Integrative design of laser-induced graphene array with lithiophilic MnOx nanoparticles enables superior lithium metal batteries

Hong Xiao; Yijuan Li; Ruiqi Chen; Tangchao Xie; Pan Xu; Hengji Zhu; Jialang He; Weitao Zheng; Shaoming Huang

eScience (Oct 2023)

Integrative design of laser-induced graphene array with lithiophilic MnOx nanoparticles enables superior lithium metal batteries

Hong Xiao,
Yijuan Li,
Ruiqi Chen,
Tangchao Xie,
Pan Xu,
Hengji Zhu,
Jialang He,
Weitao Zheng,
Shaoming Huang

Affiliations

Hong Xiao: Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Materials and Energy Storage Devices, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
Yijuan Li: Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Materials and Energy Storage Devices, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China; Corresponding authors.
Ruiqi Chen: Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Materials and Energy Storage Devices, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
Tangchao Xie: Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Materials and Energy Storage Devices, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
Pan Xu: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Engineering Research Centre of Electrochemical Technologies of Ministry of Education, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
Hengji Zhu: Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Materials and Energy Storage Devices, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
Jialang He: Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Materials and Energy Storage Devices, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
Weitao Zheng: Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Materials and Energy Storage Devices, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
Shaoming Huang: Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Materials and Energy Storage Devices, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China; Corresponding authors.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 5
p. 100134

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The practical applications of lithium metal batteries are limited by uncontrolled dendrite growth during cycling. Herein, we propose a simple and scalable approach to stabilize lithium metal anodes using laser scribing technology to integratively design and construct a laser-induced graphene (LIG) with lithiophilic metal oxide nanoparticles. The porous LIG and lithiophilic MnOx nanoparticles effectively reduce the nucleation overpotential of Li and regulate uniform Li plating, while the array structure offers continuous and ultra-fast ion/electron transport channels, accelerating Li+ transport kinetics at high rate and high capacity. Consequently, the Li@MnOx@LIG-a anode exhibits superior rate capability of up to 40 mA cm−2 with low nucleation overpotential. It also can withstand ultra-high Li capacity to 20 mAh cm−2 without dendrite growth and stably cycle for 3000 h with 100% depth of discharge at 40 mA cm−2. More importantly, this technology can be expanded to other metal oxides for various metal batteries.

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ISSN: 2667-1417 (Online)
Publisher: KeAi Communications Co. Ltd.
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Technology: Mechanical engineering and machinery; Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering: Electronics
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