A highly reversible room-temperature lithium metal battery based on crosslinked hairy nanoparticles.
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2015-12-04Online Publication Date
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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.Citation
Choudhury S, Mangal R, Agrawal A, Archer LA (2015) A highly reversible room-temperature lithium metal battery based on crosslinked hairy nanoparticles. Nat Comms 6: 10101. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10101.Sponsors
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation, Award No. DMR–1006323 and by Award No. KUS–C1018–02, made by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Small-angle X-ray Scattering facilities available through the Cornell High Energy Synchotron Source (CHESS) were used in the study. CHESS is supported by the NSF & NIH/NIGMS via NSF award DMR-1332208.Publisher
Springer NatureJournal
Nature CommunicationsPubMed ID
26634644PubMed Central ID
PMC4686773ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1038/ncomms10101
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