Nature Communications (Apr 2018)
Designable ultra-smooth ultra-thin solid-electrolyte interphases of three alkali metal anodes
- Yu Gu,
- Wei-Wei Wang,
- Yi-Juan Li,
- Qi-Hui Wu,
- Shuai Tang,
- Jia-Wei Yan,
- Ming-Sen Zheng,
- De-Yin Wu,
- Chun-Hai Fan,
- Wei-Qiang Hu,
- Zhao-Bin Chen,
- Yuan Fang,
- Qing-Hong Zhang,
- Quan-Feng Dong,
- Bing-Wei Mao
Affiliations
- Yu Gu
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
- Wei-Wei Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
- Yi-Juan Li
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
- Qi-Hui Wu
- Department of Materials Chemistry, College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Quanzhou Normal University
- Shuai Tang
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
- Jia-Wei Yan
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
- Ming-Sen Zheng
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
- De-Yin Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
- Chun-Hai Fan
- Division of Physical Biology & Bioimaging Center, Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, CAS Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Wei-Qiang Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
- Zhao-Bin Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
- Yuan Fang
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
- Qing-Hong Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
- Quan-Feng Dong
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
- Bing-Wei Mao
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03466-8
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
The dendrite growth of alkali metal anodes leads to charge/discharge cycling instability. Here, the authors show that electrochemical polishing can yield near-perfect anodes of three alkali metals by constructing smooth and thin solid-electrolyte interphase layers.
