scholarly journals Accurate Determination of Coulombic Efficiency for Lithium Metal Anodes and Lithium Metal Batteries

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 1702097 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian D. Adams ◽  
Jianming Zheng ◽  
Xiaodi Ren ◽  
Wu Xu ◽  
Ji-Guang Zhang
Research ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo-Quan Li ◽  
Xiao-Ru Chen ◽  
Xiang Chen ◽  
Chang-Xin Zhao ◽  
Rui Zhang ◽  
...  

Lithium metal constitutes promising anode materials but suffers from dendrite growth. Lithiophilic host materials are highly considered for achieving uniform lithium deposition. Precise construction of lithiophilic sites with desired structure and homogeneous distribution significantly promotes the lithiophilicity of lithium hosts but remains a great challenge. In this contribution, a framework porphyrin (POF) material with precisely constructed lithiophilic sites in regard to chemical structure and geometric position is employed as the lithium host to address the above issues for dendrite-free lithium metal anodes. The extraordinary lithiophilicity of POF even beyond lithium nuclei validated by DFT simulations and lithium nucleation overpotentials affords a novel mechanism of favorable lithium nucleation to facilitate uniform nucleation and inhibit dendrite growth. Consequently, POF-based anodes demonstrate superior electrochemical performances with high Coulombic efficiency over 98%, reduced average voltage hysteresis, and excellent stability for 300 cycles at 1.0 mA cm−2, 1.0 mAh cm−2 superior to both Cu and graphene anodes. The favorable lithium nucleation mechanism on POF materials inspires further investigation of lithiophilic electrochemistry and development of lithium metal batteries.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tianyi Wang ◽  
Yanbin Li ◽  
Jinqiang Zhang ◽  
Kang Yan ◽  
Pauline Jaumaux ◽  
...  

Abstract The practical applications of lithium metal anodes in high-energy-density lithium metal batteries have been hindered by their formation and growth of lithium dendrites. Herein, we discover that certain protein could efficiently prevent and eliminate the growth of wispy lithium dendrites, leading to long cycle life and high Coulombic efficiency of lithium metal anodes. We contend that the protein molecules function as a “self-defense” agent, mitigating the formation of lithium embryos, thus mimicking natural, pathological immunization mechanisms. When added into the electrolyte, protein molecules are automatically adsorbed on the surface of lithium metal anodes, particularly on the tips of lithium buds, through spatial conformation and secondary structure transformation from α-helix to β-sheets. This effectively changes the electric field distribution around the tips of lithium buds and results in homogeneous plating and stripping of lithium metal anodes. Furthermore, we develop a slow sustained-release strategy to overcome the limited dispersibility of protein in the ether-based electrolyte and achieve a remarkably enhanced cycling performance of more than 2000 cycles for lithium metal batteries.


Research ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo-Quan Li ◽  
Xiao-Ru Chen ◽  
Xiang Chen ◽  
Chang-Xin Zhao ◽  
Rui Zhang ◽  
...  

Lithium metal constitutes promising anode materials but suffers from dendrite growth. Lithiophilic host materials are highly considered for achieving uniform lithium deposition. Precise construction of lithiophilic sites with desired structure and homogeneous distribution significantly promotes the lithiophilicity of lithium hosts but remains a great challenge. In this contribution, a framework porphyrin (POF) material with precisely constructed lithiophilic sites in regard to chemical structure and geometric position is employed as the lithium host to address the above issues for dendrite-free lithium metal anodes. The extraordinary lithiophilicity of POF even beyond lithium nuclei validated by DFT simulations and lithium nucleation overpotentials affords a novel mechanism of favorable lithium nucleation to facilitate uniform nucleation and inhibit dendrite growth. Consequently, POF-based anodes demonstrate superior electrochemical performances with high Coulombic efficiency over 98%, reduced average voltage hysteresis, and excellent stability for 300 cycles at 1.0 mA cm−2, 1.0 mAh cm−2 superior to both Cu and graphene anodes. The favorable lithium nucleation mechanism on POF materials inspires further investigation of lithiophilic electrochemistry and development of lithium metal batteries.


Author(s):  
Kuirong Deng ◽  
Tianyu Guan ◽  
Fuhui Liang ◽  
Xiaoqiong Zheng ◽  
Qingguang Zeng ◽  
...  

Solid-state lithium metal batteries (LMBs) assembled with polymer electrolytes (PEs) and lithium metal anodes are promising batteries owing to their enhanced safeties and ultrahigh theoretical energy densities. Nevertheless, polymer electrolytes...


Small Methods ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 1970026 ◽  
Author(s):  
He Liu ◽  
Xiang Chen ◽  
Xin‐Bing Cheng ◽  
Bo‐Quan Li ◽  
Rui Zhang ◽  
...  

Carbon ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 848 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-ru Chen ◽  
Rui Zhang ◽  
Xin-bing Cheng ◽  
Qiang Zhang

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (28) ◽  
pp. 13874-13895 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Hyun Um ◽  
Kookhan Kim ◽  
Jungjin Park ◽  
Yung-Eun Sung ◽  
Seung-Ho Yu

This review focuses on a comprehensive summary of and future perspectives on stable lithium metal batteries.


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