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A highly reversible room-temperature lithium metal battery based on crosslinked hairy nanoparticles

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  • Snehashis Choudhury

    (School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, 120 Olin Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA)

  • Rahul Mangal

    (School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, 120 Olin Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA)

  • Akanksha Agrawal

    (School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, 120 Olin Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA)

  • Lynden A. Archer

    (School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, 120 Olin Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA)

Abstract

Rough electrodeposition, uncontrolled parasitic side-reactions with electrolytes and dendrite-induced short-circuits have hindered development of advanced energy storage technologies based on metallic lithium, sodium and aluminium electrodes. Solid polymer electrolytes and nanoparticle-polymer composites have shown promise as candidates to suppress lithium dendrite growth, but the challenge of simultaneously maintaining high mechanical strength and high ionic conductivity at room temperature has so far been unmet in these materials. Here we report a facile and scalable method of fabricating tough, freestanding membranes that combine the best attributes of solid polymers, nanocomposites and gel-polymer electrolytes. Hairy nanoparticles are employed as multifunctional nodes for polymer crosslinking, which produces mechanically robust membranes that are exceptionally effective in inhibiting dendrite growth in a lithium metal battery. The membranes are also reported to enable stable cycling of lithium batteries paired with conventional intercalating cathodes. Our findings appear to provide an important step towards room-temperature dendrite-free batteries.

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  • Snehashis Choudhury & Rahul Mangal & Akanksha Agrawal & Lynden A. Archer, 2015. "A highly reversible room-temperature lithium metal battery based on crosslinked hairy nanoparticles," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:6:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms10101
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10101
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    1. Zhuo Li & Rui Yu & Suting Weng & Qinghua Zhang & Xuefeng Wang & Xin Guo, 2023. "Tailoring polymer electrolyte ionic conductivity for production of low- temperature operating quasi-all-solid-state lithium metal batteries," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-12, December.
    2. Zhi Chang & Huijun Yang & Xingyu Zhu & Ping He & Haoshen Zhou, 2022. "A stable quasi-solid electrolyte improves the safe operation of highly efficient lithium-metal pouch cells in harsh environments," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-12, December.
    3. Chao Chen & Jiaming Zhang & Benrui Hu & Qianwen Liang & Xunhui Xiong, 2023. "Dynamic gel as artificial interphase layer for ultrahigh-rate and large-capacity lithium metal anode," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.

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