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Na-K liquid alloy: A review on wettability enhancement and ionic carrier selection mechanism
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Abstract The intrinsic liquid interface of Na-K alloy allays concerns about dendrite growth on metal anodes that are thermodynamically within the room temperature (20–22 °C). Nevertheless, it hinders the formation of a stable electrode structure due to the inferior wettability induced by considerable liquid tension. In addition, the dominant ionic carrier in the Na-K alloy is subject to multiple factors, which is not conducive to customized battery design. This review, based on recently reported frontier achievements on Na-K liquid anodes, summarizes practical strategies for promoting the wettability by high-temperature induction, capillary effect, vacuum infiltration, and solid interface protection. Furthermore, four selection mechanisms of the dominant ionic carrier are presented: (1) ion property dominated, (2) cathode dominated, (3) separator dominated, and (4) solid electrolyte interface dominated. Notably, initial electrolytes in energy storage systems have been unable to play a decisive role in ionic selection. Utilizing a superior wettability strategy and simultaneously identifying the dominant ionic carrier can facilitate the tailored application of dendrite-free Na-K liquid anodes.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Li, X., Liu, J., Chen, C., Yang, J., Xu, Z., Wu, M., Wang, Y., & Karim, Z.
- Affiliations
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Hydro-Québec (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Xu, Ziqiang
- Wu, Mengqiang
- Wang, Yuesheng
- Venue
- Chinese Chemical Letters
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021-03
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 983-989
- ISSN
- 1001-8417 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3086623131
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 57
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2
- FWCI
- 0.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
- Locations
- Chinese Chemical Letters (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Defense Science and Technology Innovation Fund of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (18-163-21-TS-001-046-01)
- Sichuan Province Science and Technology Support Program (20ZDYF0274, 2019ZDZX0002, 20ZDYF0857)
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (ZYGX2019Z022)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Aqueous and Flow Batteries
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Advancements in Battery Materials
- Keywords
- liquid metal anode, wettability enhancement, dendrite suppression, capillarity, vacuum infiltration, solid electrolyte interphase, room-temperature liquid metals, sodium batteries, potassium-ion batteries
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