Towards better Mg metal anodes in rechargeable Mg batteries: Challenges, strategies, and perspectives

C Wei, L Tan, Y Zhang, Z Wang, J Feng, Y Qian - Energy Storage Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Metallic Mg is an ideal anode material for rechargeable magnesium-ion batteries (RMBs)
due to its high volumetric energy density, low safety concern, two-electron redox as well as …

Review of room-temperature liquid metals for advanced metal anodes in rechargeable batteries

C Wei, L Tan, Y Zhang, Z Wang, B Xi, S Xiong… - Energy Storage …, 2022 - Elsevier
Metal anodes with a plating/stripping electrochemical behavior are promising anode
materials for rechargeable batteries due to their low electrochemical potential, superior …

Liquid metals in catalysis for energy applications

K Zuraiqi, A Zavabeti, FM Allioux, J Tang, CK Nguyen… - Joule, 2020 - cell.com
To keep up with the fast-paced transitioning of the global energy sector, which is constantly
thriving to enable reliable, economic, and sustainable energy production, catalysis research …

Li2CO3-affiliative mechanism for air-accessible interface engineering of garnet electrolyte via facile liquid metal painting

J Meng, Y Zhang, X Zhou, M Lei, C Li - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Garnet based solid-state batteries have the advantages of wide electrochemical window and
good chemical stability. However, at Li-garnet interface, the poor interfacial wettability due to …

Isotropic Li nucleation and growth achieved by an amorphous liquid metal nucleation seed on MXene framework for dendrite-free Li metal anode

C Wei, H Fei, Y Tian, Y An, H Guo, J Feng… - Energy Storage …, 2020 - Elsevier
Li metal is regarded as the most promising anode for lithium-based batteries due to its
extremely high theoretical capacity and the lowest working potential. However, dendrite …

Surface optics and color effects of liquid metal materials

L Duan, T Zhou, Y Zhang, J Zhao, H Zheng… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid metals (LMs) are emerging as new functional materials with rather unique physical or
chemical behaviors. They are generally safe and nontoxic, have high boiling points …

Planting CuGa2 seeds assisted with liquid metal for selective wrapping deposition of lithium

J Meng, C Li - Energy Storage Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Uncontrollable lithium dendrite growth can cause serious performance deterioration of
lithium metal batteries (LMBs). Here, we propose a mode of selective wrapping deposition of …

Multiple hydrogen bonds network enabled sustainable and reproducible cellulose/liquid metal composite elastomer for clean energy collection and conversion

Y Shen, X Wang, S Xu, C Huang, J Yu, Q Yong… - … Science and Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Fabrication of sustainable, mechanically robustness and reproducible metal polymer
composite elastomer is desirable but remains a challenge. Herein, a multiple hydrogen …

Room-temperature liquid metal engineered iron current collector enables stable and dendrite-free sodium metal batteries in carbonate electrolytes

C Wei, L Tan, Y Zhang, H Jiang, B Xi, S Xiong… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Metallic sodium (Na) is believed to be a promising anode material for sodium-ion batteries
(SIBs) due to its low electrochemical potential, high theoretical specific capacity, superior …

Reduction-induced decomposition: spontaneous formation of monolithic nanoporous metals of tunable structural hierarchy and porosity

C Wang, Q Chen - Chemistry of Materials, 2018 - ACS Publications
The beauty of dealloying, ie, the selective dissolution of an alloy, lies in the spontaneous
formation of bicontinuous nanoporous metal, whose robustness, conductivity, and high …