Nano LettersPub Date : 2025-07-23Epub Date: 2025-07-14DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c02490
Na Fu, Jun-Ping Hu, Xin Wei, Xiong-Wei Wu, Qing-Yuan Zhao, Yao Xiao, Sheng-Han Wang, Xiao-Feng Wang
{"title":"Regulating Desolvation and Directional Ion Flux by an Ion-Capturing Carboxyl-Functionalized Separator for Stable Aqueous Zinc Batteries.","authors":"Na Fu, Jun-Ping Hu, Xin Wei, Xiong-Wei Wu, Qing-Yuan Zhao, Yao Xiao, Sheng-Han Wang, Xiao-Feng Wang","doi":"10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c02490","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c02490","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The wide application of aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) is limited by uncontrolled zinc dendrite growth and sluggish ion transport dynamics. This study develops a carboxyl-functionalized separator integrated with the metal-organic framework MOF-801 on a glass fiber substrate (MGS) via an in situ growth strategy. The innovative design features dual mechanisms: fundamentally, the uniform nanochannels of MOF-801 regulate Zn<sup>2+</sup> flux distribution through spatial confinement effects. Beyond this, DFT calculations and Raman analyses demonstrate that the grafted carboxyl groups selectively capture Zn<sup>2+</sup> via dynamic coordination interactions, simultaneously inducing localized high-concentration electrolyte formation within the channels and effectively suppressing interfacial concentration polarization. The MGS enables Zn||Zn cells to achieve exceptional stability exceeding 8000 h at 1 mA cm<sup>-2</sup> and practical Zn||MnO<sub>2</sub> pouch cells to deliver a capacity of 108 mA h g<sup>-1</sup> at 0.1 A g<sup>-1</sup>. This work provides novel insights for the design of multifunctional separators and the regulation of metal ion transport.</p>","PeriodicalId":53,"journal":{"name":"Nano Letters","volume":" ","pages":"11347-11355"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144635758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nano LettersPub Date : 2025-07-23Epub Date: 2025-07-14DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c01910
Martin Werres, Dariusz Niedziela, Arnulf Latz, Birger Horstmann
{"title":"Stress-Driven Whisker Formation in Lithium Metal Batteries.","authors":"Martin Werres, Dariusz Niedziela, Arnulf Latz, Birger Horstmann","doi":"10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c01910","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c01910","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lithium metal batteries are promising for next-generation high-energy-density batteries, especially when lithium is directly plated on a current collector. However, lithium whiskers can form in the early stages of electroplating. These whiskers lead to low Coulombic efficiency due to isolated lithium formation during stripping. The mechanism of whisker formation is not fully understood, and different mechanisms are proposed in the literature. Herein, we computationally explore a stress-driven extrusion mechanism through cracks in the solid-electrolyte-interphase (SEI), which explains the experimentally observed root growth of lithium whiskers. We model the extrusion as a flow of a power-law Herschel-Bulkley fluid parametrized by the experimental power-law creep behavior of lithium, which results in the typical one-dimensional whisker shape. Consequently, in competition with SEI self-healing, SEI cracking determines the emergence of whiskers, giving a simple rule of thumb to avoid whisker formation in liquid electrolytes.</p>","PeriodicalId":53,"journal":{"name":"Nano Letters","volume":" ","pages":"11244-11250"},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12291588/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144625010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dario Mastrippolito, Mariarosa Cavallo, Erwan Bossavit, Clement Gureghian, Albin Colle, Tommaso Gemo, Giorgia Strobbia, Dries De Pesseroey, Marco Paye, Adrien Khalili, Huichen Zhang, Johan Biscaras, James K. Utterback, Pavel Dudin, José Avila, Emmanuel Lhuillier and Debora Pierucci*,
{"title":"","authors":"Dario Mastrippolito, Mariarosa Cavallo, Erwan Bossavit, Clement Gureghian, Albin Colle, Tommaso Gemo, Giorgia Strobbia, Dries De Pesseroey, Marco Paye, Adrien Khalili, Huichen Zhang, Johan Biscaras, James K. Utterback, Pavel Dudin, José Avila, Emmanuel Lhuillier and Debora Pierucci*, ","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53,"journal":{"name":"Nano Letters","volume":"25 29","pages":"XXX-XXX XXX-XXX"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c02475","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144678616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}