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  • Dendrite‐Free Sodium Metal ...
    Zhu, Ming; Wang, Guanyao; Liu, Xing; Guo, Bingkun; Xu, Gang; Huang, Zhongyi; Wu, Minghong; Liu, Hua‐Kun; Dou, Shi‐Xue; Wu, Chao

    Angewandte Chemie International Edition, April 16, 2020, Volume: 59, Issue: 16
    Journal Article

    Sodium metal is an ideal anode material for metal rechargeable batteries, owing to its high theoretical capacity (1166 mAh g−1), low cost, and earth‐abundance. However, the dendritic growth upon Na plating, stemming from unstable solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) film, is a major and most notable problem. Here, a sodium benzenedithiolate (PhS2Na2)‐rich protection layer is synthesized in situ on sodium by a facile method that effectively prevents dendrite growth in the carbonate electrolyte, leading to stabilized sodium metal electrodeposition for 400 cycles (800 h) of repeated plating/stripping at a current density of 1 mA cm−2. The organic salt, PhS2Na2, is found to be a critical component in the protection layer. This finding opens up a new and promising avenue, based on organic sodium slats, to stabilize sodium metals with a protection layer. A sodium benzenedithiolate (PhS2Na2)‐rich protection layer synthesized in situ on sodium by a facile method effectively prevents dendrite growth in carbonate electrolyte, leading to stabilized sodium metal electrodeposition for 400 cycles (800 h) of repeated plating/stripping at a current density of 1 mA cm−2.