A non-academic perspective on the future of lithium-based batteries

JT Frith, MJ Lacey, U Ulissi - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
In the field of lithium-based batteries, there is often a substantial divide between academic
research and industrial market needs. This is in part driven by a lack of peer-reviewed …

Lithium‐metal batteries: from fundamental research to industrialization

S Kim, G Park, SJ Lee, S Seo, K Ryu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Lithium‐metal batteries (LMBs) are representative of post‐lithium‐ion batteries with the great
promise of increasing the energy density drastically by utilizing the low operating voltage …

Electrolyte engineering via ether solvent fluorination for developing stable non-aqueous lithium metal batteries

Y Zhao, T Zhou, M Mensi, JW Choi… - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Fluorination of ether solvents is an effective strategy to improve the electrochemical stability
of non-aqueous electrolyte solutions in lithium metal batteries. However, excessive …

Intermolecular Interactions Mediated Nonflammable Electrolyte for High‐Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries in Wide Temperature

Y Zou, G Liu, Y Wang, Q Li, Z Ma, D Yin… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
High‐voltage lithium metal batteries are the most promising energy storage technology due
to their excellent energy density (> 400 Wh kg− 1). However, the oxidation decomposition of …

In situ-polymerized lithium salt as a polymer electrolyte for high-safety lithium metal batteries

S Zhang, F Sun, X Du, X Zhang, L Huang… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymer electrolytes offer advantages of leak-proofing, excellent flexibility, and high
compatibility with lithium metal, enabling the highly safe operation of lithium metal batteries …

Revealing the Multifunctions of Li3N in the Suspension Electrolyte for Lithium Metal Batteries

MS Kim, Z Zhang, J Wang, ST Oyakhire, SC Kim, Z Yu… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Inorganic-rich solid-electrolyte interphases (SEIs) on Li metal anodes improve the
electrochemical performance of Li metal batteries (LMBs). Therefore, a fundamental …

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 …

Phase regulation enabling dense polymer-based composite electrolytes for solid-state lithium metal batteries

Q Wu, M Fang, S Jiao, S Li, S Zhang, Z Shen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Solid polymer electrolytes with large-scale processability and interfacial compatibility are
promising candidates for solid-state lithium metal batteries. Among various systems, poly …

High-entropy electrolytes for practical lithium metal batteries

SC Kim, J Wang, R Xu, P Zhang, Y Chen, Z Huang… - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
Electrolyte engineering is crucial for improving battery performance, particularly for lithium
metal batteries. Recent advances in electrolytes have greatly improved cyclability by …

Degradation and speciation of Li salts during XPS analysis for battery research

W Yu, Z Yu, Y Cui, Z Bao - ACS Energy Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is one of the most common techniques to
characterize the solid–electrolyte interphase (SEI) in battery research. However, residual …