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.

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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
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spelling doaj-f7f53ce1e722441783f20d1ffb4d2b9c2021-05-11T11:07:24ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232016-06-01711610.1038/ncomms11801Avoiding short circuits from zinc metal dendrites in anode by backside-plating configurationShougo Higashi0Seok Woo Lee1Jang Soo Lee2Kensuke Takechi3Yi Cui4Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford UniversityDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford UniversityDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford UniversitySmart Design of Materials and Process Research-Domain, Toyota Central R&D Laboratories, Inc.Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford UniversityZinc-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.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11801
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Jang Soo Lee
Kensuke Takechi
Yi Cui
Avoiding short circuits from zinc metal dendrites in anode by backside-plating configuration
Nature Communications
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title Avoiding short circuits from zinc metal dendrites in anode by backside-plating configuration
title_short Avoiding short circuits from zinc metal dendrites in anode by backside-plating configuration
title_full Avoiding short circuits from zinc metal dendrites in anode by backside-plating configuration
title_fullStr Avoiding short circuits from zinc metal dendrites in anode by backside-plating configuration
title_full_unstemmed Avoiding short circuits from zinc metal dendrites in anode by backside-plating configuration
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publishDate 2016-06-01
description 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.
url https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11801
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