TY - JOUR
T1 - Multifunctional and Seamlessly Integrated Soft/Rigid Interphase Realizing a Stable Lithium-Metal Anode for a High-Performance Lithium-Metal Battery under a Lean Electrolyte
AU - Ran, Qiwen
AU - Song, Zhicui
AU - Liu, Jintao
AU - Li, Lei
AU - Hu, Qiang
AU - Zhao, Hongyuan
AU - Liu, Xingquan
AU - Komarneni, Sridhar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2023/10/30
Y1 - 2023/10/30
N2 - Although the organic/inorganic hybrid artificial solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) has been proven to effectively optimize the interfacial stability of the Li-metal anode, its rational construction and coupling mechanism are still challenging. In this work, a multifunctional and seamlessly integrated artificial interphase with a synergistic soft (PVDF-HFP)/rigid (Li3Sb/LiF) feature is designed to stabilize Li anode for a high-performance Li-metal battery under a lean electrolyte. As evidenced theoretically and experimentally, the soft PVDF-HFP polymer is used to adaptively tune the surface current density near the Li/electrolyte interface and substantially prevent the electrolyte solvent from being consumed, while the rigid Li3Sb/LiF particles embedded in the PVDF-HFP polymer also can guarantee efficient Li+ transport and fast Li nucleation/deposition with a low energy barrier. As a result, even at 20 mA cm-2/2 mAh cm-2, the modified Li anode can provide excellent cycling performance in Lia∥Li symmetrical cells over 1000 cycles. Most impressively, it also enables the LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2 (4.4 mAh cm-2)a∥Li (50 μm) full cell to realize superior cycling stability under harsh conditions (low N/P ratio ≈ 2.2 and lean electrolyte 12 μL mAh-1) compared to the bare Li anode, which shows a high average CE of 99.7% and high capacity retention of 79.2% after 100 cycles, demonstrating its great potential in practical Li-metal batteries. This work proposes an adaptive artificial interphase with synergistic soft/rigid features and realizes the practical lean-electrolyte Li-metal batteries.
AB - Although the organic/inorganic hybrid artificial solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) has been proven to effectively optimize the interfacial stability of the Li-metal anode, its rational construction and coupling mechanism are still challenging. In this work, a multifunctional and seamlessly integrated artificial interphase with a synergistic soft (PVDF-HFP)/rigid (Li3Sb/LiF) feature is designed to stabilize Li anode for a high-performance Li-metal battery under a lean electrolyte. As evidenced theoretically and experimentally, the soft PVDF-HFP polymer is used to adaptively tune the surface current density near the Li/electrolyte interface and substantially prevent the electrolyte solvent from being consumed, while the rigid Li3Sb/LiF particles embedded in the PVDF-HFP polymer also can guarantee efficient Li+ transport and fast Li nucleation/deposition with a low energy barrier. As a result, even at 20 mA cm-2/2 mAh cm-2, the modified Li anode can provide excellent cycling performance in Lia∥Li symmetrical cells over 1000 cycles. Most impressively, it also enables the LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2 (4.4 mAh cm-2)a∥Li (50 μm) full cell to realize superior cycling stability under harsh conditions (low N/P ratio ≈ 2.2 and lean electrolyte 12 μL mAh-1) compared to the bare Li anode, which shows a high average CE of 99.7% and high capacity retention of 79.2% after 100 cycles, demonstrating its great potential in practical Li-metal batteries. This work proposes an adaptive artificial interphase with synergistic soft/rigid features and realizes the practical lean-electrolyte Li-metal batteries.
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U2 - 10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c05211
DO - 10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c05211
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85177226186
SN - 2168-0485
VL - 11
SP - 15732
EP - 15742
JO - ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
JF - ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
IS - 43
ER -