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ArticleNature materials2020

Glassy Li metal anode for high-performance rechargeable Li batteries.

Xuefeng Wang, Gorakh Pawar, Yejing Li, Xiaodi Ren, Minghao Zhang, Bingyu Lu, Abhik Banerjee, Ping Liu, Eric J Dufek, Ji-Guang Zhang and 4 more

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Article in Nature materials, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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32 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Xuefeng Wang *Department of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9666-8942
Gorakh Pawar *Department of Material Science and Engineering, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3865-8743
Yejing LiDepartment of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Xiaodi RenEnergy and Environmental Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA.
Minghao ZhangDepartment of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Bingyu LuDepartment of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Abhik BanerjeeDepartment of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Ping LiuDepartment of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1488-1668
Eric J DufekDepartment of Energy Storage and Advanced Transportation, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4802-1997
Ji-Guang ZhangEnergy and Environmental Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7343-4609
Jie XiaoEnergy and Environmental Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5520-5439
Jun LiuEnergy and Environmental Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8663-7771
Ying Shirley MengDepartment of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. shirleymeng@ucsd.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8936-8845
Boryann LiawDepartment of Energy Storage and Advanced Transportation, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, USA. boryann.liaw@inl.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7431-1977

Funding

DOE | Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy - U.S. Department of Energy) Battery500 Consortium
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lithium metal has been considered an ideal anode for high-energy rechargeable Li batteries, although its nucleation and growth process remains mysterious, especially at the nanoscale. Here, cryogenic transmission electron microscopy was used to reveal the evolving nanostructure of Li metal deposits at various transient states in the nucleation and growth process, in which a disorder-order phase transition was observed as a function of current density and deposition time. The atomic interaction over wide spatial and temporal scales was depicted by reactive molecular dynamics simulations to assist in understanding the kinetics. Compared to crystalline Li, glassy Li outperforms in electrochemical reversibility, and it has a desired structure for high-energy rechargeable Li batteries. Our findings correlate the crystallinity of the nuclei with the subsequent growth of the nanostructure and morphology, and provide strategies to control and shape the mesostructure of Li metal to achieve high performance in rechargeable Li batteries.

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