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 …

Ion transport kinetics in low‐temperature lithium metal batteries

A Hu, F Li, W Chen, T Lei, Y Li, Y Fan… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The deployment of rechargeable batteries is crucial for the operation of advanced portable
electronics and electric vehicles under harsh environment. However, commercial lithium‐ion …

Aqueous zinc‐iodine batteries: from electrochemistry to energy storage mechanism

H Chen, X Li, K Fang, H Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As one of the most appealing energy storage technologies, aqueous zinc‐iodine batteries
still suffer severe problems such as low energy density, slow iodine conversion kinetics, and …

Growing single-crystalline seeds on lithiophobic substrates to enable fast-charging lithium-metal batteries

Z Wu, C Wang, Z Hui, H Liu, S Wang, S Yu, X Xing… - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
Controlling the nucleation and growth of lithium metal is essential for realizing fast-charging
batteries. Here we report the growth of single-crystalline seeds that results in the deposition …

Taming Solvent–Solute Interaction Accelerates Interfacial Kinetics in Low‐Temperature Lithium‐Metal Batteries

CB Jin, N Yao, Y Xiao, J Xie, Z Li, X Chen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Lithium (Li)‐metal batteries promise energy density beyond 400 Wh kg− 1, while their
practical operation at an extreme temperature below− 30° C suffers severe capacity …

Zincophobic Electrolyte Achieves Highly Reversible Zinc‐Ion Batteries

N Wang, X Chen, H Wan, B Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Zinc metal batteries show tremendous applications in wide‐scale storages still impeded by
aqueous electrolytes corrosion and interfacial water splitting reaction. Herein, a zincophobic …

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 …

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 …

Designing an asymmetric ether-like lithium salt to enable fast-cycling high-energy lithium metal batteries

Y Xia, P Zhou, X Kong, J Tian, W Zhang, S Yan, W Hou… - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
Conventional carbonate-based electrolytes with high corrosion towards Li metal result in
massive dendrite growth and limited cycling life, particularly true for practical Li-metal …

Amide‐Functional, Li3N/LiF‐Rich Heterostructured Electrode Electrolyte Interphases for 4.6 V Li||LiCoO2 Batteries

J Liu, M Wu, X Li, D Wu, H Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Enhancing the charge cut‐off voltage of LiCoO2 at 4.6 V can improve the battery density,
however, structural instability is a critical challenge (eg, electrolyte decomposition, Co …