Promises and challenges of next-generation “beyond Li-ion” batteries for electric vehicles and grid decarbonization

Y Tian, G Zeng, A Rutt, T Shi, H Kim, J Wang… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The tremendous improvement in performance and cost of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have
made them the technology of choice for electrical energy storage. While established battery …

Controlling electrochemical growth of metallic zinc electrodes: Toward affordable rechargeable energy storage systems

J Zheng, LA Archer - Science Advances, 2021 - science.org
Scalable approaches for precisely manipulating the growth of crystals are of broad-based
science and technological interest. New research interests have reemerged in a subgroup of …

Stabilizing metal battery anodes through the design of solid electrolyte interphases

Q Zhao, S Stalin, LA Archer - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
The solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) is a chemically distinct material phase formed by a
combination of electrochemical reduction and chemical reactions at both the explicit and …

Achieving ultrahigh‐rate planar and dendrite‐free zinc electroplating for aqueous zinc battery anodes

SD Pu, C Gong, YT Tang, Z Ning, J Liu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite being one of the most promising candidates for grid‐level energy storage, practical
aqueous zinc batteries are limited by dendrite formation, which leads to significantly …

Strategies towards enabling lithium metal in batteries: interphases and electrodes

B Horstmann, J Shi, R Amine, M Werres, X He… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite the continuous increase in capacity, lithium-ion intercalation batteries are
approaching their performance limits. As a result, research is intensifying on next-generation …

Electrocrystallization regulation enabled stacked hexagonal platelet growth toward highly reversible zinc anodes

Z Shen, J Mao, G Yu, W Zhang, S Mao… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Realizing durative flattened and dendrite‐free zinc (Zn) metal configuration is the key to
resolving premature battery failure caused by the internal short circuit, which is highly …

High-energy batteries: beyond lithium-ion and their long road to commercialisation

Y Gao, Z Pan, J Sun, Z Liu, J Wang - Nano-micro letters, 2022 - Springer
Rechargeable batteries of high energy density and overall performance are becoming a
critically important technology in the rapidly changing society of the twenty-first century …

Stable, high-performance, dendrite-free, seawater-based aqueous batteries

H Tian, Z Li, G Feng, Z Yang, D Fox, M Wang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Metal anode instability, including dendrite growth, metal corrosion, and hetero-ions
interference, occurring at the electrolyte/electrode interface of aqueous batteries, are among …

Re-envisioning the key factors of magnesium metal anodes for rechargeable magnesium batteries

T Wen, Y Deng, B Qu, G Huang, J Song, C Xu… - ACS Energy …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The growing interest in rechargeable magnesium batteries (RMBs) stems from the demands
for energy storage technologies with safety, sustainability, and high energy density …

Current design strategies for rechargeable magnesium-based batteries

J Zhang, Z Chang, Z Zhang, A Du, S Dong, Z Li, G Li… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
As a next-generation electrochemical energy storage technology, rechargeable magnesium
(Mg)-based batteries have attracted wide attention because they possess a high volumetric …