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Research Article | Open Access

Competitive Roles of Conductivity and Lithiophility in Composite Lithium Metal Anode

Wenbo Tang1, Nailu Shen1, Xiaosong Xiong1, He Liu2(), Xin Sun2, Jiaxin Guo1, Feng Jiang1, Tao Wang1, Yuan Ma1, Yiren Zhong1, Jiarui He1, Zhi Zhu1, Long Kong3, Gulnur Kalimuldina4, XinBing Cheng1,5(), Yuping Wu1()
Confucius Energy Storage Lab, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, Jiangsu, China
School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, Jiangsu, China
Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics and Xi’an Institute of Flexible Electronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710129, China
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Kabanbay Batyr Ave, 53, Astana 010000, Kazakhstan
Tianmu Lake Institute of Advanced Energy Storage Technologies, Liyang, Jiangsu 213300, China
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Abstract

For the three-dimensional conductive host, the uneven lithium deposition and the dependence on the pore structure and lithiophility are a great challenge for lithium metal anodes. Herein, we employed facial chemical etching techniques on brass foil to fabricate three-dimensional copper hosts with diverse pore structures and lithiophilities, thus intending to understand the lithium depositing mechanisms in porous hosts. The copper host with a more pronounced pore structure exhibits the lower polarization voltage induced by its large specific surface area, which reduces the local current density and provides a great deal of pathway for lithium ion diffusion. Meanwhile, it exhibits high nucleation overpotential and a short lifespan due to a reduced number of favorable lithium nucleation sites caused by the reduced lithiophilic zinc sites and a marked increase in the routes between nucleation sites. Therefore, the appropriate pore structure needs a consideration of efficient balance between the nucleation overpotential, the polarization voltage, and Coulombic efficiency. This insight underscores the pivotal role of well-suited pore structures in three-dimensional hosts, providing profound guidance for the efficient design of advanced host for lithium metal anode.

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Energy Material Advances
Volume 5,
2024
Article number: 0084
DOI: 10.34133/energymatadv.0084
Cite this article:
Tang W, Shen N, Xiong X, et al. Competitive Roles of Conductivity and Lithiophility in Composite Lithium Metal Anode. Energy Material Advances, 2024, 5: 0084. https://doi.org/10.34133/energymatadv.0084
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