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Sodium Batteries: Highly Stable Sodium Batteries Enabled by Functional Ionic Polymer Membranes (Adv. Mater. 12/2017)
Author(s) -
Wei Shuya,
Choudhury Snehashis,
Xu Jun,
Nath Pooja,
Tu Zhengyuan,
Archer Lynden A.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201770079
Subject(s) - materials science , anode , membrane , electrolyte , electrochemistry , ionic bonding , sodium , polymer , ionic liquid , limiting , chemical engineering , metal , ionic conductivity , ion , inorganic chemistry , electrode , organic chemistry , chemistry , composite material , mechanical engineering , catalysis , biochemistry , engineering , metallurgy
In article number 1605512, Lynden A. Archer and coworkers report an approach for stabilizing sodium metal anodes using poly‐ionic liquid films grown in‐situ on the anode. By means of electrochemical and direct visualization studies, the authors show that the poly‐IL membranes stabilize Na against dendrite formation by limiting side reactions with electrolyte, without compromising interfacial ion transport.