Recent Advances in Lithium Metal Batteries and Beyond
A special issue of Batteries (ISSN 2313-0105). This special issue belongs to the section "Battery Materials and Interfaces: Anode, Cathode, Separators and Electrolytes or Others".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 May 2023) | Viewed by 5463
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
High-energy-density lithium metal batteries are promising for energy storage applications. However, the uncontrollable electrolyte degradation and notorious formation of dendrites can cause the failure batteries upon cycling. So far, rare reports have demonstrated the achievement of Li Coulombic efficiency (CE) above 99.9% over 1000 cycles. The important role of electrolytes, solid electrolyte interphases, Li morphology, and their interrelationships requires a deeper understanding. Therefore, it is necessary to have a clear overview of the development of current advances in lithium metal batteries. This Special Issue is intended to bring the latest updates and prospects of lithium metal batteries. Potential topics include but are not limited to:
- Electrolyte design for lithium metal batteries;
- Interfacial engineering for Li metal protection;
- Theoretical understanding of interfacial reactions;
- Advanced characterizations;
- New test protocol for Li metal.
Dr. Jijian Xu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- lithium metal anode
- electrolytes design
- interfacial engineering
- characterizations
- MD simulation
- test protocol
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