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A Self‐Healing Amalgam Interface in Metal Batteries
Author(s) -
Fan Ye,
Tao Tao,
Gao Yuxuan,
Deng Chao,
Yu Baozhi,
Chen Ying Ian,
Lu Shengguo,
Huang Shaoming
Publication year - 2020
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.202004798
Subject(s) - materials science , amalgam (chemistry) , interface (matter) , metal , self healing , metallurgy , composite material , electrode , chemistry , alternative medicine , capillary number , pathology , capillary action , medicine
Poor cyclability and safety concerns caused by the uncontrollable dendrite growth and large interfacial resistance severely restrict the practical applications of metal batteries. Herein, a facile, universal strategy to fabricate ceramic and glass phase compatible, and self‐healing metal anodes is proposed. Various amalgam‐metal anodes (Li, Na, Zn, Al, and Mg) show a long cycle life in symmetric cells. It has been found that liquid Li amalgam shows a complete wetting with the surface of lanthanum lithium titanate electrolyte and a glass‐phase solid‐state electrolyte. The interfacial compatibility between the lithium metal anode and solid‐state electrolyte is dramatically improved by using an in situ regenerated amalgam interface with high electron/ion dual‐conductivity, obviously decreasing the anode/electrolyte interfacial impedance. The lithium‐amalgam interface between the metal anode and electrolyte undergoes a reversible isothermal phase transition between solid and liquid during the cycling process at room temperature, resulting in a self‐healing surface of metal anodes.