Promises and challenges of next-generation “beyond Li-ion” batteries for electric vehicles and grid decarbonization

Y Tian, G Zeng, A Rutt, T Shi, H Kim, J Wang… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The tremendous improvement in performance and cost of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have
made them the technology of choice for electrical energy storage. While established battery …

Fundamentals and perspectives in developing zinc-ion battery electrolytes: a comprehensive review

T Zhang, Y Tang, S Guo, X Cao, A Pan… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of low-cost and high-safety zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) has been extensively
discussed and reviewed in recent years, but the work on the comprehensive discussion and …

Zn-Ion Transporting, In Situ Formed Robust Solid Electrolyte Interphase for Stable Zinc Metal Anodes over a Wide Temperature Range

P Xiong, Y Kang, N Yao, X Chen, H Mao… - ACS Energy …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen evolution, corrosion, and dendrite formation in the Zn anodes limit their practical
applications in aqueous Zn metal batteries. Herein, we propose an interfacial chemistry …

Current status and future directions of multivalent metal-ion batteries

Y Liang, H Dong, D Aurbach, Y Yao - Nature Energy, 2020 - nature.com
Batteries based on multivalent metals have the potential to meet the future needs of large-
scale energy storage, due to the relatively high abundance of elements such as magnesium …

Designing solid-state electrolytes for safe, energy-dense batteries

Q Zhao, S Stalin, CZ Zhao, LA Archer - Nature Reviews Materials, 2020 - nature.com
Solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) have emerged as high-priority materials for safe, energy-
dense and reversible storage of electrochemical energy in batteries. In this Review, we …

Human-and machine-centred designs of molecules and materials for sustainability and decarbonization

J Peng, D Schwalbe-Koda, K Akkiraju, T Xie… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Breakthroughs in molecular and materials discovery require meaningful outliers to be
identified in existing trends. As knowledge accumulates, the inherent bias of human intuition …

Fundamentals of inorganic solid-state electrolytes for batteries

T Famprikis, P Canepa, JA Dawson, MS Islam… - Nature materials, 2019 - nature.com
In the critical area of sustainable energy storage, solid-state batteries have attracted
considerable attention due to their potential safety, energy-density and cycle-life benefits …

Extreme phonon anharmonicity underpins superionic diffusion and ultralow thermal conductivity in argyrodite Ag8SnSe6

Q Ren, MK Gupta, M Jin, J Ding, J Wu, Z Chen, S Lin… - Nature materials, 2023 - nature.com
Ultralow thermal conductivity and fast ionic diffusion endow superionic materials with
excellent performance both as thermoelectric converters and as solid-state electrolytes. Yet …

Review of electrical energy storage technologies, materials and systems: challenges and prospects for large-scale grid storage

TM Gür - Energy & Environmental Science, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Increased interest in electrical energy storage is in large part driven by the explosive growth
in intermittent renewable sources such as wind and solar as well as the global drive towards …

Ion migration and defect effect of electrode materials in multivalent-ion batteries

Z Liu, L Qin, X Cao, J Zhou, A Pan, G Fang… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
The rechargeable multivalent-ion batteries (MVIBs) that transfer Zn 2+, Mg 2+, Al 3+, Ca 2+
etc. as charge carriers, have become a research hotspot and been emerging as attractive …