Applying Classical, Ab Initio, and Machine-Learning Molecular Dynamics Simulations to the Liquid Electrolyte for Rechargeable Batteries

N Yao, X Chen, ZH Fu, Q Zhang - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Rechargeable batteries have become indispensable implements in our daily life and are
considered a promising technology to construct sustainable energy systems in the future …

Electrolytes and interphases in Li-ion batteries and beyond

K Xu - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Ten years ago, a comprehensive review was compiled for a thematic issue of Chemical
Reviews, covering fundamentals, history, and state-of-the-art for nonaqueous electrolytes …

Review on modeling of the anode solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) for lithium-ion batteries

A Wang, S Kadam, H Li, S Shi, Y Qi - NPJ Computational materials, 2018 - nature.com
A passivation layer called the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) is formed on electrode
surfaces from decomposition products of electrolytes. The SEI allows Li+ transport and …

High rate and stable cycling of lithium metal anode

J Qian, WA Henderson, W Xu, P Bhattacharya… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Lithium metal is an ideal battery anode. However, dendrite growth and limited Coulombic
efficiency during cycling have prevented its practical application in rechargeable batteries …

“Water-in-salt” electrolyte enables high-voltage aqueous lithium-ion chemistries

L Suo, O Borodin, T Gao, M Olguin, J Ho, X Fan, C Luo… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Lithium-ion batteries raise safety, environmental, and cost concerns, which mostly arise from
their nonaqueous electrolytes. The use of aqueous alternatives is limited by their narrow …

Electric double layer design for Zn-based batteries

L Jiang, D Li, X **e, D Ji, L Li, L Li, Z He, B Lu… - Energy Storage …, 2023 - Elsevier
Zinc-based batteries (ZBs) have recently attracted wide attention energy storage with cost-
effectiveness and intrinsic safety. However, it suffers from poor interface stability between the …

Uncharted waters: super-concentrated electrolytes

O Borodin, J Self, KA Persson, C Wang, K Xu - Joule, 2020 - cell.com
As a legacy left behind by classical analytical electrochemistry in pursuit of ideal electrodics,
and classical physical electrochemistry in pursuit of the most conductive ionics, the study of …

Correlating kinetics to cyclability reveals thermodynamic origin of lithium anode morphology in liquid electrolytes

DT Boyle, SC Kim, ST Oyakhire, RA Vilá… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The rechargeability of lithium metal batteries strongly depends on the electrolyte. The
uniformity of the electroplated Li anode morphology underlies this dependence, so …

[HTML][HTML] 4.0 V aqueous Li-ion batteries

C Yang, J Chen, T Qing, X Fan, W Sun, A von Cresce… - Joule, 2017 - cell.com
Although recent efforts have expanded the stability window of aqueous electrolytes from
1.23 V to> 3 V, intrinsically safe aqueous batteries still deliver lower energy densities (200 …

Hydrolysis of LiPF6-Containing Electrolyte at High Voltage

M Liu, J Vatamanu, X Chen, L **ng, K Xu… - ACS Energy …, 2021 - ACS Publications
While lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6) still prevails as the main conducting salt in
commercial lithium-ion batteries, its prominent disadvantage is high sensitivity toward water …