Tailoring Stress and Ion-Transport Kinetics via a Molecular Layer Deposition-Induced Artificial Solid Electrolyte Interphase for Durable Silicon Composite Anodes

Author(s):  
Jia-Bin Fang ◽  
Shao-zhong Chang ◽  
Qiang Ren ◽  
Tao-qing Zi ◽  
Di Wu ◽  
...  
2013 ◽  
Vol 160 (11) ◽  
pp. A1971-A1978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Loebl ◽  
Christopher J. Oldham ◽  
Christina K. Devine ◽  
Bo Gong ◽  
Sarah E. Atanasov ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 2441-2447
Author(s):  
Juho Heiska ◽  
Milad Madadi ◽  
Maarit Karppinen

CO2 is used as a precursor in atomic/molecular layer deposition (ALD/MLD) for the fabrication of lithium ethylene carbonates, which are the organic species that naturally form in the solid electrolyte interphase of a typical lithium-ion battery.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Xiangbo Meng ◽  
Kah Chun Lau ◽  
Hua Zhou ◽  
Sujan Kumar Ghosh ◽  
Mourad Benamara ◽  
...  

In this work, we for the first time developed a novel lithium-containing crosslinked polymeric material, a lithicone that enables excellent protection effects over lithium (Li) metal anodes. This new lithicone was synthesized via an accurately controllable molecular layer deposition (MLD) process, in which lithium tert-butoxide (LTB) and glycerol (GL) were used as precursors. The resultant LiGL lithicone was analyzed using a suite of characterizations. Furthermore, we found that the LiGL thichicone could serve as an exceptional polymeric protection film over Li metal anodes. Our experimental data revealed that the Li electrodes coated by this LiGL lithicone can achieve a superior cycling stability, accounting for an extremely long cyclability of >13,600 Li-stripping/plating cycles and having no failures so far in Li/Li symmetric cells at a current density of 5 mA/cm2 and an areal capacity of 1 mAh/cm2. We found that, with a sufficient protection by this LiGL coating, Li electrodes could realize long-term stable cyclability with little formation of Li dendrites and solid electrolyte interphase. This novel LiGL represents a facile and effective solution to the existing issues of Li anodes and potentially paves a technically feasible route for lithium metal batteries.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eyal Wormser ◽  
Oded Nir ◽  
Eran Edri

<div> <div> <div> <p>The desalination of brackish water provides water to tens of millions of people around the world, but current technologies deplete much needed nutrients from the water, which is detrimental to both public health and agriculture. A selective method for brackish water desalination, which retains the needed nutrients, is electrodialysis (ED) using monovalent-selective cation exchange membranes (MVS-CEMs). However, due to the trade-off between membrane selectivity and resistance, most MVS-CEMs demonstrate either high transport resistance or low selectivity, which increase energy consumption and hinder the use of such membranes for brackish water desalination by ED. Here, we used molecular layer deposition (MLD) to uniformly coat CEMs with ultrathin layers of alucone. The positive surface charge of the alucone instills monovalent selectivity in the CEM. Using MLD enabled us to precisely control and minimize the selective layer thickness, while the flexibility and nanoporosity of the alucone prevent cracking and delamination. Under conditions simulating brackish water desalination, this compound provides monovalent selectivity with negligible added resistance—the smallest reported resistance for a monovalent-selective layer, to date—thereby alleviating the selectivity–resistance trade-off. Addressing the water–energy nexus, we show that using these membranes in ED will cut at least half of the energy required for selective brackish water desalination with current MVS-CEMs. </p> </div> </div> </div>


2017 ◽  
Vol 426 ◽  
pp. 133-147
Author(s):  
Frank Fug ◽  
Adrien Petry ◽  
Hendrik Jost ◽  
Aisha Ahmed ◽  
Mohammad Zamanzade ◽  
...  

RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 2427-2436
Author(s):  
Eyal Merary Wormser ◽  
Oded Nir ◽  
Eran Edri

The desalination of brackish water provides water to tens of millions of people around the world, but current technologies deplete much needed nutrients from the water, which is determinantal to both public health and agriculture.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathaniel E. Richey ◽  
Shirin Borhan ◽  
Stacey Bent

Coordination polymers deposited by hybrid molecular layer deposition (MLD) techniques are of interest as highly conformal, functional materials. Addition of a second metal into these coordination polymers can result in...


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hardik Jain ◽  
Paul Poodt

In MLD of alucone using trimethylaluminum (TMA) and ethylene glycol (EG), TMA is known to infiltrate into the MLD film taking very long to outgas. An insufficient purge can then lead to an additional CVD component in the overall growth.


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