Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Ultra-fast charging in aluminum-ion batteries: electric double layers on active anode

  • Xuejing Shen,
  • Tao Sun,
  • Lei Yang,
  • Alexey Krasnoslobodtsev,
  • Renat Sabirianov,
  • Michael Sealy,
  • Wai-Ning Mei,
  • Zhanjun Wu,
  • Li Tan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21108-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Developing high-capacity batteries with high-rate performance has been a challenge. Here, the authors use a liquid metal alloy as anode in the aluminum-ion battery to push the boundaries, enabling the discovery of new roles of electric double layers in facilitating a high-rate charge transfer.