Lithium-coated polymeric matrix as a minimum volume-change and dendrite-free lithium metal anode

Yayuan Liu; Dingchang Lin; Zheng Liang; Jie Zhao; Kai Yan; Yi Cui

doi:10.1038/ncomms10992

Nature Communications (Mar 2016)

Lithium-coated polymeric matrix as a minimum volume-change and dendrite-free lithium metal anode

Yayuan Liu,
Dingchang Lin,
Zheng Liang,
Jie Zhao,
Kai Yan,
Yi Cui

Affiliations

Yayuan Liu: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Dingchang Lin: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Zheng Liang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Jie Zhao: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Kai Yan: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Yi Cui: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10992
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Lithium metal is a promising anode for batteries, but problems such as volume change and dendrite growth currently prevent it from practical usage. Here, the authors overcome these problems by infusing molten lithium into a polymeric matrix via a lithiophilic coating to make a stable nanoporous lithium electrode.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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