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NANO ENERGY
卷 66, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.104178
关键词
Lithium/sodium metal anode; Amorphous carbon nanotube; Au-seeded growth; Spatially confined plating/stripping; In-situ TEM
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资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [61471307, 51871188]
- Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education [20130121120009]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- National Program for Thousand Young Talents of China
- Double-First Class Foundation of Materials and Intelligent Manufacturing Discipline of Xiamen University
Metallic lithium promises the ultimate anode material for building next-generation Li batteries, though some fundamental hurdles remain unsolved. Li growth induced by hetero particles/atoms has recently emerged as a highly efficient route enabling spatial-control and dendrite-free Li deposition on anode hosts. However, the detailed mechanism of Li nucleation and its interaction with heterogeneous seeds are largely unknown. Herein, we investigate this issue by visualizing Au-seeded Li nucleation processes that guide Li deposition inside the one-dimensional hollow space of individual amorphous carbon nanotubes by in-situ transmission electron microscopy. A reversible two-step conversion process during Au-Li alloying/dealloying reactions is revealed, suggesting that the formation of Li3Au plays the actual role in inducing Li nucleation. We propose a front-growth scenario to explain the spatially confined Li growth and stripping kinetic behaviors, which involves the mass addition and removal at the deposition front through ion diffusion along the tubular carbon shell. As a comparison, nanotubes without gold seeds inside exhibit uncontrolled dendrite-like Li growth outside the carbon shell. We further demonstrate that Au-seed growth can be successful in encapsulating sodium metal for the first time. These findings provide mechanistic insights into heterogeneous seeded Li/Na nucleation and space-confined deposition for design of high-performance battery anodes.
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