Sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs) have drawn considerable interest as power‐storage devices
owing to the wide abundance of their constituents and low cost. To realize a high …

Traditional Li ion batteries based on intercalation-type anodes have been approaching their
theoretical limitations in energy density. Replacing the traditional anode with metallic Li has …

Carbonate electrolytes are commonly used in commercial non-aqueous Li-ion batteries.
However, the high affinity between the solvents and the ions and high flammability of the …

Fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC) has been proposed as an effective electrolyte additive that
enhances the stability and elasticity of the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) of emerging Si …

Lithium metal is an ideal anode for high‐energy rechargeable batteries at low temperature,
yet hindered by the electrochemical instability with the electrolyte. Concentrated electrolytes …

Solid‐state electrolytes are the key to the development of lithium‐based batteries with
dramatically improved energy density and safety. Inspired by ionic channels in biological …

Highly accurate ab initio molecular dynamics (MD) methods are the gold standard for
studying molecular mechanisms in the condensed phase, however, they are too expensive …

The development of sodium and potassium batteries offers a promising way to meet the
scaling and cost challenges of energy storage. However, compared to Li+, several intrinsic …

The practical application of lithium (Li) metal batteries is inhibited by accumulative Li
dendrites and continuous active Li consumption during cycling, which results in a low …

The solid electrolyte interphase in rechargeable Li-ion batteries, its dynamics and,
significantly, its nanoscale structure and composition, hold clues to high-performing and safe …