Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Gas induced formation of inactive Li in rechargeable lithium metal batteries

  • Yuxuan Xiang,
  • Mingming Tao,
  • Xiaoxuan Chen,
  • Peizhao Shan,
  • Danhui Zhao,
  • Jue Wu,
  • Min Lin,
  • Xiangsi Liu,
  • Huajin He,
  • Weimin Zhao,
  • Yonggang Hu,
  • Junning Chen,
  • Yuexing Wang,
  • Yong Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35779-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The formation of electrochemically inactive, or “dead”, lithium limits the reversibility of lithium metal batteries. Here the authors elucidate the (electro)chemical roles of ethylene gas produced from electrolyte decomposition on the formation of inactive lithium.