Review of Emerging Concepts in SEI Analysis and Artificial SEI Membranes for Lithium, Sodium, and Potassium Metal Battery Anodes

Electrical Conductivity Gradient Based on Heterofibrous Scaffolds for Stable Lithium‐Metal Batteries

(2020) Sang‐Ho Hong et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Toward High‐Energy‐Density Lithium Metal Batteries: Opportunities and Challenges for Solid Organic Electrolytes

(2020) Xiaoen Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Dendrite-Free Sodium Metal Anodes Enabled by a Sodium Benzenedithiolate-Rich Protection Layer

(2020) Ming Zhu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Mesoscale Anatomy of Dead Lithium Formation

(2020) Deepti Tewari et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Real-time mass spectrometric characterization of the solid–electrolyte interphase of a lithium-ion battery

(2020) Yufan Zhou et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

In situ healing of dendrites in a potassium metal battery

(2020) Prateek Hundekar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Emerging Potassium Metal Anodes: Perspectives on Control of the Electrochemical Interfaces

(2020) Pengcheng Liu et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Double-Edged Effect of Temperature on Lithium Dendrites

(2020) Bairav Sabarish Vishnugopi et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Morphology-Safety Implications of Interfacial Evolution in Lithium Metal Anodes

(2020) Bairav S. Vishnugopi et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Atomic layer deposition-strengthened lithiophilicity of ultrathin TiO2 film decorated Cu foil for stable lithium metal anode

(2020) Lei Tan et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Constructing multi-functional Janus separator toward highly stable lithium batteries

(2020) Xian Wu et al.   Energy Storage Materials

Tunable structure and dynamics of solid electrolyte interphase at lithium metal anode

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A Liquid-Metal-Enabled Versatile Organic Alkali-Ion Battery

(2019) Yu Ding et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Recent Advances in Energy Chemistry between Solid-State Electrolyte and Safe Lithium-Metal Anodes

(2019) Xin-Bing Cheng et al.   Chem

Polymer–inorganic solid–electrolyte interphase for stable lithium metal batteries under lean electrolyte conditions

(2019) Yue Gao et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Toward a Stable Sodium Metal Anode in Carbonate Electrolyte: A Compact, Inorganic Alloy Interface

(2019) Xueying Zheng et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Anchoring an Artificial Protective Layer To Stabilize Potassium Metal Anode in Rechargeable K–O2 Batteries

(2019) Neng Xiao et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Stable Na Metal Anode Enabled by a Reinforced Multistructural SEI Layer

(2019) Zhixin Xu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Sodium Metal Anodes: Emerging Solutions to Dendrite Growth

(2019) Byeongyong Lee et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Potassium Metal as Reliable Reference Electrodes of Non-Aqueous Potassium Cells

(2019) Tomooki Hosaka et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Regulating Inner Helmholtz Plane for Stable Solid Electrolyte Inter-phase on Lithium Metal Anodes

(2019) Chong Yan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Self-smoothing anode for achieving high-energy lithium metal batteries under realistic conditions

(2019) Chaojiang Niu et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Conductivity and lithiophilicity gradients guide lithium deposition to mitigate short circuits

(2019) Jun Pu et al.   Nature Communications

Temperature-Dependent Nucleation and Growth of Dendrite-Free Lithium Metal Anodes

(2019) Kang Yan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Fast lithium growth and short circuit induced by localized-temperature hotspots in lithium batteries

(2019) Yangying Zhu et al.   Nature Communications

Capillary Encapsulation of Metallic Potassium in Aligned Carbon Nanotubes for Use as Stable Potassium Metal Anodes

(2019) Lei Qin et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Improving cyclability of Li metal batteries at elevated temperatures and its origin revealed by cryo-electron microscopy

(2019) Jiangyan Wang et al.   Nature Energy

A 4 V Class Potassium Metal Battery with Extremely Low Overpotential

(2019) Minghui Ye et al.   ACS Nano

Quantifying inactive lithium in lithium metal batteries

(2019) Chengcheng Fang et al.   NATURE

A high-energy quinone-based all-solid-state sodium metal battery

(2019) Xiaowei Chi et al.   Nano Energy

Original growth mechanism for ultra-stable dendrite-free potassium metal electrode

(2019) Yuqian Li et al.   Nano Energy

MXene‐Based Dendrite‐Free Potassium Metal Batteries

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Electrolyte Chemistry Enables Simultaneous Stabilization of Potassium Metal and Alloying Anode for Potassium-Ion Batteries

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Highly Stable Lithium Metal Anode Interface via Molecular Layer Deposition Zircone Coatings for Long Life Next-Generation Battery Systems

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Designing a Multifunctional Separator for High‐Performance Li–S Batteries at Elevated Temperature

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Cross-linked beta alumina nanowires with compact gel polymer electrolyte coating for ultra-stable sodium metal battery

(2019) Danni Lei et al.   Nature Communications

Dendrite‐Free Potassium Metal Anodes in a Carbonate Electrolyte

(2019) Pengcheng Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Dendrite-free lithium metal and sodium metal batteries

(2019) Lianbo Ma et al.   Energy Storage Materials

Synergistic Effect of Graphene Oxide for Impeding the Dendritic Plating of Li

(2018) Tara Foroozan et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Artificial Soft-Rigid Protective Layer for Dendrite-Free Lithium Metal Anode

(2018) Rui Xu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

High-Performance Sodium Metal Anodes Enabled by a Bifunctional Potassium Salt

(2018) Qiuwei Shi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A High-Energy-Density Potassium Battery with a Polymer-Gel Electrolyte and a Polyaniline Cathode

(2018) Hongcai Gao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Facile Stabilization of the Sodium Metal Anode with Additives: Unexpected Key Role of Sodium Polysulfide and Adverse Effect of Sodium Nitrate

(2018) Huan Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

In situ atomic force microscopy study of nano–micro sodium deposition in ester-based electrolytes

(2018) Mo Han et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

In situ analytical techniques for battery interface analysis

(2018) Alok M. Tripathi et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Uniform metal-ion flux through interface-modified membrane for highly stable metal batteries

(2018) Patrick J. Kim et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

Electrode–electrolyte interfaces in lithium-based batteries

(2018) Xingwen Yu et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Effect of electrolyte on the nanostructure of the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) and performance of lithium metal anodes

(2018) Sunhyung Jurng et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

The role of the solid electrolyte interphase layer in preventing Li dendrite growth in solid-state batteries

(2018) Bingbin Wu et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Self-heating–induced healing of lithium dendrites

(2018) Lu Li et al.   SCIENCE

Nanocellulose Modified Polyethylene Separators for Lithium Metal Batteries

(2018) Ruijun Pan et al.   Small

Designable ultra-smooth ultra-thin solid-electrolyte interphases of three alkali metal anodes

(2018) Yu Gu et al.   Nature Communications

Highly Stable Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Based on Laponite Nanosheet-Coated Celgard Separators

(2018) Yanfei Yang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Suppressing Li Dendrite Formation in Li2 S-P2 S5 Solid Electrolyte by LiI Incorporation

(2018) Fudong Han et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Highly Fluorinated Interphases Enable High-Voltage Li-Metal Batteries

(2018) Xiulin Fan et al.   Chem

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

(2018) Aiping Wang et al.   npj Computational Materials

A Self-Healing Room-Temperature Liquid-Metal Anode for Alkali-Ion Batteries

(2018) Xuelin Guo et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

An Armored Mixed Conductor Interphase on a Dendrite-Free Lithium-Metal Anode

(2018) Chong Yan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Deposition and Stripping Behavior of Lithium Metal in Electrochemical System: Continuum Mechanics Study

(2018) Gabin Yoon et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Self-diffusion barriers: possible descriptors for dendrite growth in batteries?

(2018) Markus Jäckle et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Recent developments and insights into the understanding of Na metal anodes for Na-metal batteries

(2018) Yang Zhao et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Lithiophilic-lithiophobic gradient interfacial layer for a highly stable lithium metal anode

(2018) Huimin Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Predicting Calendar Aging in Lithium Metal Secondary Batteries: The Impacts of Solid Electrolyte Interphase Composition and Stability

(2018) Sean M. Wood et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Directional Flow-Aided Sonochemistry Yields Graphene with Tunable Defects to Provide Fundamental Insight on Sodium Metal Plating Behavior

(2018) Wei Liu et al.   ACS Nano

Exploring Self-Healing Liquid Na-K Alloy for Dendrite-Free Electrochemical Energy Storage

(2018) Liyuan Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Pristine or Highly Defective? Understanding the Role of Graphene Structure for Stable Lithium Metal Plating

(2018) Wei Liu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Electrolyte Confinement Alters Lithium Electrodeposition

(2018) Aashutosh Mistry et al.   ACS Energy Letters

An ion redistributor for dendrite-free lithium metal anodes

(2018) Chen-Zi Zhao et al.   Science Advances

Self-healing SEI enables full-cell cycling of a silicon-majority anode with a coulombic efficiency exceeding 99.9%

(2017) Yang Jin et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Dendrite-Free Li-Metal Battery Enabled by a Thin Asymmetric Solid Electrolyte with Engineered Layers

(2017) Hui Duan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Reversible Dendrite-Free Potassium Plating and Stripping Electrochemistry for Potassium Secondary Batteries

(2017) Neng Xiao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Lithium Metal Anodes with an Adaptive “Solid-Liquid” Interfacial Protective Layer

(2017) Kai Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Review—SEI: Past, Present and Future

(2017) E. Peled et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Model of Concurrent Lithium Dendrite Growth, SEI Growth, SEI Penetration and Regrowth

(2017) Guangyu Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Inorganic–Organic Coating via Molecular Layer Deposition Enables Long Life Sodium Metal Anode

(2017) Yang Zhao et al.   NANO LETTERS

New Insights on the Structure of Electrochemically Deposited Lithium Metal and Its Solid Electrolyte Interphases via Cryogenic TEM

(2017) Xuefeng Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Critical Role of Ultrathin Graphene Films with Tunable Thickness in Enabling Highly Stable Sodium Metal Anodes

(2017) Huan Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Reviving the lithium metal anode for high-energy batteries

(2017) Dingchang Lin et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Atomic structure of sensitive battery materials and interfaces revealed by cryo–electron microscopy

(2017) Yuzhang Li et al.   SCIENCE

Designing solid-liquid interphases for sodium batteries

(2017) Snehashis Choudhury et al.   Nature Communications

Regulating Li deposition at artificial solid electrolyte interphases

(2017) Lei Fan et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Dead lithium: mass transport effects on voltage, capacity, and failure of lithium metal anodes

(2017) Kuan-Hung Chen et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Rechargeable Sodium All-Solid-State Battery

(2017) Weidong Zhou et al.   ACS Central Science

In Situ Optical Imaging of Sodium Electrodeposition: Effects of Fluoroethylene Carbonate

(2017) Rodrigo Rodriguez et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Very Stable Lithium Metal Stripping–Plating at a High Rate and High Areal Capacity in Fluoroethylene Carbonate-Based Organic Electrolyte Solution

(2017) Elena Markevich et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Lithium Metal Anodes: Toward an Improved Understanding of Coupled Morphological, Electrochemical, and Mechanical Behavior

(2017) Kevin N. Wood et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Status and challenges in enabling the lithium metal electrode for high-energy and low-cost rechargeable batteries

(2017) Paul Albertus et al.   Nature Energy

Implantable Solid Electrolyte Interphase in Lithium-Metal Batteries

(2017) Xin-Bing Cheng et al.   Chem

An Artificial Solid Electrolyte Interphase with High Li-Ion Conductivity, Mechanical Strength, and Flexibility for Stable Lithium Metal Anodes

(2016) Yayuan Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Transition of lithium growth mechanisms in liquid electrolytes

(2016) Peng Bai et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Transition from Superlithiophobicity to Superlithiophilicity of Garnet Solid-State Electrolyte

(2016) Wei Luo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Na Reactivity toward Carbonate-Based Electrolytes: The Effect of FEC as Additive

(2016) R. Dugas et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Free-Standing Copper Nanowire Network Current Collector for Improving Lithium Anode Performance

(2016) Lei-Lei Lu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Negating interfacial impedance in garnet-based solid-state Li metal batteries

(2016) Xiaogang Han et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Ultrathin Surface Coating Enables the Stable Sodium Metal Anode

(2016) Wei Luo et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Structural modulation of lithium metal-electrolyte interface with three-dimensional metallic interlayer for high-performance lithium metal batteries

(2016) Hongkyung Lee et al.   Scientific Reports

Dense coating of Li 4 Ti 5 O 12 and graphene mixture on the separator to produce long cycle life of lithium-sulfur battery

(2016) Yan Zhao et al.   Nano Energy

Solubility of the Solid Electrolyte Interphase (SEI) in Sodium Ion Batteries

(2016) Ronnie Mogensen et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Cellulose-Based Porous Membrane for Suppressing Li Dendrite Formation in Lithium–Sulfur Battery

(2016) Byeong-Chul Yu et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Dendrite-Free Polygonal Sodium Deposition with Excellent Interfacial Stability in a NaAlCl4–2SO2 Inorganic Electrolyte

(2015) Juhye Song et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

On the Comparative Stability of Li and Na Metal Anode Interfaces in Conventional Alkyl Carbonate Electrolytes

(2015) D. I. Iermakova et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Review—Development of Advanced Rechargeable Batteries: A Continuous Challenge in the Choice of Suitable Electrolyte Solutions

(2015) Evan M. Erickson et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Interphase formation on lithium solid electrolytes—An in situ approach to study interfacial reactions by photoelectron spectroscopy

(2015) Sebastian Wenzel et al.   SOLID STATE IONICS

The synergetic effect of lithium polysulfide and lithium nitrate to prevent lithium dendrite growth

(2015) Weiyang Li et al.   Nature Communications

A Review of Solid Electrolyte Interphases on Lithium Metal Anode

(2015) Xin-Bing Cheng et al.   Advanced Science

A Highly Reversible Room-Temperature Sodium Metal Anode

(2015) Zhi Wei Seh et al.   ACS Central Science

Spatiotemporal Changes of the Solid Electrolyte Interphase in Lithium-Ion Batteries Detected by Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy

(2014) Heinz Bülter et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Electrolytes and Interphases in Li-Ion Batteries and Beyond

(2014) Kang Xu   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Stability Analysis of Electrodeposition across a Structured Electrolyte with Immobilized Anions

(2014) Mukul D. Tikekar et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Quantifying the dependence of dead lithium losses on the cycling period in lithium metal batteries

(2014) Asghar Aryanfar et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Lithium metal anodes for rechargeable batteries

(2013) Wu Xu et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Chemistry, Impedance, and Morphology Evolution in Solid Electrolyte Interphase Films during Formation in Lithium Ion Batteries

(2013) Peng Lu et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Characterization of the solid electrolyte interphase on lithium anode for preventing the shuttle mechanism in lithium–sulfur batteries

(2013) Shizhao Xiong et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

The electrochemical reactions of pure indium with Li and Na: Anomalous electrolyte decomposition, benefits of FEC additive, phase transitions and electrode performance

(2013) Samantha A. Webb et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Excellent Cycle Life of Lithium-Metal Anodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries with Mussel-Inspired Polydopamine-Coated Separators

(2012) Myung-Hyun Ryou et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Fluorinated Ethylene Carbonate as Electrolyte Additive for Rechargeable Na Batteries

(2011) Shinichi Komaba et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

On the origin of the extra capacity at low potential in materials for Li batteries reacting through conversion reaction

(2011) Alexandre Ponrouch et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

A review of the features and analyses of the solid electrolyte interphase in Li-ion batteries

(2010) Pallavi Verma et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

In situ NMR observation of the formation of metallic lithium microstructures in lithium batteries

(2010) Rangeet Bhattacharyya et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Challenges for Rechargeable Li Batteries†

(2009) John B. Goodenough et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS