang,
Yun Gao
Affiliations
Ran Tian
Fujian Nanping Nanfu Battery co., ltd, Nanping, Fujian, 353000, China; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China; College of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Hebei, 063210, China; Corresponding author. Fujian Nanping Nanfu Battery co., ltd, Nanping, Fujian, 353000, China.
Jingyu Jia
College of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Hebei, 063210, China
Meixiang Zhai
College of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Hebei, 063210, China
Ying Wei
College of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Hebei, 063210, China
Xinru Feng
College of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Hebei, 063210, China
Ruoqi Li
College of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Hebei, 063210, China
Jinyan Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Brazing Filler Metals and Technology, Zhengzhou Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering Co., Ltd. Zhengzhou,450001, China
Yun Gao
College of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Hebei, 063210, China; Corresponding author.
Nowadays, the ongoing electrical vehicles and energy storage devices give a great demand of high-energy-density lithium battery. The commercial graphite anode has been reached the limit of the theoretical capacity. Herein, we introduce lithium metal anode to demonstrate the promising anode which can replace graphite. Lithium metal has a high theoretical capacity and the lowest electrochemical potential. Hence, using lithium metal as the anode material of lithium batteries can reach the limit of energy and power density of lithium batteries. However, lithium metal has huge flaw such as unstable SEI layer, volume change and dendrites formation. Therefore, we give a review of the lithium metal anode on its issues and introduce the existing research to overcome these. Besides, we give the perspective that the engineering problems also restrict the commercial use of lithium metal. This review provides the reasonable method to enhance the lithium metal performance and give the development direction for the subsequent research.
