摘要
In this work,we for the first time developed a novel lithium-containing crosslinked polymeric material,a lithicone that enables excellent protection effects over lithium(Li)metal anodes.This new lithicone was synthesized via an accurately controllable molecular layer deposition(MLD)process,in which lithium tert-butoxide(LTB)and glycerol(GL)were used as precursors.The resultant LiGL lithicone was analyzed using a suite of characterizations.Furthermore,we found that the LiGL thichicone could serve as an exceptional polymeric protection film over Li metal anodes.Our experimental data revealed that the Li electrodes coated by this LiGL lithicone can achieve a superior cycling stability,accounting for an extremely long cyclability of>13,600 Listripping/plating cycles and having no failures so far in Li/Li symmetric cells at a current density of 5 mA/cm^(2)and an areal capacity of 1 mAh/cm^(2).We found that,with a sufficient protection by this LiGL coating,Li electrodes could realize long-term stable cyclability with little formation of Li dendrites and solid electrolyte interphase.This novel LiGL represents a facile and effective solution to the existing issues of Li anodes and potentially paves a technically feasible route for lithium metal batteries.
基金
the California State University Northridge and financial support from Cottrell Scholar Award(Award#26829)by Research Corporation for Science Advancement(RCSA)
This research used resources of the Advanced Photon Source,a U.S.Department of Energy(DOE)Office of Science User Facility,operated for the DOE Office of Science by Argonne National Laboratory under Contract No.DE-AC02-06CH11357.
