Insights into the solvation chemistry in liquid electrolytes for lithium-based rechargeable batteries

P Xiao, X Yun, Y Chen, X Guo, P Gao, G Zhou… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Lithium-based rechargeable batteries have dominated the energy storage field and attracted
considerable research interest due to their excellent electrochemical performance. As …

Boosting the Development of Hard Carbon for Sodium‐Ion Batteries: Strategies to Optimize the Initial Coulombic Efficiency

Y Yang, C Wu, XX He, J Zhao, Z Yang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Given the merits of affordable cost, superior low‐temperature performance, and advanced
safe properties, sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs) have exhibited great development potential in …

In situ formed uniform and elastic SEI for high-performance batteries

M Gu, AM Rao, J Zhou, B Lu - Energy & Environmental Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) is one of the most important components of a battery,
and plays a crucial role in the battery performance. Here, a uniform and elastic SEI was …

Safe electrolyte for long-cycling alkali-ion batteries

X Yi, H Fu, AM Rao, Y Zhang, J Zhou, C Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Safety is essential to battery sustainability, particularly considering that flammable organic
molecules still dominate the electrolyte formulation. For a single electrolyte chemistry …

Non‐flammable electrolyte enables high‐voltage and wide‐temperature lithium‐ion batteries with fast charging

Y Zou, Z Ma, G Liu, Q Li, D Yin, X Shi, Z Cao… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electrolyte design has become ever more important to enhance the performance of lithium‐
ion batteries (LIBs). However, the flammability issue and high reactivity of the conventional …

A salt-philic, solvent-phobic interfacial coating design for lithium metal electrodes

Z Huang, JC Lai, SL Liao, Z Yu, Y Chen, W Yu, H Gong… - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
A key challenge to enable Li metal batteries as next-generation energy storage devices is to
stabilize the interface between the Li metal and the electrolyte. A promising strategy is to …

Nonaqueous Liquid Electrolytes for Sodium‐Ion Batteries: Fundamentals, Progress and Perspectives

C Li, H Xu, L Ni, B Qin, Y Ma, H Jiang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs), driven by sustainability and cost advantage, have
been recognized as one of the most promising electrochemical energy storage devices …

Multifunctional electrolyte additives for better metal batteries

Y Zhu, M Ge, F Ma, Q Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The high energy density of rechargeable metal (Li, Na, and Zn) batteries has garnered a lot
of interest. However, the poor cycle stability and low Coulomb efficiency (CE), which are …

Binder‐Induced Ultrathin SEI for Defect‐Passivated Hard Carbon Enables Highly Reversible Sodium‐Ion Storage

W Li, X Guo, K Song, J Chen, J Zhang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hard carbon is one of the most promosing anodes for resource‐rich sodium‐ion batteries.
However, an unsatisfactory solid–electrolyte‐interphase formed by irreversible electrolyte …

Unleashing the potential of sodium‐ion batteries: current state and future directions for sustainable energy storage

AN Singh, M Islam, A Meena, M Faizan… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rechargeable sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs) are emerging as a viable alternative to lithium‐
ion battery (LIB) technology, as their raw materials are economical, geographically abundant …