Engineering Moderately Lithiophilic Paper-Based Current Collectors with Variable Solid Electrolyte Interface Films for Anode-Free Lithium Batteries
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Preparation of LDF @Cu, LDP @ Ag, and LDP @Cu-Ag
2.3. Electrochemical Measurements
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterization of Lithiophilic Current Collectors
3.2. Electrochemical Performance Analysis
3.3. Lithium Stripping Morphology, Impedance, and XPS Analysis
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Yang, B.; Wei, H.; Wang, H.; Wu, H.; Guo, Y.; Ren, X.; Xiong, C.; Liu, H.; Wu, H. Engineering Moderately Lithiophilic Paper-Based Current Collectors with Variable Solid Electrolyte Interface Films for Anode-Free Lithium Batteries. Nanomaterials 2024, 14, 1461. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14171461
Yang B, Wei H, Wang H, Wu H, Guo Y, Ren X, Xiong C, Liu H, Wu H. Engineering Moderately Lithiophilic Paper-Based Current Collectors with Variable Solid Electrolyte Interface Films for Anode-Free Lithium Batteries. Nanomaterials. 2024; 14(17):1461. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14171461
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang, Baohong, Hairu Wei, Huan Wang, Haoteng Wu, Yanbo Guo, Xuan Ren, Chuanyin Xiong, Hanbin Liu, and Haiwei Wu. 2024. "Engineering Moderately Lithiophilic Paper-Based Current Collectors with Variable Solid Electrolyte Interface Films for Anode-Free Lithium Batteries" Nanomaterials 14, no. 17: 1461. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14171461