• 文献标题:   Air-stable and freestanding lithium alloy/graphene foil as an alternative to lithium metal anodes
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHAO J, ZHOU GM, YAN K, XIE J, LI YZ, LIAO L, JIN Y, LIU K, HSU PC, WANG JY, CHENG HM, CUI Y
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  • 出版物名称:   NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   1748-3387 EI 1748-3395
  • 通讯作者地址:   Stanford Univ
  • 被引频次:   119
  • DOI:   10.1038/NNANO.2017.129
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Developing high-capacity anodes is a must to improve the energy density of lithium batteries for electric vehicle applications. Alloy anodes are one promising option, but without pre-stored lithium, the overall energy density is limited by the low-capacity lithium metal oxide cathodes. Recently, lithium metal has been revived as a high-capacity anode, but faces several challenges owing to its high reactivity and uncontrolled dendrite growth. Here, we show a series of Li-containing foils inheriting the desirable properties of alloy anodes and pure metal anodes. They consist of densely packed LixM (M= Si, Sn, or Al) nanoparticles encapsulated by large graphene sheets. With the protection of graphene sheets, the large and freestanding LixM/graphene foils are stable in different air conditions. With fully expanded LixSi confined in the highly conductive and chemically stable graphene matrix, this LixSi/graphene foil maintains a stable structure and cyclability in half cells (400 cycles with 98% capacity retention). This foil is also paired with high-capacity Li-free V2O5 and sulfur cathodes to achieve stable full-cell cycling.