Improved Cycling Performance of Lithium–Oxygen Cells by Use of a Lithium Electrode Protected with Conductive Polymer and Aluminum Fluoride

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• 作者：Jae-Hong Kim ; Hyun-Sik Woo ; Won Keun Kim ; Kyoung Han Ryu ; Dong-Won Kim
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：November 30, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：8
• 期：47
• 页码：32300-32306
• 全文大小：484K
• ISSN：1944-8252

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Lithium–oxygen batteries have attracted great attention for advanced energy storage systems because of their high specific energy. The enhancement of the interfacial stability of lithium negative electrodes is one of the many technical challenges toward high safety and long life lithium–oxygen batteries due to their high reactivity toward organic electrolytes and the lithium dendrite growth during the repeated cycling. Herein, we demonstrate that the protective layer comprising conductive polymer and AlF₃ particles on lithium metal stabilized the lithium electrode by effectively reducing the reductive decomposition of the liquid electrolyte and suppressing the growth of lithium dendrite. As a result, the cycling performance of a lithium–oxygen cell assembled with a surface-modified lithium electrode was remarkably improved as compared to a cell with a pristine lithium electrode.