{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["6"],"submitter":["Li D"],"pubmed_abstract":["Metallic lithium represents a promising anode candidate to be utilized in future high-energy lithium batteries. However, the undesirable dendrite growth and fragile solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) pose critical challenge for pursuing further practical application. In contrast to traditional approaches of using inert/lithiophilicity coating, here, we demonstrate a reverse strategy of introducing a highly conductive and lithophobic carbon fabric (CF) scaffold on lithium foil to guide a favorable nucleation site of lithium far away from the anode/separator interface. The CF scaffold with high conductivity can couple with inner electric field for achieving a uniform distribution of the lithium-ion flux, while the lithophobic feature offers the condition to guide the preferred deposition of lithium onto the underlying lithium foil, which greatly reduces the risk of dendrite-induced short circuits. Moreover, the SEI immersed in the CF scaffold is well supported by CF fibers and therefore exhibits extremely high stability during charge-discharge cycles. As a result, the lithium/CF anodes show >2,000-h stable cycling at 0.5 mA cm<sup>-2</sup>. Lithium metal batteries equipped with our lithium/CF anode deliver a high capacity retention of ~99.99% per cycle, i.e., retain ~97.3% capacity after 200 cycles. The unique interface-regulation strategy is versatile for various conductive scaffolds (e.g., ultrathin and ultralight conductive fabrics), exhibiting high superiority for highly safe lithium metal batteries."],"journal":["Research (Washington, D.C.)"],"pagination":["0267"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10907015"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Constructing Lithium-Free Anode/Separator Interface via 3D Carbon Fabric Scaffold for Ultrasafe Lithium Metal Batteries."],"pmcid":["PMC10907015"],"pubmed_authors":["Zheng Z","Li D","Lai WY","Yang S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Constructing Lithium-Free Anode/Separator Interface via 3D Carbon Fabric Scaffold for Ultrasafe Lithium Metal Batteries.","description":"Metallic lithium represents a promising anode candidate to be utilized in future high-energy lithium batteries. However, the undesirable dendrite growth and fragile solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) pose critical challenge for pursuing further practical application. In contrast to traditional approaches of using inert/lithiophilicity coating, here, we demonstrate a reverse strategy of introducing a highly conductive and lithophobic carbon fabric (CF) scaffold on lithium foil to guide a favorable nucleation site of lithium far away from the anode/separator interface. The CF scaffold with high conductivity can couple with inner electric field for achieving a uniform distribution of the lithium-ion flux, while the lithophobic feature offers the condition to guide the preferred deposition of lithium onto the underlying lithium foil, which greatly reduces the risk of dendrite-induced short circuits. Moreover, the SEI immersed in the CF scaffold is well supported by CF fibers and therefore exhibits extremely high stability during charge-discharge cycles. As a result, the lithium/CF anodes show >2,000-h stable cycling at 0.5 mA cm<sup>-2</sup>. Lithium metal batteries equipped with our lithium/CF anode deliver a high capacity retention of ~99.99% per cycle, i.e., retain ~97.3% capacity after 200 cycles. The unique interface-regulation strategy is versatile for various conductive scaffolds (e.g., ultrathin and ultralight conductive fabrics), exhibiting high superiority for highly safe lithium metal batteries.","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023","modification":"2025-04-18T17:17:06.964Z","creation":"2025-04-07T04:48:38.484Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10907015","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38434242"],"doi":["10.34133/research.0267"]}}