Tackling realistic Li+ flux for high-energy lithium metal batteries

Shuoqing Zhang; Ruhong Li; Nan Hu; Tao Deng; Suting Weng; Zunchun Wu; Di Lu; Haikuo Zhang; Junbo Zhang; Xuefeng Wang; Lixin Chen; Liwu Fan; Xiulin Fan

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33151-w

Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Tackling realistic Li+ flux for high-energy lithium metal batteries

Shuoqing Zhang,
Ruhong Li,
Nan Hu,
Tao Deng,
Suting Weng,
Zunchun Wu,
Di Lu,
Haikuo Zhang,
Junbo Zhang,
Xuefeng Wang,
Lixin Chen,
Liwu Fan,
Xiulin Fan

Affiliations

Shuoqing Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
Ruhong Li: State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
Nan Hu: State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, School of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University
Tao Deng: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland
Suting Weng: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zunchun Wu: State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
Di Lu: State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
Haikuo Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
Junbo Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
Xuefeng Wang: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lixin Chen: State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
Liwu Fan: State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, School of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University
Xiulin Fan: State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33151-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The low conductivity of LiF disturbs Li+ diffusion across solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) and induces Li+ transfer-driven dendritic growth. Herein, the authors establish a mechanistic model to decipher how the SEI affects realistic Li plating in high-fluorine electrolytes.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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