Promises and challenges of next-generation “beyond Li-ion” batteries for electric vehicles and grid decarbonization

Y Tian, G Zeng, A Rutt, T Shi, H Kim, J Wang… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The tremendous improvement in performance and cost of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have
made them the technology of choice for electrical energy storage. While established battery …

Challenges and recent advances in high capacity Li‐rich cathode materials for high energy density lithium‐ion batteries

W He, W Guo, H Wu, L Lin, Q Liu, X Han… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Li‐rich cathode materials have attracted increasing attention because of their high reversible
discharge capacity (> 250 mA hg− 1), which originates from transition metal (TM) ion redox …

Scalable production of high-performing woven lithium-ion fibre batteries

J He, C Lu, H Jiang, F Han, X Shi, J Wu, L Wang… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Fibre lithium-ion batteries are attractive as flexible power solutions because they can be
woven into textiles, offering a convenient way to power future wearable electronics …

Sustainable electric vehicle batteries for a sustainable world: perspectives on battery cathodes, environment, supply chain, manufacturing, life cycle, and policy

Z Yang, H Huang, F Lin - Advanced Energy Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Li‐ion batteries (LIBs) can reduce carbon emissions by powering electric vehicles (EVs) and
promoting renewable energy development with grid‐scale energy storage. However, LIB …

Three-dimensional Zn-based alloys for dendrite-free aqueous Zn battery in dual-cation electrolytes

H Tian, G Feng, Q Wang, Z Li, W Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries, in terms of integration with high safety, environmental benignity,
and low cost, have attracted much attention for powering electronic devices and storage …

Cobalt‐free cathode materials: families and their prospects

H Zhao, WYA Lam, L Sheng, L Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With the rapid growth of global electro‐mobility, the demand for cobalt is rapidly increasing
because it is currently an indispensable component of the cathode materials in lithium‐ion …

Pushing the limit of 3d transition metal-based layered oxides that use both cation and anion redox for energy storage

M Zhang, DA Kitchaev, Z Lebens-Higgins… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Intercalation chemistry has dominated electrochemical energy storage for decades, and
storage capacity worldwide has now reached the terawatt-hour level. State-of-the-art …

Cation-disordered rocksalt-type high-entropy cathodes for Li-ion batteries

Z Lun, B Ouyang, DH Kwon, Y Ha, EE Foley… - Nature materials, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract High-entropy (HE) ceramics, by analogy with HE metallic alloys, are an emerging
class of solid solutions composed of a large number of species. These materials offer the …

Regulating interfacial chemistry in lithium‐ion batteries by a weakly solvating electrolyte

YX Yao, X Chen, C Yan, XQ Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The performance of Li‐ion batteries (LIBs) is highly dependent on their interfacial chemistry,
which is regulated by electrolytes. Conventional electrolyte typically contains polar solvents …

A review on fundamentals for designing oxygen evolution electrocatalysts

J Song, C Wei, ZF Huang, C Liu, L Zeng… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Electricity-driven water splitting can facilitate the storage of electrical energy in the form of
hydrogen gas. As a half-reaction of electricity-driven water splitting, the oxygen evolution …