Recycling of lithium‐ion batteries—current state of the art, circular economy, and next generation recycling

J Neumann, M Petranikova, M Meeus… - Advanced energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Being successfully introduced into the market only 30 years ago, lithium‐ion batteries have
become state‐of‐the‐art power sources for portable electronic devices and the most …

High‐energy lithium‐ion batteries: recent progress and a promising future in applications

J Xu, X Cai, S Cai, Y Shao, C Hu, S Lu… - Energy & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
It is of great significance to develop clean and new energy sources with high‐efficient
energy storage technologies, due to the excessive use of fossil energy that has caused …

Rational solvent molecule tuning for high-performance lithium metal battery electrolytes

Z Yu, PE Rudnicki, Z Zhang, Z Huang, H Celik… - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
Electrolyte engineering improved cycling of Li metal batteries and anode-free cells at low
current densities; however, high-rate capability and tuning of ionic conduction in electrolytes …

Opportunities and challenges of lithium ion batteries in automotive applications

A Masias, J Marcicki, WA Paxton - ACS energy letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lithium ion batteries (LIBs) have transformed the consumer electronics (CE) sector and are
beginning to power the electrification of the automotive sector. The unique requirements of …

Emerging era of electrolyte solvation structure and interfacial model in batteries

H Cheng, Q Sun, L Li, Y Zou, Y Wang, T Cai… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Over the past two decades, the solid–electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer that forms on an
electrode's surface has been believed to be pivotal for stabilizing the electrode's …

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 …

Understanding and applying coulombic efficiency in lithium metal batteries

J **ao, Q Li, Y Bi, M Cai, B Dunn, T Glossmann, J Liu… - Nature energy, 2020 - nature.com
Coulombic efficiency (CE) has been widely used in battery research as a quantifiable
indicator for the reversibility of batteries. While CE helps to predict the lifespan of a lithium …

Interfacial engineering to achieve an energy density of over 200 Wh kg−1 in sodium batteries

Y Li, Q Zhou, S Weng, F Ding, X Qi, J Lu, Y Li, X Zhang… - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
Sodium-based batteries have attracted wide interests in the academic and industrial fields.
However, their energy density is still lower than that of Li-based batteries. Here we report an …

High-energy long-cycling all-solid-state lithium metal batteries enabled by silver–carbon composite anodes

YG Lee, S Fujiki, C Jung, N Suzuki, N Yashiro… - Nature Energy, 2020 - nature.com
An all-solid-state battery with a lithium metal anode is a strong candidate for surpassing
conventional lithium-ion battery capabilities. However, undesirable Li dendrite growth and …

Balancing interfacial reactions to achieve long cycle life in high-energy lithium metal batteries

C Niu, D Liu, JA Lochala, CS Anderson, X Cao… - Nature Energy, 2021 - nature.com
The rechargeable lithium metal battery has attracted wide attention as a next-generation
energy storage technology. However, simultaneously achieving high cell-level energy …