Agricultural development, extensive industrialization, and rapid growth of the global
population have inadvertently been accompanied by environmental pollution. Water …

Graphite is a perfect anode and has dominated the anode materials since the birth of lithium
ion batteries, benefiting from its incomparable balance of relatively low cost, abundance …

Improving safety while increasing the charging rates and extending the lifetime is the grand
challenge for lithium-ion batteries. The key challenge is to control lithium plating, a parasitic …

Reversibly intercalating ions into host materials for electrochemical energy storage is the
essence of the working principle of rocking-chair type batteries. The most relevant example …

The phase separation dynamics in graphitic anodes significantly affects lithium plating
propensity, which is the major degradation mechanism that impairs the safety and fast …

A reliable energy storage ecosystem is imperative for a renewable energy future, and
continued research is needed to develop promising rechargeable battery chemistries. To …

The principal inhibitor of fast charging lithium ion cells is the graphite negative electrode,
where favorable conditions for lithium plating occur at high charge rates, causing …

Porous electrodes are prevalent in electrochemical devices. Electrochemical impedance
spectroscopy (EIS) is widely used as a noninvasive, in situ characterization tool to …

Electrochemical ion insertion involves coupled ion–electron transfer reactions, transport of
guest species and redox of the host. The hosts are typically anisotropic solids with 2D …

Since the commercialization of lithium‐ion batteries, graphite has been the uncontested
material of choice as the negative electrode host structure, and it has therefore been pivotal …