title: Dendritic Ni-P-coated melamine foam for a lightweight, low-cost, and amphipathic three-dimensional current collector for binder-free electrodes.
abstract: A highly conductive 3D current collector that is dendritic, lightweight, and robust is synthesized for binder-free electrodes in lithium-ion batteries. It has excellent chemical/electrochemical stability in a wide voltage window (0-5 V) and robust mechanical behavior even after 600 cycles of compression. When active materials are grown in situ on the as-obtained current collector, the resulting cycling stability and rate capability far exceed those of conventional electrodes and other 3D current collectors.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P. R. China; Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130012, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xiao-lei
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Shuang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: De-long
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Sai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Huai-yu
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Xin-bo
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Zhang
keywords: dendritic structure; electrochemical/chemical stability; electrode materials; lithium ion batteries; three-dimensional current collector