• 文献标题:   Fast-charging and dendrite-free lithium metal anode enabled by partial lithiation of graphene aerogel
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MA Y, GU YT, HE Y, WEI L, LIAN YB, PAN WY, LI XJ, SU YH, PENG Y, DENG Z, LIU ZF
  • 作者关键词:   graphene aerogel, partial infusion, fastcharging, dendritefree, li metal anode
  • 出版物名称:   NANO RESEARCH
  • ISSN:   1998-0124 EI 1998-0000
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  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1007/s12274-022-4261-2 EA MAR 2022
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

The development of deeply cyclable lithium metal batteries with fast-charging capability offers a promising solution to relieve the "range anxiety" in driving electric vehicles. Conventional lithium metal anodes suffered from low operating current densities and shallow charge/discharge depths, owing to the intrinsic dendrite growth governed by Sand's law. Herein, we come up with a novel design of heavy-duty lithium metal anode fabricated by partially infusing the three-dimensional (3D) porous graphene aerogel with molten Li. Both electroanalytical measurements and simulations show that the unique electrode architecture brings notable advantages in mediating smooth Li plating/stripping, including reduced local current density, inhibited dendrite growth, buffered volume fluctuation, as well as more efficient Li utilization. Consequently, a remarkable cycling performance in symmetric cells for over 400 cycles (800 h) with an ultrahigh cycling capacity of 15 mAh.cm(-2) at 15 mA.cm(-2) is achieved, which, to our best knowledge, has been never seen in literature. LiFePO4 full cells demonstrate a superb rate capability up to 10 C and a prolonged cycling of 1,600 cycles at 2 C with the per-cycle capacity decay of only 0.023%. This study paves the way for the ultimate deployment of lithium metal batteries in real-world applications that require fast charging and deep cycling.