Interface engineering for lithium metal anodes in liquid electrolyte

P Zhai, L Liu, X Gu, T Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Interfacial chemistry between lithium metal anodes and electrolytes plays a vital role in
regulating the Li plating/stripping behavior and improving the cycling performance of Li …

Sodium metal anodes: emerging solutions to dendrite growth

B Lee, E Paek, D Mitlin, SW Lee - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
This comprehensive Review focuses on the key challenges and recent progress regarding
sodium-metal anodes employed in sodium-metal batteries (SMBs). The metal anode is the …

Designing phosphazene-derivative electrolyte matrices to enable high-voltage lithium metal batteries for extreme working conditions

Y Meng, D Zhou, R Liu, Y Tian, Y Gao, Y Wang, B Sun… - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
The current high-energy lithium metal batteries are limited by their safety and lifespan owing
to the lack of suitable electrolyte solutions. Here we report a synergy of fluorinated co …

Electrolyte design for LiF-rich solid–electrolyte interfaces to enable high-performance microsized alloy anodes for batteries

J Chen, X Fan, Q Li, H Yang, MR Khoshi, Y Xu… - Nature Energy, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Lithium batteries with Si, Al or Bi microsized (> 10 µm) particle anodes promise a
high capacity, ease of production, low cost and low environmental impact, yet they suffer …

Monolithic solid–electrolyte interphases formed in fluorinated orthoformate-based electrolytes minimize Li depletion and pulverization

X Cao, X Ren, L Zou, MH Engelhard, W Huang… - Nature Energy, 2019 - nature.com
Lithium (Li) pulverization and associated large volume expansion during cycling is one of
the most critical barriers for the safe operation of Li-metal batteries. Here, we report an …

Interface chemistry of an amide electrolyte for highly reversible lithium metal batteries

Q Wang, Z Yao, C Zhao, T Verhallen, DP Tabor… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Metallic lithium is a promising anode to increase the energy density of rechargeable lithium
batteries. Despite extensive efforts, detrimental reactivity of lithium metal with electrolytes …

Lithium metal anodes: Present and future

R Wang, W Cui, F Chu, F Wu - Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Commercial lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries based on graphite anodes are meeting their
bottlenecks that are limited energy densities. In order to satisfy the large market demands of …

Stable cycling of high-voltage lithium metal batteries in ether electrolytes

S Jiao, X Ren, R Cao, MH Engelhard, Y Liu, D Hu… - Nature Energy, 2018 - nature.com
The key to enabling long-term cycling stability of high-voltage lithium (Li) metal batteries is
the development of functional electrolytes that are stable against both Li anodes and high …

Status and challenges in enabling the lithium metal electrode for high-energy and low-cost rechargeable batteries

P Albertus, S Babinec, S Litzelman, A Newman - Nature Energy, 2018 - nature.com
Enabling the reversible lithium metal electrode is essential for surpassing the energy content
of today's lithium-ion cells. Although lithium metal cells for niche applications have been …

Naked metallic skin for homo-epitaxial deposition in lithium metal batteries

M Baek, J Kim, K Jeong, S Yang, H Kim, J Lee… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Regulating the morphology of lithium plating is the key to extending the cycle life of lithium
metal batteries. Fatal dendritic growth is closely related to out-of-plane nucleation on the …