High-Efficiency Lithium Metal Batteries with Fire-Retardant Electrolytes

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Mitigating Thermal Runaway of Lithium-Ion Batteries

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Benchmarking the performance of all-solid-state lithium batteries

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Monolithic solid–electrolyte interphases formed in fluorinated orthoformate-based electrolytes minimize Li depletion and pulverization

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Designing polymers for advanced battery chemistries

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High-energy lithium metal pouch cells with limited anode swelling and long stable cycles

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Lithium Metal Anodes with Nonaqueous Electrolytes

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Fluorinated Solid-Electrolyte Interphase in High-Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries

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A review on energy chemistry of fast-charging anodes

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Emerging Era of Electrolyte Solvation Structure and Interfacial Model in Batteries

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How lithium dendrites form in liquid batteries

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Liquid electrolyte: The nexus of practical lithium metal batteries

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Review—Localized High-Concentration Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries

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Uncharted Waters: Super-Concentrated Electrolytes

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Moving beyond 99.9% Coulombic efficiency for lithium anodes in liquid electrolytes

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Lithium metal anodes: Present and future

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From laboratory innovations to materials manufacturing for lithium-based batteries

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High-entropy electrolytes for practical lithium metal batteries

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Insights into the solvation chemistry in liquid electrolytes for lithium-based rechargeable batteries

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Interface chemistry of an amide electrolyte for highly reversible lithium metal batteries

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Localized high-concentration electrolytes get more localized through micelle-like structures

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Suspension electrolyte with modified Li+ solvation environment for lithium metal batteries

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Emerging electrolytes with fluorinated solvents for rechargeable lithium-based batteries

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Interface Engineering for Lithium Metal Anodes in Liquid Electrolyte

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Critical effects of electrolyte recipes for Li and Na metal batteries

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Opportunities and Challenges of High-Energy Lithium Metal Batteries for Electric Vehicle Applications

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A monofluoride ether-based electrolyte solution for fast-charging and low-temperature non-aqueous lithium metal batteries

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Electrochemical energy storage devices working in extreme conditions

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Li-Ion Battery Fire Hazards and Safety Strategies

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Role of inner solvation sheath within salt–solvent complexes in tailoring electrode/electrolyte interphases for lithium metal batteries

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Challenges and future perspectives on sodium and potassium ion batteries for grid-scale energy storage

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Designing safer lithium-based batteries with nonflammable electrolytes: A review

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Non‐Solvating and Low‐Dielectricity Cosolvent for Anion‐Derived Solid Electrolyte Interphases in Lithium Metal Batteries

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Effects of fluorinated solvents on electrolyte solvation structures and electrode/electrolyte interphases for lithium metal batteries

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Advanced Liquid Electrolytes for Rechargeable Li Metal Batteries

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High‐Energy Rechargeable Metallic Lithium Battery at −70 °C Enabled by a Cosolvent Electrolyte

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Nonflammable organic electrolytes for high-safety lithium-ion batteries

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Fast galvanic lithium corrosion involving a Kirkendall-type mechanism

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Constructing multifunctional solid electrolyte interface via in-situ polymerization for dendrite-free and low N/P ratio lithium metal batteries

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Solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) in potassium ion batteries

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A review on the failure and regulation of solid electrolyte interphase in lithium batteries

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An Intrinsically Non‐flammable Electrolyte for High‐Performance Potassium Batteries

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A Fireproof, Lightweight, Polymer–Polymer Solid-State Electrolyte for Safe Lithium Batteries

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A Review on Regulating Li+Solvation Structures in Carbonate Electrolytes for Lithium Metal Batteries

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Nonflammable Nitrile Deep Eutectic Electrolyte Enables High-Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries

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Non‐Flammable Liquid and Quasi‐Solid Electrolytes toward Highly‐Safe Alkali Metal‐Based Batteries

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Rational design on separators and liquid electrolytes for safer lithium-ion batteries

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Hybrid Electrolyte with Dual‐Anion‐Aggregated Solvation Sheath for Stabilizing High‐Voltage Lithium‐Metal Batteries

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Advanced Electrolytes for Fast‐Charging High‐Voltage Lithium‐Ion Batteries in Wide‐Temperature Range

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Beyond LiF: Tailoring Li 2 O-Dominated Solid Electrolyte Interphase for Stable Lithium Metal Batteries

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High‐Performance Silicon Anodes Enabled By Nonflammable Localized High‐Concentration Electrolytes

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Colossal Granular Lithium Deposits Enabled by the Grain‐Coarsening Effect for High‐Efficiency Lithium Metal Full Batteries

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High-Efficiency Lithium-Metal Anode Enabled by Liquefied Gas Electrolytes

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Methylation enables the use of fluorine-free ether electrolytes in high-voltage lithium metal batteries

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A reality check and tutorial on electrochemical characterization of battery cell materials: How to choose the appropriate cell setup

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Recent advances in understanding dendrite growth on alkali metal anodes

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Origin of dendrite-free lithium deposition in concentrated electrolytes

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Enabling High‐Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries by Manipulating Solvation Structure in Ester Electrolyte

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A Brief Review on Solid Electrolyte Interphase Composition Characterization Technology for Lithium Metal Batteries: Challenges and Perspectives

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Eco-friendly electrolytes via a robust bond design for high-energy Li metal batteries

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A stable quasi-solid electrolyte improves the safe operation of highly efficient lithium-metal pouch cells in harsh environments

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The Applications of Water‐in‐Salt Electrolytes in Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices

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Potentiometric Measurement to Probe Solvation Energy and Its Correlation to Lithium Battery Cyclability

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Improving Electrochemical Stability and Low‐Temperature Performance with Water/Acetonitrile Hybrid Electrolytes

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Liquefied gas electrolytes for wide-temperature lithium metal batteries

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A review of concepts and contributions in lithium metal anode development

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Stable Li Metal Anode with “Ion–Solvent-Coordinated” Nonflammable Electrolyte for Safe Li Metal Batteries

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Bridging the immiscibility of an all-fluoride fire extinguishant with highly-fluorinated electrolytes toward safe sodium metal batteries

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Current status and future perspectives of lithium metal batteries

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Advanced Nonflammable Organic Electrolyte Promises Safer Li‐Metal Batteries: From Solvation Structure Perspectives

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From Liquid to Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries: Fundamental Issues and Recent Developments

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Stable Dendrite-Free Sodium–Sulfur Batteries Enabled by a Localized High-Concentration Electrolyte

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Tailoring the Solvation Sheath of Cations by Constructing Electrode Front‐Faces for Rechargeable Batteries

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Preparation of high hydrophilic H2TiO3 ion sieve for lithium recovery from liquid lithium resources

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Advanced Electrolyte Design for High-Energy-Density Li Metal Batteries under Practical Conditions.

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Strong Chemical Interaction between Lithium Polysulfides and Flame‐Retardant Polyphosphazene for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries with Enhanced Safety and Electrochemical Performance

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Intrinsically Nonflammable Ionic Liquid‐Based Localized Highly Concentrated Electrolytes Enable High‐Performance Li‐Metal Batteries

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Li-Rich Li2[Ni0.8Co0.1Mn0.1]O2 for Anode-Free Lithium Metal Batteries.

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Non-flammable liquid electrolytes for safe batteries

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Prospect of Sulfurized Pyrolyzed Poly(acrylonitrile) (S@pPAN) Cathode Materials for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries

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Nonflammable Electrolytes for Lithium Ion Batteries Enabled by Ultraconformal Passivation Interphases

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Highly Concentrated Electrolyte towards Enhanced Energy Density and Cycling Life of Dual‐Ion Battery

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Practical High‐Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries Enabled by Tuning the Solvation Structure in Weakly Solvating Electrolyte

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Critical Review of Fluorinated Electrolytes for High‐Performance Lithium Metal Batteries

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Molecular anchoring of free solvents for high-voltage and high-safety lithium metal batteries

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An improved 9 micron thick separator for a 350 Wh/kg lithium metal rechargeable pouch cell

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Development of cathode-electrolyte-interphase for safer lithium batteries

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Thermally Stable and Nonflammable Electrolytes for Lithium Metal Batteries: Progress and Perspectives

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Fire-Retardant Phosphate-Based Electrolytes for High-Performance Lithium Metal Batteries

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A Fully Flame‐Retardant Electrolyte with Laminated SEI for Exceptionally Safe, Long‐Life, and High‐Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries

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Nonflammable, localized high-concentration electrolyte towards a high-safety lithium metal battery

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Highly safe and cyclable Li-metal batteries with vinylethylene carbonate electrolyte

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Flame‐Retarding Carbonate‐Based Electrolyte for High‐Nickel‐Based Lithium Metal Batteries

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