17519results about "Negative electrodes" patented technology

Embodiments described herein relate generally to electrochemical cells having pre-lithiated semi-solid electrodes, and particularly to semi-solid electrodes that are pre-lithiated during the mixing of the semi-solid electrode slurry such that a solid-electrolyte interface (SEI) layer is formed in the semi-solid electrode before the electrochemical cell formation. In some embodiments, a semi-solid electrode includes about 20% to about 90% by volume of an active material, about 0% to about 25% by volume of a conductive material, about 10% to about 70% by volume of a liquid electrolyte, and lithium (as lithium metal, a lithium-containing material, and / or a lithium metal equivalent) in an amount sufficient to substantially pre-lithiate the active material. The lithium metal is configured to form a solid-electrolyte interface (SEI) layer on a surface of the active material before an initial charging cycle of an electrochemical cell that includes the semi-solid electrode.

The invention relates to a battery monomer, a battery device and a power utilization device, the battery monomer comprises an electrode assembly and an electrolyte, and the electrode assembly comprises a positive pole piece and a negative pole piece; the positive pole piece comprises lithium-containing phosphate with an olivine structure; the negative pole piece comprises graphite particles; the electrolyte comprises a carboxylic ester solvent and a first additive, the thickness of the single-side negative electrode film layer is 50 microns to 75 microns, and the volume average particle size of the graphite particles is 8.5 microns to 13.5 microns; based on the mass of the electrolyte, the mass content of the carboxylic ester solvent is 8%-60%, the total mass content of the first additive is 3%-10%, the first additive comprises 1, 3-propane sultone with the mass content larger than or equal to 0, an ethylene carbonate derivative with the mass content larger than or equal to 0 and vinylene carbonate with the mass content larger than or equal to 3%, and the ethylene carbonate derivative comprises a compound shown in the formula A. According to the invention, the rapid charging performance and the cycle performance of the battery monomer under high energy density can be improved. # imgabs0 # formula A

The present invention provides a negative electrode active material which has negative electrode active material particles, the negative electrode active material being characterized in that: the negative electrode active material particles each include a porous carbon structure; amorphous low valence nano silicon oxide is dispersed inside the porous carbon structure; the low valence nano silicon oxide includes the states where SiOx:x < 1.0 is satisfied; and the low valence nano silicon oxide has an average particle diameter of 50 nm or less as determined by image processing of a cross-sectional TEM image thereof. As a result, a negative electrode active material which is capable of increasing the capacity while maintaining the battery characteristics is provided.

A current collecting plate for a negative electrode of a battery unit. The current collecting plate comprises: a main body part that forms a main body of the current collecting plate; a welding region that is arranged at the approximate center of the main body part; and a connecting part that connects the welding region to the main body part, wherein in addition to being connected to the connecting part, the welding region is separated from the main body part by a through opening.

The invention relates to the technical field of batteries, in particular to a battery. The battery comprises a diaphragm and an electrolyte, the diaphragm comprises a carrier layer and a coating, the coating comprises first particles, the components of the first particles comprise an ester group-containing polymer, and within the area of 100 [mu] m * 100 [mu] m of the surface of the coating, the number of primary particles of the first particles with the particle size smaller than or equal to 0.3 [mu] m accounts for 0.01%-4% of the number of the primary particles of the first particles; the electrolyte comprises cyclic carbonate and fluoroethylene carbonate, the weight ratio of the fluoroethylene carbonate in the electrolyte is 13%-50%, and the weight ratio of the cyclic carbonate to the fluoroethylene carbonate is (0.2-1.5): 1. According to the battery disclosed by the invention, a relatively stable and flexible SEI film is formed on the surface of the negative plate through synergistic cooperation of the diaphragm and the electrolyte, so that the interface stability between the diaphragm and the negative plate is improved, and the high-temperature long-cycle performance of the battery is improved.

Embodiments described herein relate to electrochemical cells with dendrite prevention mechanisms. In some aspects, an electrochemical cell can include an anode disposed on an anode current collector, a cathode disposed on a cathode current collector, the cathode having a first thickness at a proximal end of the cathode and a second thickness at a distal end of the cathode, the second thickness greater than the first thickness, a first separator disposed on the anode, a second separator disposed on the cathode, an interlayer disposed between the first separator and the second separator, the interlayer including electroactive material and having a proximal end and a distal end, and a power source electrically connected to the proximal end of the cathode and the proximal end of the interlayer, the power source configured to maintain a voltage difference between the cathode and the interlayer below a threshold value.

A secondary battery and an electric device. The secondary battery comprises a positive electrode sheet, a negative electrode sheet, and a separator. The positive electrode sheet comprises a positive electrode active material layer, the positive electrode active material layer comprises a positive electrode active material, the negative electrode sheet comprises a negative electrode active material layer, and the negative electrode active material layer comprises a negative electrode active material. The coating weight of the positive electrode active material layer is Wz, the coating weight of the negative electrode active material layer is Wf, and Wz and Wf satisfy: 1.6Wf≤Wz≤2.2Wf and 3.25mg / cm2≤Wf≤5.84mg / cm2. Dv99 of the positive electrode active material is 27 μm to 33 μm, and Dv99 of the negative electrode active material is 23 μm to 28 μm. The separator comprises a separator substrate, a first bonding coating, and a second bonding coating, wherein the first bonding coating comprises a first polymer binder, the average particle size of the first polymer binder is 0.3 μm to 3 μm, the second bonding coating comprises a second polymer binder, and the average particle size of the second polymer binder is 10 μm to 38 μm. By means of the configurations, the cycle performance and high-temperature stability of the secondary battery can be improved.

Embodiments described herein relate to electrochemical cells with dendrite prevention mechanisms. In some aspects, an electrochemical cell can include an anode disposed on an anode current collector, a cathode disposed on a cathode current collector, the cathode having a first thickness at a proximal end of the cathode and a second thickness at a distal end of the cathode, the second thickness greater than the first thickness, a first separator disposed on the anode, a second separator disposed on the cathode, an interlayer disposed between the first separator and the second separator, the interlayer including electroactive material and having a proximal end and a distal end, and a power source electrically connected to the proximal end of the cathode and the proximal end of the interlayer, the power source configured to maintain a voltage difference between the cathode and the interlayer below a threshold value.

A lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material layer having a positive electrode active material containing an overlithiated manganese-based oxide represented by Formula 1 below, and the negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material layer having a silicon-based negative electrode active materialLiaNibCocMndMeO2  [Formula 1]wherein, M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Al, B, Co, W, Mg, V, Ti, Zn, Ga, In, Ru, Nb, Sn, Sr, and Zr, and 1≤a, 0≤b≤0.5, 0≤c≤0.1, 0.5≤d<1.0, and 0≤e≤0.2, and. Preferably, in the Formula 1, 1.1≤a≤1.5, 0.1≤b≤0.4, 0≤c≤0.05, 0.5≤d≤0.80, and 0≤e≤0.1.

The invention discloses metal element-doped nano silicon carbon as well as a preparation method and application thereof, and relates to the field of negative electrode materials. The nano silicon carbon takes porous carbon as a carbon skeleton, and the porous carbon is sequentially attached with nano silicon and coated with a carbon material layer through a chemical vapor deposition method; the porous carbon is prepared by carbonizing resin containing metal nitride after alkali activation and pore forming, and the resin containing the metal nitride is prepared by condensation polymerization of a phenolic compound, an aldehyde compound and the metal nitride in the presence of a catalyst. The porous carbon is doped with the metal nitride in the resin polycondensation process, the conductivity of the nano silicon carbon is effectively improved, the powder resistance is reduced, holes in the surface of the porous carbon provide more expansion space for deposited nano silicon, a carbon material layer formed by subsequent deposition and coating provides a protection effect, the reaction between silicon and an electrolyte can be inhibited, and the service life of the nano silicon carbon is prolonged. A stable SEI film is formed, the cycling stability of the material is improved, the volume expansion rate of a pole piece is inhibited, and the cycling life and the stability of the battery are improved.

The present invention relates to an all-solid-state battery (ASSB) comprising: an anode comprising a first solid electrolyte; a cathode composite comprising a second solid electrolyte, a solid electrolyte selected from the first and second solid electrolytes, and at least one buffer layer in contact with a surface of the solid electrolyte, where when the solid electrolyte is the first solid electrolyte, one buffer layer is at an interface of the electrolyte with the cathode, and when the solid electrolyte is the second solid electrolyte, one buffer layer is at least one of the first solid electrolyte and the second solid electrolyte. And when the solid electrolyte is a second solid electrolyte, a buffer layer is at the interface of the electrolyte and the anode, where the first electrolyte is selected from a sulfide solid electrolyte and a lithium oxide solid electrolyte, where the second electrolyte is a halide solid electrolyte, and where the buffer layer has a thickness of from 0.5 nm to less than 10 nm. The invention also relates to an anode assembly, a cathode assembly and an electrolyte assembly comprising at least one buffer layer. The invention also relates to a method for producing an ASSB or component according to the invention, in which the buffer layer is deposited by a vapor deposition-based method.

The invention discloses a battery monomer, a battery device and electric equipment, and belongs to the technical field of batteries. The battery monomer comprises a positive pole piece, a negative pole piece and a packaging bag, the positive pole piece comprises a positive current collector, a positive film layer and an insulating layer, the positive current collector comprises a positive main body part and a positive tab, the positive main body part comprises a coating area and a transition area, the transition area is located at at least one end of the coating area in the first direction, the positive film layer is arranged on at least one side surface of the coating area, and the insulating layer comprises a first part; the first part is arranged on at least one side surface of the transition area; the negative pole piece comprises a negative pole film layer, the edge of the negative pole film layer exceeds the edge, close to the positive pole lug, of the first part in the first direction, a chamfer structure is arranged at the joint of the first edge and the second edge of the negative pole piece, the negative pole film layer comprises graphite, and the volume average particle size Dv50 of the graphite is 8-20 microns; and the reliability and the cycle performance of the battery monomer can be improved.

The invention provides a doped electrode material based on porous silicon carbon and a preparation method thereof.The preparation method comprises the steps that a resin base material is smashed and then put into a high-temperature furnace to be subjected to a carbonization process, the carbonization temperature ranges from 300 DEG C to 1500 DEG C, an alkaline additive, a phosphorus source material and a nitrogen source material are sequentially added in the temperature interval, and phosphorus-nitrogen co-doped porous carbon is obtained; the preparation method comprises the following steps: mixing a silicon dioxide microsphere template into phosphorus-nitrogen co-doped porous carbon, adding a first coating carbon source to carry out first coating treatment, and etching the silicon dioxide microsphere template by using an etching solution to obtain a prefabricated object with a cavity structure; and putting the prefabricated object with the cavity structure into a fluidized bed reactor, introducing silicon source gas and a surface activation auxiliary agent, carrying out deposition at 400-550 DEG C, and then adding a second coating carbon source to carry out secondary coating treatment, thereby obtaining the doped electrode material based on porous silicon carbon. Therefore, the expansion coefficient of the electrode material is effectively reduced, and the rate capability is improved.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a composite high-entropy hard carbon negative electrode material and a sodium ion battery, and relates to the technical field of electrochemical energy storage materials. Existing doping limit is broken through through'high entropy design ', atomic-scale mixing of five elements and more than five elements is realized, strong structural stability which cannot be realized by traditional binary / ternary doping is achieved, 'molecular anchoring' and'entropy locking 'are completed by combining a pre-assembly technology with stepped carbonization, the problem of pain point of multi-element segregation is solved, and the method is suitable for large-scale industrial production. Sodium storage dynamic and thermodynamic properties of a high-entropy hard carbon precursor and an intermediate are synchronously improved through elaborate combination design of multiple elements and subsequent carbonization process parameter optimization, 'defect-interlayer spacing-pore structure 'triple regulation is realized, and the defect degree of high-entropy hard carbon is reduced through design of a coating process; the prepared composite high-entropy hard carbon negative electrode material shows excellent comprehensive performance in a sodium-ion battery, and especially has obvious advantages in high initial coulombic efficiency, high rate capability and long stability.

The invention relates to the technical field of batteries, in particular to a lithium ion secondary battery. The lithium ion secondary battery comprises a negative plate and electrolyte, the negative plate comprises a negative current collector and a negative active layer located on at least one side surface of the negative current collector, the negative active layer comprises a first coating and a second coating which are arranged in the thickness direction of the negative plate, and the first coating is located between the negative current collector and the second coating; the second coating comprises first silicon carbon, and the sphericity degree of the first silicon carbon is 0.8-1; the silicon content of the first silicon carbon is 30%-60%; the average particle size of the first silicon carbon is R1, and R1 is more than 6 microns and less than or equal to 15 microns; the electrolyte comprises a fluorine-containing solvent and a nitrile compound, the fluorine-containing solvent comprises fluoroethylene carbonate and / or ethyl difluoroacetate, based on the total weight of the electrolyte, the content of the fluorine-containing solvent is w1, and w1 is larger than or equal to 30% and smaller than or equal to 70%; the content of the nitrile compound is w2, and 0.4% < = w2 < = 7%. The lithium ion secondary battery provided by the invention has good cycling stability and dynamic performance at high voltage and high temperature.

The invention relates to the technical field of electrode materials, in particular to a silicon-carbon negative electrode material and a preparation method and application thereof. The silicon-carbon negative electrode material comprises a plurality of silicon-carbon composite particles, each silicon-carbon composite particle comprises porous carbon, nano silicon particles and phosphorus element which are attached in pores of the porous carbon, and coating carbon for coating the porous carbon, and n-type doping of the phosphorus element is formed at the joint of the nano silicon particles and the porous carbon. The preparation method comprises the following steps: (1) adsorbing phosphoric acid in porous carbon, and carrying out a heating reaction in a protective gas atmosphere to generate phosphorus-infiltrated porous carbon; (2) introducing a gaseous silicon source in a protective gas atmosphere, and carrying out silicon deposition on the phosphorus-infiltrated porous carbon by adopting a chemical vapor deposition method to obtain a phosphorus-doped silicon carbon material; and (3) carrying out carbon coating on the phosphorus-doped silicon carbon material to obtain the phosphorus-doped silicon carbon material. According to the method, the rate capability of the silicon-carbon negative electrode material can be remarkably improved while high first efficiency and high gram capacity are ensured.

The invention relates to a silicon-carbon composite material capable of improving the cycling stability of a battery, a preparation method of the silicon-carbon composite material, a negative pole piece and a lithium ion battery. The carbon-silicon composite particle comprises a silicon-carbon inner core and a carbon coating layer, nano-silicon is attached in holes and / or on the surface of a porous carbon matrix to form the silicon-carbon inner core, and the carbon coating layer is coated on at least part of the surface of the inner core; the porous carbon matrix and the carbon coating layer are both doped with halogen. According to the silicon-carbon composite material, the electron conductivity of the silicon-carbon composite material is improved by doping the halogen in the porous carbon matrix inside the silicon-carbon composite material and the carbon coating layer outside the silicon-carbon composite material; and meanwhile, the porous carbon matrix, the inner core composed of the nano silicon and the carbon coating layer are mutually matched and have synergistic interaction, so that the volume expansibility and defects of the silicon-carbon composite material are reduced, and the cycle stability is improved.

The invention discloses a biomass-based hard carbon negative electrode material, a preparation method thereof and a sodium ion battery, and relates to the technical field of battery energy storage. The preparation method comprises the following steps that a first mixed solution is prepared and obtained, the first mixed solution comprises low-melting-point metal chlorate, high-melting-point metal nitrate, acid liquor and a water solvent, and the pH value of the first mixed solution is any one of 1.0-5.0; adding a biomass raw material into the first mixed solution, and uniformly mixing to obtain a second mixed solution; sequentially carrying out suction filtration and drying on the second mixed solution to prepare a biomass precursor; and placing the biomass precursor in inert protective gas, carrying out segmented calcination on the biomass precursor, and sequentially crushing and sieving the calcined product to prepare the hard carbon negative electrode material. The structure defect and the open pore structure of the prepared hard carbon negative electrode material are optimized, so that the sodium ion energy storage performance and the first-round coulombic efficiency of the hard carbon negative electrode material are improved.

The invention discloses a biomass asphalt composite derivative hard carbon material and a preparation method and application thereof, and the preparation method comprises the following steps: step (1), placing biomass raw material powder in an acid pickling solvent for acid pickling, washing to be neutral after acid pickling, and drying to obtain a biomass precursor; (2) mixing the biomass precursor with asphalt to obtain a precursor mixture; and (3) carrying out low-temperature pre-oxidation on the precursor mixture, and then carrying out high-temperature carbonization, so as to obtain the biomass asphalt composite derivative hard carbon material after the high-temperature carbonization is finished. The prepared biomass asphalt composite derivative hard carbon material is used for preparing a sodium ion battery negative electrode. The technical problems that an existing biomass hard carbon material is low in capacity and tap density, difficult in impurity removal and the like can be solved, the biomass hard carbon material can be used for a sodium-ion battery negative electrode, and the sodium storage performance of a sodium-ion battery is improved.

The embodiment of the invention provides a preparation method of a negative electrode active material, the negative electrode active material, a battery and equipment. Fluorine-containing gas is used as discharge gas, and discharge current is introduced into a plasma treatment device in the process of performing vibration dispersion treatment on a porous carbon substrate through the plasma treatment device; the fluorine-containing gas is used for carrying out plasma discharge treatment on the porous carbon matrix, so that the fluorine element provided by the fluorine-containing gas can react with carbon atoms on the surface of the porous carbon matrix to form chemical bonding, and the chemical bonding uniformity between the fluorine element and the carbon atoms on the surface of the porous carbon matrix can be improved; and the preparation cost of the negative electrode active material can be reduced, and the preparation efficiency of the negative electrode active material is improved, so that the battery capacity and the cycle performance of a secondary battery prepared from the negative electrode active material disclosed by the embodiment of the invention can be improved.

Embodiments described herein relate to electrochemical cells with dendrite prevention mechanisms. In some aspects, an electrochemical cell can include an anode disposed on an anode current collector, a cathode disposed on a cathode current collector, the cathode having a first thickness at a proximal end of the cathode and a second thickness at a distal end of the cathode, the second thickness greater than the first thickness, a first separator disposed on the anode, a second separator disposed on the cathode, an interlayer disposed between the first separator and the second separator, the interlayer including electroactive material and having a proximal end and a distal end, and a power source electrically connected to the proximal end of the cathode and the proximal end of the interlayer, the power source configured to maintain a voltage difference between the cathode and the interlayer below a threshold value.

The invention provides a negative plate and a battery. The negative plate comprises a negative current collector and a coating, and the coating is divided into an inner layer and an outer layer; the inner layer is close to the surface of the negative current collector and the outer layer is away from the surface of the negative current collector; the first negative electrode active substance of the inner layer comprises a silicon-based negative electrode material, and the silicon-based negative electrode material comprises at least one of silicon oxide, silicon carbide, nano silicon and silicon alloy. The second negative electrode active material of the outer layer comprises a carbon negative electrode material, and the carbon negative electrode material comprises at least one of natural graphite, artificial graphite, hard carbon, soft carbon, mesocarbon microbeads and graphene. By adopting the specific double-layer active material layer structure, the performance of the negative electrode is effectively improved, and the energy density and the fast charging performance of the battery are improved. Meanwhile, due to the special multi-layer structural design, the volume expansion effect of the silicon-based negative electrode material can be effectively relieved, the structural stability of the negative electrode is optimized, the structural stability of the negative electrode can be kept for a long time in the charge-discharge cycle, and then the battery performance is optimized.

In one aspect, non-invasive methods are described in which combinations of certain battery parameter values are used to identify whether metal plating (e.g., lithium plating) has occurred during charging of a battery. In response to the detection of metal plating and / or conditions associated with metal plating, one or more characteristics of a charge process may be adjusted or adapted to maintain battery parameter values within a specified range. In some cases, after detection of metal plating, a battery charge process may be adjusted or adapted to remove metal plating from a battery's anode by a discharge pulse.

The invention provides a silicon-carbon negative electrode material and a preparation method thereof, a negative electrode plate, an electrode and an electric device, and relates to the field of batteries. The silicon-carbon negative electrode material comprises porous carbon and silicon particles attached to the pore walls of the porous carbon, crystalline phases exist in the silicon particles, the crystallinity of the silicon particles is at least 90%, and the average grain size of the silicon particles is smaller than 4 nm. According to the silicon-carbon negative electrode material, the battery can obtain relatively good cycling stability and high initial coulombic efficiency at the same time.

The invention provides a functional graded porous carbon microsphere and a preparation method and application thereof, the preparation method comprises the following steps: S1, mixing a soft template, a phenolic compound, a cross-linking agent and a basic catalyst, and reacting to obtain a thermosetting phenolic resin microsphere; s2, carrying out pre-carbonization treatment on the thermosetting phenolic resin microspheres to obtain a carbonized material; s3, performing physical activation on the carbonized material to obtain graded porous carbon microspheres; s4, performing heat treatment on the graded porous carbon microspheres to obtain functionalized graded porous carbon microspheres; the preparation method has the characteristics of simple process, environmental protection and economical efficiency, the functionalized porous carbon microspheres prepared by the method are uniform in morphology, and the pore volume, pore diameter and pore structure of the functionalized graded porous carbon microspheres can be accurately regulated and controlled, so that the functionalized graded porous carbon microspheres meeting application requirements are obtained.

The invention relates to a solid electrolyte coated silicon-carbon negative electrode material and a preparation method thereof, an all-solid-state battery and an electric device, and belongs to the technical field of methods or devices for directly converting chemical energy into electric energy. The solid electrolyte coated silicon-carbon negative electrode material comprises a silicon-carbon negative electrode material and a solid electrolyte coating layer arranged on the surface of the silicon-carbon negative electrode material, the solid electrolyte coating layer comprises at least one of sulfide electrolyte and halide electrolyte; the silicon-carbon negative electrode material comprises an inner core and a carbon coating layer arranged on the surface of the inner core, the inner core comprises a porous carbon matrix and a silicon-based material positioned in pores of the porous carbon matrix. The solid-state electrolyte coated silicon-carbon negative electrode material enables an all-solid-state battery to have high ionic conductivity and first efficiency and excellent cycling stability.

The invention provides a sodium ion battery, an energy storage device and an energy storage system. The sodium ion battery comprises a positive pole piece, a diaphragm, a negative pole piece and an electrolyte, the negative pole piece comprises a carbon material, the specific surface area of the carbon material is x, the carbon material comprises mesopores, the number percentage of the mesopores in the carbon material is y, and the electrolyte comprises an organic solvent, an electrolyte salt, an organic additive and a sodium salt additive, the organic solvent comprises cyclic carbonate and chain carbonate, the mass fraction of the cyclic carbonate in the electrolyte is a, the mass fraction of the chain carbonate in the electrolyte is b, the mass fraction of the organic additive in the electrolyte is c, and the mass fraction of the sodium salt additive in the electrolyte is d; the sodium ion battery meets the relational expression of 0.4 < = a / y < = 0.8; 0.5 < = a / b < = 1.3; 0.4 < = c / x < = 1.2; and 0.1 < = d / c < = 0.5.

The invention relates to an integrated carbonaceous honeycomb framework lithium metal composite negative electrode and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of lithium metal batteries, the integrated carbonaceous honeycomb framework lithium metal composite negative electrode is formed by depositing lithium metal in an integrated carbonaceous honeycomb framework host, and the host is constructed by adopting metal salt-colloidal crystal microsphere template precursor preparation, compression molding and controllable carbonization processes. The structure has a highly ordered three-dimensional integrated macroporous skeleton, and can realize rapid transmission and uniform electric field distribution of lithium ions and electrons, so that dendrite-free homogeneous lithium deposition under ultrahigh capacity is realized, volume expansion is remarkably inhibited, and the reversible stability of lithium metal deposition / stripping is improved. The invention provides an efficient and stable negative electrode solution for a high-energy-density lithium battery, and has an important application prospect.

The invention provides a current collector, a pole piece, a secondary battery, an electric device, a copper foil and a preparation method of the copper foil. The current collector comprises a copper foil, the average particle size of crystal grains in the copper foil is 50-400 nm, and based on the total number of the crystal grains in the copper foil, the number ratio of the crystal grains of the nano twin crystals is larger than or equal to 60%. Under the combined action of the high-proportion nano twin crystal structure and the small grain size, the mechanical strength of the current collector is improved while the high plasticity of the current collector is maintained, and a material basis is provided for further improvement of the energy density and the safety of the battery.

Embodiments described herein relate to electrochemical cells with dendrite prevention mechanisms. In some aspects, an electrochemical cell can include an anode disposed on an anode current collector, a cathode disposed on a cathode current collector, the cathode having a first thickness at a proximal end of the cathode and a second thickness at a distal end of the cathode, the second thickness greater than the first thickness, a first separator disposed on the anode, a second separator disposed on the cathode, an interlayer disposed between the first separator and the second separator, the interlayer including electroactive material and having a proximal end and a distal end, and a power source electrically connected to the proximal end of the cathode and the proximal end of the interlayer, the power source configured to maintain a voltage difference between the cathode and the interlayer below a threshold value.