Lithium-ion batteries are promising technologies for large-scale energy storage due to their
high energy densities. However, the safety concerns of traditional lithium-ion batteries …

Lithium-ion batteries are the state-of-the-art electrochemical energy storage technology for
mobile electronic devices and electric vehicles. Accordingly, they have attracted a …

To accelerate the commercial implementation of high-energy batteries, recent research
thrusts have turned to the practicality of Si-based electrodes. Although numerous …

The development of new electrolyte and electrode designs and compositions has led to
advances in electrochemical energy-storage (EES) devices over the past decade. However …

Reports of recent fire accidents in the electronics and electric vehicles (EVs) industries show
that thermal runaway (TR) reactions are a key consideration for the industry. Utilization of …

In recent years, rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), which typically consist of a
graphite anode and a lithium transition-metal oxide cathode, have been developed rapidly …

The application of micrometer-sized silicon (mSi) is challenging due to the severe volume
change during cycling, resulting in serious pulverization of the mSi and detachment of active …

Among ionic liquids, phosphonium-based ionic liquids (PILs) are quite elegant. These
categories of ionic liquids represent some merits over other types of ionic liquids such as …

The inherent properties of non-aqueous electrolytes are highly associated with the identity of
salt anions. To build highly conductive and chemically/electrochemically robust electrolytes …

Although significant progress has been made in improving cycling performance of silicon-
based electrodes, few studies have been performed on the architecture effect on polymer …