Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Stabilizing lithium metal anode by octaphenyl polyoxyethylene-lithium complexation

  • Hongliu Dai,
  • Xingxing Gu,
  • Jing Dong,
  • Chao Wang,
  • Chao Lai,
  • Shuhui Sun

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14505-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Despite the large theoretical promise of Li metal anode, the dendrite growth poses a serious safety challenge. Here the authors address this issue by adding octaphenyl polyoxyethylene as an electrolyte additive which facilitates the formation of a dual-functional layer and excellent performance.