Biomacromolecules enabled dendrite-free lithium metal battery and its origin revealed by cryo-electron microscopy

Zhijin Ju; Jianwei Nai; Yao Wang; Tiefeng Liu; Jianhui Zheng; Huadong Yuan; Ouwei Sheng; Chengbin Jin; Wenkui Zhang; Zhong Jin; He Tian; Yujing Liu; Xinyong Tao

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14358-1

Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Biomacromolecules enabled dendrite-free lithium metal battery and its origin revealed by cryo-electron microscopy

Zhijin Ju,
Jianwei Nai,
Yao Wang,
Tiefeng Liu,
Jianhui Zheng,
Huadong Yuan,
Ouwei Sheng,
Chengbin Jin,
Wenkui Zhang,
Zhong Jin,
He Tian,
Yujing Liu,
Xinyong Tao

Affiliations

Zhijin Ju: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology
Jianwei Nai: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology
Yao Wang: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology
Tiefeng Liu: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology
Jianhui Zheng: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology
Huadong Yuan: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology
Ouwei Sheng: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology
Chengbin Jin: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology
Wenkui Zhang: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology
Zhong Jin: Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
He Tian: Center of Electron Microscope, State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
Yujing Liu: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology
Xinyong Tao: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14358-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Inspired by the role of proteins in regulating eggshell mineralization, here Tao, Liu and colleagues apply trifluoroethanol modified eggshell membrane to combat lithium dendrite. Cryo-electron microscopy reveals that the growth along the most favored crystallographic direction is suppressed.

Published in Nature Communications

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