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Title: Fast rate lithium metal batteries with long lifespan enabled by graphene oxide confinement
Dendritic growth of lithium (Li) is hindering potential applications of Li-metal batteries, and new approaches are needed to address this challenge. The confinement effect of two-dimensional materials triggered by strong molecular interactions between parallelly-aligned graphene oxide (GO) at Li metal interface is proposed here as a new strategy to suppress the dendritic growth of Li. The effectiveness of aligned GO for Li-metal cells is shown for two different polymer separator cells:liquid electrolytes with porous propylene (PP) separators and solid polyethylene oxide (PEO) electrolytes. For the case of liquid electrolytes, PP separators were modified with plasma treatment to induce the alignment of GO layers. The Li‖Li cells with aligned GO illustrate a stable Li platting/stripping (up to 1000 cycles). The Li‖lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells with aligned GO could cycle at 5C for 1000 cycles (∼90% capacity retention). For solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) cells, GO–Li confinement effect is also effective in Li dendrites suppression enhancing the stability and lifespan of Li-metal batteries. The Li‖LFP cell with the GO-modified SPE showed ∼85% capacity retention after 200 cycles at 1C. Such combined high rate capability and number of cycles exceeds the previously reported performances for both liquid and SPE-based Li‖LFP cells. This points to a new opportunity for utilizing the confinement effect of two-dimensional materials for the development of next generation, fast rate rechargeable Li batteries.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1805938 2313395
PAR ID:
10423622
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Energy Advances
Volume:
2
Issue:
5
ISSN:
2753-1457
Page Range / eLocation ID:
712 to 724
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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