Electrolyte design and interphases State-of-the-art electrolytes based on carbonate esters fail to meet most of the requirements for extreme lithium (Li)-ion batteries (LIBs) because their voltage window is limited to 4.3 V, they have a narrow operating temperature range of…
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Expanding Horizons in Battery Research: New Collaborations in Changsha
New electrolyte amps up power wherever the mercury drops—on Earth and in space
Electrolyte design for Li-ion batteries under extreme operating conditions, Nature.
Lithium halides are attractive as conversion cathodes for potentially high energy-density lithium batteries but have not been explored deeply in aprotic electrolytes. In this issue of Joule, Wang, and co-workers describe a set of design principles of the electrode and electrolyte…
A team of chemists at the University of Maryland has developed a next-generation aqueous electrolyte to reduce reliance on organic lithium-ion batteries. In their paper published in the journal Nature Energy, the group describes their approach to competing with commercial organic…
Batteries are crucial to move towards a more sustainable energy supply. This Focus highlights recent advances on battery technology research that has embedded sustainability principles in different components and at different life cycle stages.
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Highly concentrated electrolytes offer enhanced energy-density for aqueous batteries, but the high salt concentration presents formidable challenges for practical implementation. Now, an electrolyte has been designed that has a substantially reduced salt concentration while still enabling high-performance batteries. Driven by…
