Ultrathin Lithiophilic 3D Arrayed Skeleton Enabling Spatial‐Selection Deposition for Dendrite‐Free Lithium Anodes

Abstract

AbstractLithium metal batteries are promising to become a new generation of energy storage batteries. However, the growth of Li dendrites and the volume expansion of the anode are serious constraints to their commercial implementation. Herein, a controllable strategy is proposed to construct an ultrathin 3D hierarchical host of honeycomb copper micromesh loaded with lithiophilic copper oxide nanowires (CMMC). The uniquely designed 3D hierarchical arrayed skeletons demonstrate a surface‐preferred and spatial‐selective effect to homogenize local current density and relieve the volume expansion, effectively suppressing the dendrite growth. Employing the constructed CMMC current collector in a half‐cell, >400 cycles with 99% coulombic efficiency at 0.5 mA cm−2 is performed. The symmetric battery cycles stably for >2000 h, and the full battery delivers a capacity of 166.6 mAh g−1. This facile and controllable approach provides an effective strategy for constructing high‐performance lithium metal batteries.