Avoiding short circuits from zinc metal dendrites in anode by backside-plating configuration

Zinc-based aqueous battery chemistries allow for attractive cost and energy densities, but are susceptible to zinc dendrite formation during plating and internal shorting. Here, the authors show that by plating only on the side away from the counter-electrode, internal shorts can be circumvented.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shougo Higashi, Seok Woo Lee, Jang Soo Lee, Kensuke Takechi, Yi Cui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11801