Towards practical lithium-metal anodes
Lithium-ion batteries have had a tremendous impact on several sectors of our society; however, the intrinsic limitations of Li-ion chemistry limits their ability to meet the increasing demands of developing more advanced portable electronics, electric vehicles, and grid-scale energy storage systems....
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| Published in | Chemical Society reviews Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 34 - 371 |
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| Main Authors | , , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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England
Royal Society of Chemistry
26.05.2020
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| Summary: | Lithium-ion batteries have had a tremendous impact on several sectors of our society; however, the intrinsic limitations of Li-ion chemistry limits their ability to meet the increasing demands of developing more advanced portable electronics, electric vehicles, and grid-scale energy storage systems. Therefore, battery chemistries beyond Li ions are being intensively investigated and need urgent breakthroughs toward commercial applications, wherein the use of metallic Li is one of the most intuitive choices. Despite several decades of oblivion due to safety concerns regarding the growth of Li dendrites, Li-metal anodes are now poised to be revived because of the advances in investigative tools and globally invested efforts. In this review, we first summarize the existing issues with regard to Li anodes and their underlying reasons and then highlight the recent progress made in the development of high-performance Li anodes. Finally, we propose the persisting challenges and opportunities toward the exploration of practical Li-metal anodes.
Lithium ion batteries cannot meet the ever increasing demands of human society. Thus batteries with Li-metal anodes are eyed to revive. Here we summarize the recent progress in developing practical Li-metal anodes for various Li-based batteries. |
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| Bibliography: | Xin Zhang received his bachelor's degree from Nankai University in 2014; then, he obtained his PhD at the same university under Professor Zhen Zhou in 2019, majoring in Materials Physics and Chemistry. Now, he is working as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Tianjin University. His research interests mainly focus on energy storage materials and devices, including Li-metal-based batteries. Zhen Zhou received his BSc (in Applied Chemistry in 1994) and PhD (in Inorganic Chemistry in 1999) from Nankai University, China. He joined the faculty at Nankai University as a Lecturer in 1999. Two years later, he began to work as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Nagoya University, Japan. In 2005, he returned to Nankai University as an Associate Professor and was promoted as a Full Professor in 2011. In 2014, he was appointed as the Director of Institute of New Energy Material Chemistry, Nankai University. His main research interest includes the design, preparation, and application of materials for energy storage and conversion. He is now an Associate Editor for the Journal of Materials Chemistry A and a Fellow of the RSC. Yongan Yang earned his BSc in Chemistry from Nankai University in 1994 and his PhD in Chemistry from the Institute of Photographic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 1999. Then, he was a Humboldt Fellow at the Free University, Berlin; a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max-Planck Institute of Solid-State Research and University of Florida; and a Project Scientist at the University of California, Irvine. Thereafter, he was an Assistant Professor in the Colorado School of Mines. Currently, he is a Professor of Chemistry at the Institute of Molecular Plus, Tianjin University. His research interests include the exploration of innovative chemistry and materials for energy sustainability, such as advanced secondary batteries, solid-state hydrogen storage materials, and ammonia synthesis under mild conditions. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 ObjectType-Review-3 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 0306-0012 1460-4744 1460-4744 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c9cs00838a |