Arrayed silk fibroin for high-performance Li metal batteries and atomic interface structure revealed by cryo-TEM
Baolin Zhang, Haodong Shi, Zhijin Ju, Kai Huang, Cheng Lian, Yao Wang, Ouwei Sheng, Jianhui Zheng, Jianwei Nai, Tiefeng Liu, Yang Jin, Yujing Liu, Chuanfang Zhang, Xinyong Tao
Abstract
An upright silk fibroin/lithium foil alternating array is fabricated to facilitate an unexpected SEI with a robust layered structure of lithium deposited on the anode (revealed by cryogenic electron microscopy), thus significantly suppressing dendrites.
Topics & Concepts
FibroinMaterials scienceFOIL methodAnodeLithium (medication)SILKLithium metalMetalComposite materialElectron microscopeOptoelectronicsNanotechnologyMetallurgyOpticsChemistryElectrodePhysicsEndocrinologyPhysical chemistryMedicineAdvanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesAdvancements in Battery MaterialsQuantum Dots Synthesis And Properties