A highly reversible sodium metal anode by mitigating electrodeposition overpotential
Pan Xu, Xin Li, Mei-Yan Yan, Hongbin Ni, Haihong Huang, Xiaodong Lin, Xiaoyu Liu, Jingmin Fan, Mingsen Zheng, Ruming Yuan, Quanfeng Dong
Abstract
Herein, we successfully introduce a sodiophilic Na–Cu–P composites via in situ alloying reaction, which can greatly mitigate the tip/growth/nucleation overpotential during Na deposition, thereby to realize a stable Na plating/stripping behaviors.
Topics & Concepts
OverpotentialNucleationAnodeStripping (fiber)Materials sciencePlating (geology)Deposition (geology)MetalSodiumMetallurgyChemical engineeringElectrochemistryElectrodeChemistryComposite materialPhysical chemistryEngineeringBiologyPaleontologyGeophysicsOrganic chemistrySedimentGeologyAdvancements in Battery MaterialsAdvanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesAdvanced Memory and Neural Computing