Opportunities of flexible and portable electrochemical devices for energy storage: expanding the spotlight onto semi-solid/solid electrolytes

X Fan, C Zhong, J Liu, J Ding, Y Deng, X Han… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The ever-increasing demand for flexible and portable electronics has stimulated research
and development in building advanced electrochemical energy devices which are …

A review of composite solid-state electrolytes for lithium batteries: fundamentals, key materials and advanced structures

Y Zheng, Y Yao, J Ou, M Li, D Luo, H Dou… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
All-solid-state lithium ion batteries (ASSLBs) are considered next-generation devices for
energy storage due to their advantages in safety and potentially high energy density. As the …

Forces are not enough: Benchmark and critical evaluation for machine learning force fields with molecular simulations

X Fu, Z Wu, W Wang, T Xie, S Keten… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation techniques are widely used for various natural science
applications. Increasingly, machine learning (ML) force field (FF) models begin to replace ab …

Design of functional and sustainable polymers assisted by artificial intelligence

H Tran, R Gurnani, C Kim, G Pilania, HK Kwon… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Artificial intelligence (AI)-based methods continue to make inroads into accelerated
materials design and development. Here, we review AI-enabled advances made in the …

Ultrathin, flexible, solid polymer composite electrolyte enabled with aligned nanoporous host for lithium batteries

J Wan, J Xie, X Kong, Z Liu, K Liu, F Shi, A Pei… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The urgent need for safer batteries is leading research to all-solid-state lithium-based cells.
To achieve energy density comparable to liquid electrolyte-based cells, ultrathin and …

Solid polymer electrolytes with high conductivity and transference number of Li ions for Li‐based rechargeable batteries

Y Zhao, L Wang, Y Zhou, Z Liang, N Tavajohi… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Smart electronics and wearable devices require batteries with increased energy density,
enhanced safety, and improved mechanical flexibility. However, current state‐of‐the‐art Li …

Designing polymers for advanced battery chemistries

J Lopez, DG Mackanic, Y Cui, Z Bao - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Electrochemical energy storage devices are becoming increasingly important to our global
society, and polymer materials are key components of these devices. As the demand for …

Beyond PEO—Alternative host materials for Li+-conducting solid polymer electrolytes

J Mindemark, MJ Lacey, T Bowden… - Progress in Polymer …, 2018 - Elsevier
The bulk of the scientific literature on Li-conducting solid (solvent-free) polymer electrolytes
(SPEs) for applications such as Li-based batteries is focused on polyether-based materials …

Beyond local solvation structure: nanometric aggregates in battery electrolytes and their effect on electrolyte properties

Z Yu, NP Balsara, O Borodin, AA Gewirth… - ACS Energy …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electrolytes are an essential component of all electrochemical storage and conversion
devices, such as batteries. In the history of battery development, the complex nature of …

Double‐layer polymer electrolyte for high‐voltage all‐solid‐state rechargeable batteries

W Zhou, Z Wang, Y Pu, Y Li, S Xin, X Li… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
No single polymer or liquid electrolyte has a large enough energy gap between the empty
and occupied electronic states for both dendrite‐free plating of a lithium‐metal anode and a …