Deformation-tolerant metal anodes for flexible sodium-air fiber batteries

Lei Ye; Xiangran Cheng; Meng Liao; Tiancheng Zhao; Xinlin Huang; Xinyue Kang; Kun Zhang; Xuemei Sun; Bingjie Wang; Huisheng Peng

doi:10.1016/j.esci.2022.10.001

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Lei Ye, Xiangran Cheng, Meng Liao, Tiancheng Zhao, Xinlin Huang, Xinyue Kang, Kun Zhang, Xuemei Sun, Bingjie Wang, Huisheng Peng. Deformation-tolerant metal anodes for flexible sodium-air fiber batteries[J]. eScience. doi: 10.1016/j.esci.2022.10.001

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Deformation-tolerant metal anodes for flexible sodium-air fiber batteries

doi: 10.1016/j.esci.2022.10.001

State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, and Laboratory of Advanced Materials Fudan University Shanghai 200438, P. R. China

Received Date: 2022-07-24
Revised Date: 2022-09-12
Accepted Date: 2022-10-04

Available Online: 2022-10-08

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Although flexible sodium-air (Na-air) batteries with high theoretical energy density offer promising opportunities for next-generation smart electronics,enhancing the safety and efficiency of flexible sodium metal anodes under dynamic and continuous deformation remains a challenge.Here,a flexible sodiated carbon nanotube layer to suppress dendrite growth under various deformations is demonstrated through a Fermi level-driven spontaneous synthetic process.The resulting sodiated carbon nanotube layer,which has a spontaneously formed solid-electrolyte interface and a robust interlocked structure,creates a uniformly distributed electric field and stable interface even under deformation,affording dendrite-free flexible Na metal anodes.With this deformation-tolerant Na metal anode,we have constructed a new family of highly flexible Na-air fiber batteries with excellent cycling performance for 400 cycles at 1000 mA·g^-1 and 500 mAh·g^-1 under dynamic deformation.These Na-air fiber batteries can be further woven into self-powering systems to support flexible electronic devices.
- Sodium metal,
- Flexible battery,
- Sodium-air battery,
- Dendrite,
- Carbon nanotube

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This work was supported by NSFC (52122310,22075050),STCSM (20JC1414902,21511104900) and SHMEC (2017-01-07-00-07-E00062).

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