- Advancements in Battery Materials
- Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
- Chemical Synthesis and Characterization
- Polymer composites and self-healing
- Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
- Advanced Battery Technologies Research
- Conducting polymers and applications
- Tribology and Wear Analysis
- Synthesis and properties of polymers
- Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
- Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
Northwestern Polytechnical University
2018-2023
The practical applications of metallic anodes are limited due to dendritic growth, propagation in an infinite volume during the plating process, and parasitic interfacial reactions between sodium (Na) electrolyte. Herein, we developed Sb2S3 microrods as a template regulate nucleation Na. Additionally, deposited metal could be spatially regulated via "nanoconfinement effect", that is, within conformal hard carbon (C) layer nanothickness. Moreover, carefully studied seed effect situ-formed...
Metallic sodium (Na) possesses several advantageous characteristics, including a high theoretical specific capacity, low electrode potential, and availability in abundance, making it an ideal anode material for sodium–metal batteries (SMBs). However, the practical use of Na metal anodes is severely impeded due to uncontrolled formation dendrites slow electrochemical kinetics chemical instability formed solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer. This situation can worsen considerably under...