Multifunctional separator enables high‐performance sodium metal batteries in carbonate‐based electrolytes

H Liu, X Zheng, Y Du, MC Borrás, K Wu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Sodium metal has become one of the most promising anodes for next‐generation cheap
and high‐energy‐density metal batteries; however, challenges caused by the uncontrollable …

3D Vertical Ultra-Sodiophilic Leaf-vein-like MXene/Sn@ CNF Array of Structured Sodium Enabling High-Rate and Long-Life Sodium Metal Batteries

Z Wang, SQ Li, Y Zhang, X Zheng, H Liu, J Huang… - Energy Storage …, 2024 - Elsevier
Uncontrolled Na dendrite growth and infinite volume change during cycling have greatly
impeded the practical application of Na metal anode for high-energy-density batteries. To …

Functional Guanine Superstructures Derived Superior Sodiophilic Porous Carbonaceous Metamaterial for Anodic-Sodium-Metal-Free Sodium Metal Batteries

F Yan, S Sun, J Wan, B Huang, W Zhang, X Sun… - Energy Storage …, 2024 - Elsevier
Metamaterials, owing to their engineered building blocks, are considered as easily
functionalized composites with designed nano-properties, sparking widespread research …

One-step and universal fabrication of MXene/metal sodiophilic frameworks via Lewis acidic etching toward dendrite-free sodium metal anodes

P Huang, H Ying, Z Zhang, Z Xu, S Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Although MXene-based 3D scaffolds have boosted the cyclability of Na metal, the complex
and harsh synthetic process deteriorates their practical application. Herein, a series of …

Excellent sodium metal deposition enabled by three-dimensional porous structures with natrophilic Ni-Sn alloy

X Sun, X Wang, L Xiang, Y Wang, Y Wang, N Li… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Na metal has long been an ideal potential anode material for sodium secondary batteries
due to its own superiority; however, the Na dendrite problem during cycling makes it face a …