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Regulating lithium nucleation and growth by zinc modified current collectors

Na Zhang1, Seung-Ho Yu1,2( ), Héctor D. Abruña1( )
Baker Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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Lithium metal is commonly regarded as the "Holy Grail" anode material for high energy density rechargeable batteries. However, the uncontrollable growth of Li dendrites has posed safety concerns and thus greatly hindered its large-scale application. Here we have modified the surface of a commercial anode current collector, Cu foil, with a thin layer of Zn by a facile electroplating method, in order to regulate the Li nucleation and the following growth processes. Because of the formation of a solid solution buffer layer and Li-Zn alloy phases, the Li nucleation overpotential was dramatically reduced, realizing a uniform Li nucleation and a smooth Li plating morphology. As a result, significantly improved long-term cycling performance with a high Coulombic efficiency was achieved by the lithiophilic Zn coated Cu foil as a current collector. Full cells of Li-LiFePO4 and Li-S using the Li deposited on the Zn modified Cu as the anode, showed increased capacity with low voltage hysteresis and greatly enhanced cycling stability, ascribed to the uniform Li deposition and formation of a stable solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer. This work demonstrates the feasibility of employing lithiophilic modified Cu foils as Li metal current collectors for practical applications.

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lithium metal anodelithium dendritecurrent collectorzinc layer

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Nano Research
Volume 13 Issue 1,
January 2020
Pages 45-51
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-019-2567-7
Cite this article:
Zhang N, Yu S-H, Abruña HD. Regulating lithium nucleation and growth by zinc modified current collectors. Nano Research, 2020, 13(1): 45-51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-019-2567-7
Topics:
AnodesBinary alloysLithium batteriesLithium compoundsMetal claddingMorphologyZinc alloys

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Received: 26 September 2019
Revised: 03 November 2019
Accepted: 10 November 2019
Published: 25 November 2019
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