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In-situ constructed polymer/alloy composite with high ionic conductivity as an artificial solid electrolyte interphase to stabilize lithium metal anode

Ai-Long Chen1,§, Yushan Qian1,§, Shujun Zheng1, Yuyang Chen1, Yue Ouyang1, Lulu Mo1, Zheng-Long Xu2, Yue-E Miao1( ), Tianxi Liu1,3
State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Hum, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China
Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China

§ Ai-Long Chen and Yushan Qian contributed equally to this work.

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A double-layered polymer/alloy composite artificial solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) composed of a robust poly(1,3-dioxolane) protective layer, Sn and LiCl nanoparticles, was developed to simultaneously prevent the crack of SEI layer and lithium (Li) dendrite growth in Li metal battery applications.

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Lithium (Li) metal is regarded as the best anode material for lithium metal batteries (LMBs) due to its high theoretical specific capacity and low redox potential. However, the notorious dendrites growth and extreme instability of the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layers have severely retarded the commercialization process of LMBs. Herein, a double-layered polymer/alloy composite artificial SEI composed of a robust poly(1,3-dioxolane) (PDOL) protective layer, Sn and LiCl nanoparticles, denoted as PDOL@Sn-LiCl, is fabricated by the combination of in-situ substitution and polymerization processes on the surface of Li metal anode. The lithiophilic Sn-LiCl multiphase can supply plenty of Li-ion transport channels, contributing to the homogeneous nucleation and dense accumulation of Li metal. The mechanically tough PDOL layer can maintain the stability and compact structure of the inorganic layer in the long-term cycling, and suppress the volume fluctuation and dendrites formation of the Li metal anode. As a result, the symmetrical cell under the double-layered artificial SEI protection shows excellent cycling stability of 300 h at 5.0 mA·cm−2 for 1 mAh·cm−2. Notably, the Li||LiFePO4 full cell also exhibits enhanced capacity retention of 150.1 mAh·g−1 after 600 cycles at 1.0 C. Additionally, the protected Li foil can effectively resist the air and water corrosion, signifying the safe operation of Li metal in practical applications. This present finding proposed a different tactic to achieve safe and dendrite-free Li metal anodes with excellent cycling stability.

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polymer/alloy compositein-situ polymerizationartificial solid electrolyte interphase (SEI)double-layered structurelithium metal battery.

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Nano Research
Volume 16 Issue 3,
March 2023
Pages 3888-3894
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-023-5584-3
Cite this article:
Chen A-L, Qian Y, Zheng S, et al. In-situ constructed polymer/alloy composite with high ionic conductivity as an artificial solid electrolyte interphase to stabilize lithium metal anode. Nano Research, 2023, 16(3): 3888-3894. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5584-3
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Received: 01 May 2022
Revised: 29 January 2023
Accepted: 16 February 2023
Published: 27 February 2023
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