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Nature Communications, volume 14, issue 1, publication number 2655

Origin of dendrite-free lithium deposition in concentrated electrolytes

Yawei Chen ¹

Menghao Li ^{2, 3}

Yue Liu ⁴

Yulin Jie ¹

Wanxia Li ¹

Fanyang Huang ¹

Xinpeng Li ¹

Zixu He ¹

Xiaodi Ren ¹

Yunhua Chen ⁵

Xianhui Meng ⁵

Tao Cheng ⁴

Meng Gu ²

Shuhong Jiao ¹

Ruiguo Cao ¹

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Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China |

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China |

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of technology, Harbin, China |

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Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, China |

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NIO Incorporation, Shanghai, China |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2023-05-09

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ISSN: 20411723, 20411723

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38387-8

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Abstract

The electrolyte solvation structure and the solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) formation are critical to dictate the morphology of lithium deposition in organic electrolytes. However, the link between the electrolyte solvation structure and SEI composition and its implications on lithium morphology evolution are poorly understood. Herein, we use a single-salt and single-solvent model electrolyte system to systematically study the correlation between the electrolyte solvation structure, SEI formation process and lithium deposition morphology. The mechanism of lithium deposition is thoroughly investigated using cryo-electron microscopy characterizations and computational simulations. It is observed that, in the high concentration electrolytes, concentrated Li⁺ and anion-dominated solvation structure initiate the uniform Li nucleation kinetically and favor the decomposition of anions rather than solvents, resulting in inorganic-rich amorphous SEI with high interface energy, which thermodynamically facilitates the formation of granular Li. On the contrary, solvent-dominated solvation structure in the low concentration electrolytes tends to exacerbate the solvolysis process, forming organic-rich mosaic SEI with low interface energy, which leads to aggregated whisker-like nucleation and growth. These results are helpful to tackle the long-standing question on the origin of lithium dendrite formation and guide the rational design of high-performance electrolytes for advanced lithium metal batteries.

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.1038/s41467-023-38387-8

UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38387-8

TI - Origin of dendrite-free lithium deposition in concentrated electrolytes

T2 - Nature Communications

AU - Chen, Yawei

AU - Li, Menghao

AU - Liu, Yue

AU - Jie, Yulin

AU - Li, Wanxia

AU - Huang, Fanyang

AU - Li, Xinpeng

AU - He, Zixu

AU - Ren, Xiaodi

AU - Chen, Yunhua

AU - Meng, Xianhui

AU - Cheng, Tao

AU - Gu, Meng

AU - Jiao, Shuhong

AU - Cao, Ruiguo

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DA - 2023/05/09 00:00:00

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@article{2023_Chen,

author = {Yawei Chen and Menghao Li and Yue Liu and Yulin Jie and Wanxia Li and Fanyang Huang and Xinpeng Li and Zixu He and Xiaodi Ren and Yunhua Chen and Xianhui Meng and Tao Cheng and Meng Gu and Shuhong Jiao and Ruiguo Cao},

title = {Origin of dendrite-free lithium deposition in concentrated electrolytes},

journal = {Nature Communications},

year = {2023},

volume = {14},

publisher = {Springer Nature},

month = {may},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38387-8},

number = {1},

doi = {10.1038/s41467-023-38387-8}

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