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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2012
Wu Xu, Richland, WA (US);
Jiguang Zhang, Richland, WA (US);
Gordon L. Graff, West Richland, WA (US);
Xilin Chen, Richland, WA (US);
Fei Ding, Tianjin, CN;
Wu Xu, Richland, WA (US);
Jiguang Zhang, Richland, WA (US);
Gordon L. Graff, West Richland, WA (US);
Xilin Chen, Richland, WA (US);
Fei Ding, Tianjin, CN;
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Abstract
Electrodeposition and energy storage devices utilizing an electrolyte having a surface-smoothing additive can result in self-healing, instead of self-amplification, of initial protuberant tips that give rise to roughness and/or dendrite formation on the substrate and anode surface. For electrodeposition of a first metal (M1) on a substrate or anode from one or more cations of M1 in an electrolyte solution, the electrolyte solution is characterized by a surface-smoothing additive containing cations of a second metal (M2), wherein cations of M2 have an effective electrochemical reduction potential in the solution lower than that of the cations of M1.