Nature Communications (May 2021)

Probing the Na metal solid electrolyte interphase via cryo-transmission electron microscopy

  • Bing Han,
  • Yucheng Zou,
  • Zhen Zhang,
  • Xuming Yang,
  • Xiaobo Shi,
  • Hong Meng,
  • Hong Wang,
  • Kang Xu,
  • Yonghong Deng,
  • Meng Gu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23368-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) strongly affects the cycling behaviour of rechargeable alkali metal cells. Here, the authors investigate via cryo-electron microscopy the SEI formed on a Na metal electrode using fluoroethylene carbonate-containing electrolyte.