Designing better electrolytes

YS Meng, V Srinivasan, K Xu - Science, 2022 - science.org
Electrolytes and the associated interphases constitute the critical components to support the
emerging battery chemistries that promise tantalizing energy but involve drastic phase and …

Environmental impact of direct lithium extraction from brines

ML Vera, WR Torres, CI Galli, A Chagnes… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Evaporitic technology for lithium mining from brines has been questioned for its intensive
water use, protracted duration and exclusive application to continental brines. In this …

Electron and ion transport in lithium and lithium-ion battery negative and positive composite electrodes

CD Quilty, D Wu, W Li, DC Bock, L Wang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical energy storage systems, specifically lithium and lithium-ion batteries, are
ubiquitous in contemporary society with the widespread deployment of portable electronic …

High areal capacity, long cycle life 4 V ceramic all-solid-state Li-ion batteries enabled by chloride solid electrolytes

L Zhou, TT Zuo, CY Kwok, SY Kim, A Assoud, Q Zhang… - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
All-solid-state Li batteries (ASSBs) employing inorganic solid electrolytes offer improved
safety and are exciting candidates for next-generation energy storage. Herein, we report a …

Semiconductor quantum dots: Technological progress and future challenges

FP García de Arquer, DV Talapin, VI Klimov, Y Arakawa… - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND Semiconductor materials feature optical and electronic properties that can
be engineered through their composition and crystal structure. The use of semiconductors …

Liquid electrolyte development for low-temperature lithium-ion batteries

D Hubble, DE Brown, Y Zhao, C Fang, J Lau… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) power virtually all modern portable devices and electric vehicles,
and their ubiquity continues to grow. With increasing applications, however, come …

Recent progress in and perspectives on emerging halide superionic conductors for all-solid-state batteries

K Tuo, C Sun, S Liu - Electrochemical Energy Reviews, 2023 - Springer
Rechargeable all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) are considered to be the next generation of
devices for electrochemical energy storage. The development of solid-state electrolytes …

Processing thin but robust electrolytes for solid-state batteries

M Balaish, JC Gonzalez-Rosillo, KJ Kim, Y Zhu… - Nature Energy, 2021 - nature.com
The widespread adoption of high-energy-density solid-state batteries (SSBs) requires cost-
effective processing and the integration of solid electrolytes of about the same thickness as …

Solid‐state Li–metal batteries: challenges and horizons of oxide and sulfide solid electrolytes and their interfaces

KJ Kim, M Balaish, M Wadaguchi… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The introduction of new, safe, and reliable solid‐electrolyte chemistries and technologies
can potentially overcome the challenges facing their liquid counterparts while widening the …

Re-examining rates of lithium-ion battery technology improvement and cost decline

MS Ziegler, JE Trancik - Energy & Environmental Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Lithium-ion technologies are increasingly employed to electrify transportation and provide
stationary energy storage for electrical grids, and as such their development has garnered …