Recent development of ionic liquid-based electrolytes in lithium-ion batteries

X Tang, S Lv, K Jiang, G Zhou, X Liu - Journal of Power Sources, 2022 - Elsevier
Lithium-ion batteries are promising technologies for large-scale energy storage due to their
high energy densities. However, the safety concerns of traditional lithium-ion batteries …

Theory and simulations of ionic liquids in nanoconfinement

S Kondrat, G Feng, F Bresme, M Urbakh… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) have exciting properties such as nonvolatility, large
electrochemical windows, and remarkable variety, drawing much interest in energy storage …

Engineering a self-adaptive electric double layer on both electrodes for high-performance zinc metal batteries

Y Lv, M Zhao, Y Du, Y Kang, Y **ao… - Energy & Environmental …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Zwitterionic ionic liquids (ZIL) contain covalently bound cationic and anionic moieties with
potential electrochemical applications. In this study, we construct a self-adaptive electric …

Perspectives on improving the safety and sustainability of high voltage lithium‐ion batteries through the electrolyte and separator region

H Cavers, P Molaiyan, M Abdollahifar… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) are promising candidates within the context of the development
of novel battery concepts with high energy densities. Batteries with high operating potentials …

Oxide‐based solid‐state batteries: a perspective on composite cathode architecture

Y Ren, T Danner, A Moy, M Finsterbusch… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The garnet‐type phase Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) attracts significant attention as an oxide solid
electrolyte to enable safe and robust solid‐state batteries (SSBs) with potentially high …

Unconventional interfacial water structure of highly concentrated aqueous electrolytes at negative electrode polarizations

CY Li, M Chen, S Liu, X Lu, J Meng, J Yan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Water-in-salt electrolytes are an appealing option for future electrochemical energy storage
devices due to their safety and low toxicity. However, the physicochemical interactions …

Ion regulation of ionic liquid electrolytes for supercapacitors

J Feng, Y Wang, Y Xu, Y Sun, Y Tang… - Energy & Environmental …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
As a member of the liquid electrolyte family, ionic liquids (ILs) possess distinctive chemical
and electrochemical stability, offering a pathway to realize supercapacitors (SCs) with both …

An Electric‐Field‐Reinforced Hydrophobic Cationic Sieve Lowers the Concentration Threshold of Water‐In‐Salt Electrolytes

A Zhou, J Zhang, M Chen, J Yue, T Lv, B Liu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
High‐concentration water‐in‐salt (WIS) electrolytes expand the stable electrochemical
window of aqueous electrolytes, leading to the advent of high‐voltage (above 2 V) aqueous …

Engineering a passivating electric double layer for high performance lithium metal batteries

W Zhang, Y Lu, L Wan, P Zhou, Y **a, S Yan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
In electrochemical devices, such as batteries, traditional electric double layer (EDL) theory
holds that cations in the cathode/electrolyte interface will be repelled during charging …

Flexible, nonflammable, highly conductive and high-safety double cross-linked poly (ionic liquid) as quasi-solid electrolyte for high performance lithium-ion batteries

L Liang, W Yuan, X Chen, H Liao - Chemical engineering journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Liquid leakage and lithium dendrite growth are common safety hazards of lithium-ion
batteries, and the application of quasi-solid electrolytes are considered to be the most …