Atomic-scale identification of influencing factors of sodium dendrite growth on different current collectors
Mengting Li, Bing Sun, Zhimin Ao, Taicheng An, Guoxiu Wang
Abstract
In the process of Na ion plating on SWCNTs and Cu/Al current collector surfaces, SWCNTs exhibit the highest electron transfer ability and the most stable electron configuration, inducing the instability of the Na dimer, but favour the presence of evenly distributed Na adatoms.
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Current (fluid)Dendrite (mathematics)Electron transferPlating (geology)SodiumMaterials scienceElectronDimerAtomic unitsIonInstabilityChemistryAnalytical Chemistry (journal)Chemical engineeringNanotechnologyMetallurgyChromatographyThermodynamicsPhysical chemistryMechanicsPhysicsEngineeringMathematicsQuantum mechanicsOrganic chemistryGeophysicsGeometryAdvanced Memory and Neural ComputingSemiconductor materials and devicesAdvancements in Battery Materials