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Clustered solvents and anions reduce lithium de-coordination energy
Study reveals how strong-coordination salts and solvents paradoxically improve low-temperature lithium-metal battery performance through cluster solvate formation and optimized charge distribution.
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Low-temperature lithium-metal batteries improved by hierarchical solvation
Hierarchical solvating electrolyte enables high-performance lithium-metal batteries at extreme low temperatures through molecular engineering of solvation sheaths and solid electrolyte interphase.
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In Situ Organoselenization for Ultrastable Li−Se Batteries
In situ organoselenization strategy converts selenium into organic selenide forms to prevent polyselenide shuttle in lithium-selenium batteries, achieving 92.87% capacity retention after 1300 cycles.
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Frozen organic electrolyte conducts lithium ions
Demonstration that frozen ethylene carbonate with 0.2 m LiTFSI conducts Li+ via solid-state hopping (≈0.64 mS/cm, t+≈0.8), enabling liquid-level cell capacity and Li2O-rich SEI with extended.