Dendrite-Free Lithium Deposition via Self-Healing Electrostatic Shield Mechanism

• Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 135; no. 11; pp. 4450 - 4456
• Main Authors: Ding, Fei, Xu, Wu, Graff, Gordon L, Zhang, Jian, Sushko, Maria L, Chen, Xilin, Shao, Yuyan, Engelhard, Mark H, Nie, Zimin, Xiao, Jie, Liu, Xingjiang, Sushko, Peter V, Liu, Jun, Zhang, Ji-Guang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 20.03.2013
• Subjects: additives; anodes; batteries; cations; cesium; coatings; energy; lithium; rubidium

Rechargeable lithium metal batteries are considered the “Holy Grail” of energy storage systems. Unfortunately, uncontrollable dendritic lithium growth inherent in these batteries (upon repeated charge/discharge cycling) has prevented their practical application over the past 40 years. We show a nove...