Cycling a Lithium Metal Anode at 90 °C in a Liquid Electrolyte

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 59; no. 35; pp. 15109 - 15113
• Main Authors: Hou, Li‐Peng, Zhang, Xue‐Qiang, Li, Bo‐Quan, Zhang, Qiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 24.08.2020
• Edition: International ed. in English
• Subjects: Anodes; Batteries; Deposition; Electrolytes; elevated temperature; High temperature; Intermediates; Interphase; liquid electrolytes; Lithium; lithium metal anodes; Lithium-ion batteries; Metals; Rechargeable batteries; Salts; solid electrolyte interphase; Solid electrolytes; Thermal instability; thermal safety; elevated temperature; liquid electrolytes; solid electrolyte interphase; lithium metal anodes; thermal safety

Stable operation at elevated temperature is necessary for lithium metal anode. However, Li metal anode generally has poor performance and safety concerns at high temperature (>55 °C) owing to the thermal instability of the electrolyte and solid electrolyte interphase in a routine liquid electroly...