Perspectives for restraining harsh lithium dendrite growth: Towards robust lithium metal anodes

A Review of Advanced Energy Materials for Magnesium–Sulfur Batteries

“…The advent of lithium–sulfur (Li–S) and lithium–oxygen (Li–O 2 ) batteries has offered prospects to significantly enhanced energy density in a cost‐effective manner . Nevertheless, the practical applications of such battery systems are strongly plagued by these grand challenges, including low active material loading, severe intermediate shuttle, sluggish end‐product kinetics, and dangerous lithium dendrite growth …”

A long-lifespan, flexible zinc-ion secondary battery using a paper-like cathode from single-atomic layer MnO2 nanosheets

“…7,8 Theoretically, the origin of dendrite growth can be ascribed to the metal-ion concentration gradient and tip effect during electroplating. [9][10][11][12] In general, the depletion of metal ions in the electrolyte caused by the concentration gradient breaks the electrical neutrality at the plated electrode surface, leading to a local space charge and ramied Zn electro stripping/plating on the screw dislocations of the Zn surface. 13 Extensive efforts have been devoted to solving the dendrite growth problem in ZIBs.…”

Ion association tailoring SEI composition for Li metal anode protection

“…However, the uncontrolled growth of Li dendrite plagues its practical application during repeated Li plating/stripping process and results in limited lifespan and relatively low coulombic efficiency [5 , 6] . Considerable effort s have been devoted to tackle these problems [7][8][9][10] , such as some valuable works by Zhang's group [11][12][13][14] . Among various methods, electrolyte additives are very promising to effectively inhibit dendrites by improving SEI composition of lithium metal surface [15 , 16] .…”