Abstract
Lithium (Li) is a promising battery anode because of its high theoretical capacity and low reduction potential, but safety hazards that arise from its continuous dendrite growth and huge volume changes limit its practical applications. Li can be hosted in a framework material to address these key issues, but methods to encage Li inside scaffolds remain challenging. The melt infusion of molten Li into substrates has attracted enormous attention in both academia and industry because it provides an industrially adoptable technology capable of fabricating composite Li anodes. In this review, the wetting mechanism driving the spread of liquefied Li toward a substrate is discussed. Following this, various strategies are proposed to engineer stable Li metal composite anodes that are suitable for liquid and solid-state electrolytes. A general conclusion and a perspective on the current limitations and possible future research directions for constructing composite Li anodes for high-energy lithium metal batteries are presented. © 2020 The Authors. Published by Wiley-VCH GmbH
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 2002212 |
| Journal | Advanced Science |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 22 |
| Online published | 11 Oct 2020 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 18 Nov 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51703052, 21805105, and 21975091), the Science and Technology Department of Hubei Province (2018FB238), a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA, No. DE200101103) of the Australian Research Council, and the Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities (\"111 Project\", D18025).
Research Keywords
- high stability
- lithium anodes
- lithium metal batteries
- long-term life
- wettability
Publisher's Copyright Statement
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