PMID- 34928584 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220113 IS - 1944-8252 (Electronic) IS - 1944-8244 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 1 DP - 2022 Jan 12 TI - Regulated Electrodeposition of Na Metal in Monolithic ZIF-Pillared Graphene Anodes. PG - 1203-1211 LID - 10.1021/acsami.1c21841 [doi] AB - Sodium (Na) metal batteries receive increasing attention because of their high energy densities and low costs that are enabled by the abundant Na resources. However, dendritic growth and low efficiency of Na-metal anodes limit the practical applications of Na-metal batteries. Here, we propose a three-dimensionally pillared structure in which carbonized nanoparticles of zeolite imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) are sandwiched between reduced graphene oxide (rGO) sheets (ZIF-8-C@rGO). Such a pillared structure enables two advantages over rGO. First, the sodiation products of ZIF-8 (NaZn(13), Na(2)O, and N-doped carbon) have a strong chemical affinity to Na metal, thereby inducing favorable nucleation of Na metal to guide Na deposition. Second, the pillared structure could facilitate the diffusion of Na ions through rGO sheets and help homogenize the current distribution, leading to a uniform deposition of Na metal. As a result, ZIF-8-C@rGO exhibits a dendrite-free morphology during Na plating/stripping and excellent cycling stability with high Coulombic efficiency of over 99.8% for at least 2000 h. A symmetric cell could maintain more than 4000 h with a stable average overpotential of only 30 mV at a capacity of 1 mA h cm(-2). This work demonstrates that the design of a ZIF-pillared structure could combine thermodynamic and kinetic regulating factors to offer an alternative solution to the development of durable Na electrodes for high-performance Na-metal batteries. FAU - He, Qiya AU - He Q AD - Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Degradable Biomedical Materials, Shaanxi R&D Center of Biomaterials and Fermentation Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, Taibai North Road 229, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710069, China. AD - State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. FAU - Jin, Xin AU - Jin X AD - National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, and College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China. FAU - Li, Zhonghua AU - Li Z AD - National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, and College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China. FAU - Cai, Ziqiang AU - Cai Z AD - National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, and College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China. FAU - Tian, Jiaming AU - Tian J AD - National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, and College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China. FAU - Hui, Junfeng AU - Hui J AD - Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Degradable Biomedical Materials, Shaanxi R&D Center of Biomaterials and Fermentation Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, Taibai North Road 229, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710069, China. FAU - Zhang, Huigang AU - Zhang H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4722-5384 AD - Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Degradable Biomedical Materials, Shaanxi R&D Center of Biomaterials and Fermentation Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, Taibai North Road 229, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710069, China. AD - State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. AD - National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, and College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20211220 PL - United States TA - ACS Appl Mater Interfaces JT - ACS applied materials & interfaces JID - 101504991 SB - IM OTO - NOTNLM OT - dendrites OT - deposition regulation OT - interlayer plating OT - sodium-metal anodes, Na-ion batteries EDAT- 2021/12/21 06:00 MHDA- 2021/12/21 06:01 CRDT- 2021/12/20 17:11 PHST- 2021/12/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/12/21 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/12/20 17:11 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/acsami.1c21841 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2022 Jan 12;14(1):1203-1211. doi: 10.1021/acsami.1c21841. Epub 2021 Dec 20.