Functional polymers for lithium metal batteries

S Li, F Lorandi, H Wang, T Liu, JF Whitacre… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rechargeable batteries that use Li metal as anode are regarded as the most viable
alternative to state-of-the-art lithium ion batteries (LIBs), since Li metal batteries (LMBs) are …

3D detection of lithiation and lithium plating in graphite anodes during fast charging

AS Ho, DY Parkinson, DP Finegan, SE Trask… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A barrier to the widespread adoption of electric vehicles is enabling fast charging lithium-ion
batteries. At normal charging rates, lithium ions intercalate into the graphite electrode. At …

Block copolymers as (single-ion conducting) lithium battery electrolytes

A Mayer, D Steinle, S Passerini, D Bresser - Nanotechnology, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Solid-state batteries are considered the next big step towards the realization of intrinsically
safer high-energy lithium batteries for the steadily increasing implementation of this …

A critical discussion on the analysis of buried interfaces in Li solid-state batteries. Ex situ and in situ/operando studies

I López, J Morey, JB Ledeuil, L Madec… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Interfacial electro-chemo-mechanical phenomena determine the performance of Li solid-
state batteries (SSBs), and thus the study of these processes is key to constructing more …

Failure mechanisms at the interfaces between lithium metal electrodes and a single-ion conducting polymer gel electrolyte

L Frenck, P Lennartz, DY Parkinson… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polymer electrolytes have the potential to enable rechargeable lithium (Li) metal batteries.
However, growth of nonuniform high surface area Li still occurs frequently and eventually …

Limiting current in nanostructured block copolymer electrolytes

JA Maslyn, L Frenck, VD Veeraraghavan… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Next-generation electrolytes for lithium batteries must be able to conduct ions at sufficiently
high current densities; yet this regime is rarely studied directly. The limiting current density of …

Effect of salt concentration profiles on protrusion growth in lithium-polymer‑lithium cells

L Frenck, VD Veeraraghavan, JA Maslyn, A Müller… - Solid State Ionics, 2020 - Elsevier
The formation of dendrites and other protrusions on lithium metal anodes is a subject of
continued interest due to the potential to incorporate these anodes in next-generation …

Evolution of protrusions on lithium metal anodes stabilized by a solid block copolymer electrolyte studied using time-resolved X-ray tomography

VD Veeraraghavan, L Frenck, JA Maslyn… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Growing demand for rechargeable batteries with higher energy densities has motivated
research focused on enabling the lithium metal anode. A prominent failure mechanism in …

Wetting Phenomena and their Effect on the Electrochemical Performance of Surface‐Tailored Lithium Metal Electrodes in Contact with Cross‐linked Polymeric …

M Zhang, J Becking, MC Stan, A Lenoch… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Li metal batteries (LMBs) containing cross‐linked polymer electrolytes (PEs) are auspicious
candidates for next‐generation batteries. However, the wetting behavior of PEs on uneven …

Plating and Strip** of Lithium Metal Stabilized by a Block Copolymer Electrolyte: Local Current Density Measurement and Modeling

JA Maslyn, P Barai, KD McEntush… - Journal of the …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Plating and strip** of lithium protrusions in lithium metal symmetric cells containing a solid
block copolymer electrolyte was studied as a function of time in 3D using time-resolved X …