Emerging electrolytes with fluorinated solvents for rechargeable lithium-based batteries

Y Wang, Z Li, Y Hou, Z Hao, Q Zhang, Y Ni… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrolytes that can ensure the movement of ions and regulate interfacial chemistries for
fast mass and charge transfer are essential in many types of electrochemical energy storage …

Liquid electrolyte: The nexus of practical lithium metal batteries

H Wang, Z Yu, X Kong, SC Kim, DT Boyle, J Qin, Z Bao… - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
The specific energy of commercial lithium (Li)-ion batteries is reaching the theoretical limit.
Future consumer electronics and electric vehicle markets call for the development of high …

Rational solvent molecule tuning for high-performance lithium metal battery electrolytes

Z Yu, PE Rudnicki, Z Zhang, Z Huang, H Celik… - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
Electrolyte engineering improved cycling of Li metal batteries and anode-free cells at low
current densities; however, high-rate capability and tuning of ionic conduction in electrolytes …

Anion-enrichment interface enables high-voltage anode-free lithium metal batteries

M Mao, X Ji, Q Wang, Z Lin, M Li, T Liu, C Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Aggressive chemistry involving Li metal anode (LMA) and high-voltage LiNi0. 8Mn0. 1Co0.
1O2 (NCM811) cathode is deemed as a pragmatic approach to pursue the desperate 400 …

Sequencing polymers to enable solid-state lithium batteries

S Han, P Wen, H Wang, Y Zhou, Y Gu, L Zhang… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Rational designs of solid polymer electrolytes with high ion conduction are critical in
enabling the creation of advanced lithium batteries. However, known polymer electrolytes …

Growing single-crystalline seeds on lithiophobic substrates to enable fast-charging lithium-metal batteries

Z Wu, C Wang, Z Hui, H Liu, S Wang, S Yu, X Xing… - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
Controlling the nucleation and growth of lithium metal is essential for realizing fast-charging
batteries. Here we report the growth of single-crystalline seeds that results in the deposition …

Electrode potential influences the reversibility of lithium-metal anodes

S Ko, T Obukata, T Shimada, N Takenaka… - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
Lithium-metal batteries are a promising technology to address the emerging demand for
high-energy-density storage systems. However, their cycling encounters a low Coulombic …

Designing electrolytes and interphases for high-energy lithium batteries

H Wan, J Xu, C Wang - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
High-energy and stable lithium-ion batteries are desired for next-generation electric devices
and vehicles. To achieve their development, the formation of stable interfaces on high …

Taming Solvent–Solute Interaction Accelerates Interfacial Kinetics in Low‐Temperature Lithium‐Metal Batteries

CB Jin, N Yao, Y Xiao, J Xie, Z Li, X Chen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Lithium (Li)‐metal batteries promise energy density beyond 400 Wh kg− 1, while their
practical operation at an extreme temperature below− 30° C suffers severe capacity …

Tackling realistic Li+ flux for high-energy lithium metal batteries

S Zhang, R Li, N Hu, T Deng, S Weng, Z Wu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Electrolyte engineering advances Li metal batteries (LMBs) with high Coulombic efficiency
(CE) by constructing LiF-rich solid electrolyte interphase (SEI). However, the low conductivity …