Formation of N‐Doped Carbon Nanofibers Decorated with MoP Nanoflakes for Dendrite‐Free Lithium Metal Anode

Abstract

AbstractMetallic lithium (Li) is recognized as a promising candidate for anode material of Li‐ion batteries owing to high theoretical specific capacity and low redox potential. However, uncontrollable dendrite growth and huge volume expansion during Li plating/stripping processes hinder its practical application. Herein, N‐doped carbon nanofibers@MoP nanoflakes (NCNF@MoP) is developed as a potential host to address the above challenges. During the formation of solid electrolyte interphase, MoP nanoflakes can be changed into metallic Mo with high lithiophilicity and Li3P with high ionic conductivity. The whole composite host is transformed into a mixed ion/electron conducting network to reduce nucleation overpotential and accelerate diffusion kinetics at the electrode/electrolyte interface. As a proof of concept, the symmetric cell using NCNF@MoP host presents a long‐term cycling up to 2500 h with a low nucleation overpotential of 10 mV at 1 mA cm−2. Additionally, the Li‐NCNF@MoP||LiFePO4 full cell demonstrates a good capacity retention of 92.6% over 2200 cycles at a high current density of 5C (1 C = 169 mA g−1).