Liquid Gallium Electrode Confined in Porous Carbon Matrix as Anode for Lithium Secondary Batteries

Kyu T. Lee, Yoon S. Jung, Taeahn Kim, Chang H. Kim, Jun H. Kim, Ji Y. Kwon, Seung M. Oh
2008 Electrochemical and solid-state letters  
A liquid gallium electrode confined in a porous carbon matrix was prepared by vaporization and pyrolysis of Ga͑III͒phthalocyanine chloride on a nanosized Ga 2 O 3 powder surface, which was followed by carbothermal reduction of Ga 2 O 3 by a carbon matrix. When the electrode was charge/discharge cycled, the liquid Ga component was restored to its original liquid state at the final stage of delithiation, such that any electrode failure modes, for instance, crack formation and electric
more » ... n that are caused by severe volume change associated with multistage, solid-state Li x Ga ͑0 Ͻ x Յ 2͒ phase transitions, are self-healed by cohesion between liquid Ga droplets.
doi:10.1149/1.2823262 fatcat:za3i3hjzafbyrap24qfhnyht6e