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Synergistic modulation of Li nucleation/growth enabled by CNTs-wrapped lithiophilic CoP/Co2P decorated hollow carbon polyhedron host for stable lithium metal anodes

Zhicui Song1,2, Yuchi Liu1,2, Zihao Wang1,2, Jianxiong Xing1,2, Chaohui Wei2, Wei Zou3,4, Aijun Zhou1,2, Jingze Li1,2( )
School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Huzhou 313001, China
Research and Development Center, Tianqi Lithium Co., Ltd., Chengdu 610093, China
Lithium Resources and Lithium Materials Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Tianqi Lithium Corporation, Chengdu 610000, China
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This carbon nanotubes (CNTs)-wrapped lithiophilic CoP/Co2P decorated hollow carbon polyhedron host with all-pervasive Li plating design can not only maximize the anode space utilization, but also result in homogeneous nucleation and smooth deposition of metallic lithium.

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Infinite volume expansion and uncontrolled lithium dendrite growth are the main bottlenecks that greatly hinder the commercial application of lithium metal anodes. Herein, derived from zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF)-67, carbon nanotubes (CNTs)-wrapped and CoP/Co2P uniformly distributed nitrogen-doped hollow porous polyhedron carbon (CNT-CoP@NC) is elaborately designed as lithium metal host. A hybrid of N-doping and metallic phosphides modifications improves the lithiophilicity and reduces the nucleation barrier, consequently leading to homogeneous nucleation and smooth deposition of metallic lithium, thus suppresses the growth of Li dendrites. Meanwhile, self-generated CNTs arrays efficiently reduce the local current density. Moreover, the reduced lithium is preferentially deposited into the hollow structure of CNT-CoP@NC and then filled the voids among the CNT-CoP@NC particles. This all-pervasive Li plating design can not only alleviate the volume effect, but also maximize the anode space utilization. Benefiting from these synergistic modulations, even with an ultra-thin (7.2 μm) anode layer of CNT-CoP@NC host, a high Coulombic efficiency for more than 400 cycles and an extended lifespan of 1,700 h under 1 mA·cm−2 can be achieved. When paired with a competitive high mass loading (17.1 mg·cm−2) LiFePO4 cathode, a superb cycling stability (126.7 mAh·g−1 over 550 cycles) is recorded at 1 C.

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lithium metal anodesmetal organic frameworkhollow structuredendrite-freesynergistic modulations

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Nano Research
Volume 16 Issue 4,
April 2023
Pages 4961-4969
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-5179-4
Cite this article:
Song Z, Liu Y, Wang Z, et al. Synergistic modulation of Li nucleation/growth enabled by CNTs-wrapped lithiophilic CoP/Co2P decorated hollow carbon polyhedron host for stable lithium metal anodes. Nano Research, 2023, 16(4): 4961-4969. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-5179-4
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Received: 26 August 2022
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Published: 13 December 2022
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