Nanodiamonds suppress the growth of lithium dendrites

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 336 - 9
• Main Authors: Cheng, Xin-Bing, Zhao, Meng-Qiang, Chen, Chi, Pentecost, Amanda, Maleski, Kathleen, Mathis, Tyler, Zhang, Xue-Qiang, Zhang, Qiang, Jiang, Jianjun, Gogotsi, Yury
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 25.08.2017; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/301/357/354; 639/4077/4079/891; Anodes; Batteries; Cycles; Dendrites; Deposition; Diamonds; Diffusion barriers; Electrochemical potential; Electrochemistry; Electrode materials; Electrolytes; Electrolytic cells; First principles; Hazards; Humanities and Social Sciences; Lithium; Lithium ions; Morphology; multidisciplinary; Nanostructure; Rechargeable batteries; Science; Science (multidisciplinary)

Lithium metal has been regarded as the future anode material for high-energy-density rechargeable batteries due to its favorable combination of negative electrochemical potential and high theoretical capacity. However, uncontrolled lithium deposition during lithium plating/stripping results in low C...