Operando monitoring the lithium spatial distribution of lithium metal anodes

Shasha Lv; Tomas Verhallen; Alexandros Vasileiadis; Frans Ooms; Yaolin Xu; Zhaolong Li; Zhengcao Li; Marnix Wagemaker

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04394-3

Nature Communications (Jun 2018)

Operando monitoring the lithium spatial distribution of lithium metal anodes

Shasha Lv,
Tomas Verhallen,
Alexandros Vasileiadis,
Frans Ooms,
Yaolin Xu,
Zhaolong Li,
Zhengcao Li,
Marnix Wagemaker

Affiliations

Shasha Lv: Department of Radiation Science and Technology, Delft University of Technology
Tomas Verhallen: Department of Radiation Science and Technology, Delft University of Technology
Alexandros Vasileiadis: Department of Radiation Science and Technology, Delft University of Technology
Frans Ooms: Department of Radiation Science and Technology, Delft University of Technology
Yaolin Xu: Department of Radiation Science and Technology, Delft University of Technology
Zhaolong Li: Department of Radiation Science and Technology, Delft University of Technology
Zhengcao Li: The State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University
Marnix Wagemaker: Department of Radiation Science and Technology, Delft University of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04394-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Rechargeable lithium metal batteries could offer a major leap in energy capacity but suffer from the electrolyte reactivity and dendrite growth. Here the authors apply neutron depth profiling to provide quantitative insight into the evolution of the Li-metal morphology during plating and stripping.

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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