Dendrite-Free, High-Rate, Long-Life Lithium Metal Batteries with a 3D Cross-Linked Network Polymer Electrolyte.
A 3D network gel polymer electrolyte (3D-GPE) is designed for lithium metal batteries and prepared by an initiator-free one-pot ring-opening polymerization technique. This 3D-GPE exhibits an unprecedented combination of mechanical strength, ionic conductivity, and more importantly, effective suppression of Li dendrite growth. The produced lithium-based battery presents long life, high rate, and excellent safety.
Engineering Laboratory for Functionalized Carbon Materials and Engineering Laboratory for the Next Generation Power and Energy Storage Batteries, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China.
Qingwen
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Lu
Engineering Laboratory for Functionalized Carbon Materials and Engineering Laboratory for the Next Generation Power and Energy Storage Batteries, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China.
Yan-Bing
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He
Engineering Laboratory for Functionalized Carbon Materials and Engineering Laboratory for the Next Generation Power and Energy Storage Batteries, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China.
Qipeng
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Yu
Engineering Laboratory for Functionalized Carbon Materials and Engineering Laboratory for the Next Generation Power and Energy Storage Batteries, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China.
Baohua
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Li
Engineering Laboratory for Functionalized Carbon Materials and Engineering Laboratory for the Next Generation Power and Energy Storage Batteries, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China.
Yusuf Valentino
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Kaneti
Engineering Laboratory for Functionalized Carbon Materials and Engineering Laboratory for the Next Generation Power and Energy Storage Batteries, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China.
Youwei
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Yao
Engineering Laboratory for Functionalized Carbon Materials and Engineering Laboratory for the Next Generation Power and Energy Storage Batteries, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China.|Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China.
Feiyu
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Kang
Engineering Laboratory for Functionalized Carbon Materials and Engineering Laboratory for the Next Generation Power and Energy Storage Batteries, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China.|Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China.|School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China.
Quan-Hong
QH
Yang
gel polymer electrolytes; ion transport channels; lithium dendrites; ring-opening polymerization; three-dimensional networks