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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Electrochemistry
  • Battery Technology

Background:

  • Lithium metal (Li 0) anodes offer high energy density but suffer from extreme reactivity and interfacial instability.
  • Controlling the interface is crucial for stable lithium metal anode performance in batteries.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effect of sequential interfacial electrochemistry on regulating lithium metal reactivity.
  • To understand how ordered interfaces enhance lithium metal anode stability.

Main Methods:

  • Experimental observations combined with theoretical calculations.
  • Analysis of interfacial cation-anion interactions and solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) formation.
  • Investigating Li + transport and Li 0 deposition dynamics.

Main Results:

  • Crystalline oxides create ordered microenvironments at the Li 0-electrolyte interface.
  • This order reorganizes reactions into a coherent sequence: solvation regulation, Li 0 nucleation/growth, and SEI assembly.
  • Markedly enhanced stability of lithium metal electrodes was achieved.

Conclusions:

  • Sequential interfacial electrochemistry offers a dual-regulation principle for stabilizing reactive metal anodes.
  • This strategy provides energetic and spatial control through sequenced interfacial chemistry.
  • A universal approach for stabilizing diverse reactive metal anodes in battery chemistries is proposed.