Scalable copper current collectors with precisely engineered lithiophilic alloy “skins” for durable lithium-metal batteries
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4EE05862C, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Huiqun Wang, Yuxiang Mao, Peng Xu, Yu Ding, Huiping Yang, Jian-Feng Li, Yu Gu, Jiajia Han, Li Zhang, Bing-Wei MaoA lithiophilic copper-based alloy skin is fabricated on Cu current collectors via scalable ultrafast Joule heating. This skin enables uniform Li nucleation and dendrite-free growth, significantly improving cycling stability of Li-metal batteries.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05862C, Paper


A lithiophilic copper-based alloy skin is fabricated on Cu current collectors via scalable ultrafast Joule heating. This skin enables uniform Li nucleation and dendrite-free growth, significantly improving cycling stability of Li-metal batteries.
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