Moving beyond 99.9% Coulombic efficiency for lithium anodes in liquid electrolytes

GM Hobold, J Lopez, R Guo, N Minafra, A Banerjee… - Nature Energy, 2021 - nature.com
As Li-ion battery costs decrease, energy density and thus driving range remains a roadblock
for mass-market vehicle electrification. While Li-metal anodes help achieve Department of …

Recent progress in understanding solid electrolyte interphase on lithium metal anodes

H Wu, H Jia, C Wang, JG Zhang… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Lithium metal batteries (LMBs) are one of the most promising candidates for next‐generation
high‐energy‐density rechargeable batteries. Solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) on Li metal …

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 …

Working principles of lithium metal anode in pouch cells

H Liu, X Sun, XB Cheng, C Guo, F Yu… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Lithium metal battery has been considered as one of the potential candidates for next‐
generation energy storage systems. However, the dendrite growth issue in Li anodes results …

Degradation and speciation of Li salts during XPS analysis for battery research

W Yu, Z Yu, Y Cui, Z Bao - ACS Energy Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is one of the most common techniques to
characterize the solid–electrolyte interphase (SEI) in battery research. However, residual …

Reductive gas manipulation at early self-heating stage enables controllable battery thermal failure

Y Wang, X Feng, Y Peng, F Zhang, D Ren, X Liu, L Lu… - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
Li-ion batteries are regarded as unsafe due to the volatility and flammability of the organic
liquid electrolytes. However, research on substitutes (solid, inorganic, etc.) still encounters …

Interfaces and interphases in batteries

K Xu - Journal of Power Sources, 2023 - Elsevier
Lithium-ion battery (LIB) is the most popular electrochemical device ever invented in the
history of mankind. It is also the first-ever battery that operates on dual-intercalation …

Dissolution of the solid electrolyte interphase and its effects on lithium metal anode cyclability

P Sayavong, W Zhang, ST Oyakhire… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
At> 95% Coulombic efficiencies, most of the capacity loss for Li metal anodes (LMAs) is
through the formation and growth of the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI). However, the …

Electrolyte reactivity at the charged Ni-rich cathode interface and degradation in Li-ion batteries

WM Dose, I Temprano, JP Allen… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The chemical and electrochemical reactions at the positive electrode–electrolyte interface in
Li-ion batteries are hugely influential on cycle life and safety. Ni-rich layered transition metal …

Rationally designed fluorinated amide additive enables the stable operation of lithium metal batteries by regulating the interfacial chemistry

P Zhou, Y **a, W Hou, S Yan, HY Zhou, W Zhang… - Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A fluorinated amide molecule with two functional segments, namely, an amide group with a
high donor number to bind lithium ions and a fluorine chain to expel carbonate solvents and …