Electrolyte‐Dependent Sodium Plating for Anode‐Free Na‐Ion Batteries Studied by Operando Optical Microscopy [PDF]
Advanced ScienceAnode‐free sodium ion batteries (SIBs) promise higher energy density and lower costs, by eliminating the need for an anode host material; however, achieving efficient Na plating/stripping remains a major challenge.
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Nanosized Li2S‐Loaded Polar Porous Carbon Nanofibers as Self‐Supporting Electrodes in Anode‐Free Lithium–Sulfur Batteries [PDF]
Advanced ScienceAnode‐free lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries with Li2S as the cathode offer a promising alternative to improve practical energy density but suffer from sluggish redox kinetics on the cathode side and chaotic Li plating/stripping process on the copper ...
Ping Feng +9 more
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Low-temperature anode-free potassium metal batteries [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 In contrast to conventional batteries, anode-free configurations can extend cell-level energy densities closer to the theoretical limit. However, realizing alkali metal plating/stripping on a bare current collector with high reversibility is challenging,
Mengyao Tang +8 more
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Fluorinated sodiophilic interphase for high-rate and low-temperature initially anode-free sodium battery [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsSodium-ion batteries are promising as next-generation energy storage batteries, while suffer from the limited energy density. Initially anode-free sodium batteries effectively alleviate this predicament, but they are primarily hindered by uneven plating ...
Mingxu Wang +8 more
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The Proof‐of‐Concept of Anode‐Free Rechargeable Mg Batteries
Advanced Science, 2023 The desperate pursuit of high gravimetric specific energy leads to the ignorance of volumetric energy density that is one of the basic requirements for batteries.
Minglei Mao +5 more
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Ultrahigh Nitrogen Content Carbon Nanosheets for High Stable Sodium Metal Anodes
Advanced Science, 2023 Sodium metal, with a high theoretical specific capacity of 1165 mAh g−1, is the ultimate anode for sodium batteries, yet how to deal with the inhomogeneous and dendritic sodium deposition and the infinite relative dimension change of sodium metal anodes ...
Bicheng Huang +14 more
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Advanced Science, 2023 Lithium (Li) is the “holy grail” for satisfying the increasing energy demand. This is because of its high theoretical capacity and low potential. Although Li is considered as a potential anode material, dendritic Li growth and the limited electrochemical
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Research Progress of Anode-Free Lithium Metal Batteries
Crystals, 2022 Lithium-metal batteries (LMBs) are regarded as the most promising candidate for practical applications in portable electronic devices and electric vehicles because of their high capacity and energy density.
Jian Zhang +7 more
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What Can be Expected from “Anode‐Free” Lithium Metal Batteries?
Advanced Energy & Sustainability Research, 2021 “Anode‐free” lithium metal batteries are cells that have no excess lithium metal. They have become a topic of tremendous attention, mostly driven by recent progress and interest in practical batteries with Li metal anodes.
Rodrigo V. Salvatierra +2 more
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An electron-deficient carbon current collector for anode-free Li-metal batteries
Nature Communications, 2021 The development of anode-free batteries requires fundamental investigations at the current collector/electrolyte interface. Here, the authors report an atomically defective carbon current collector to improve the electrochemical behaviour of an anode ...
Hyeokjin Kwon +8 more
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