The passivity of lithium electrodes in liquid electrolytes for secondary batteries

Xin He; Dominic Bresser; Stefano Passerini; Florian Baakes; Ulrike Krewer; Jeffrey Lopez; Christopher Thomas Mallia; Yang Shao-Horn; Isidora Cekic-Laskovic; Simon Wiemers-Meyer; Fernando A. Soto; Victor Ponce; Jorge M. Seminario; Perla B. Balbuena; Hao Jia; Wu Xu; Yaobin Xu; Chongmin Wang; Birger Horstmann; Rachid Amine; Chi Cheung Su; Jiayan Shi; Khalil Amine; Martin Winter; Arnulf Latz; Robert Kostecki

doi:10.1038/s41578-021-00345-5

The passivity of lithium electrodes in liquid electrolytes for secondary batteries

Xin He, Dominic Bresser, Stefano Passerini, Florian Baakes, Ulrike Krewer, Jeffrey Lopez, Christopher Thomas Mallia, Yang Shao-Horn, Isidora Cekic-Laskovic, Simon Wiemers-Meyer, Fernando A. Soto, Victor Ponce, Jorge M. Seminario, Perla B. Balbuena, Hao Jia, Wu Xu, Yaobin Xu, Chongmin Wang, Birger Horstmann, Rachid AmineChi Cheung Su, Jiayan Shi, Khalil Amine, Martin Winter, Arnulf Latz, Robert Kostecki

Penn State Greater Allegheny

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Abstract

Rechargeable Li metal batteries are currently limited by safety concerns, continuous electrolyte decomposition and rapid consumption of Li. These issues are mainly related to reactions occurring at the Li metal–liquid electrolyte interface. The formation of a passivation film (that is, a solid electrolyte interphase) determines ionic diffusion and the structural and morphological evolution of the Li metal electrode upon cycling. In this Review, we discuss spontaneous and operation-induced reactions at the Li metal–electrolyte interface from a corrosion science perspective. We highlight that the instantaneous formation of a thin protective film of corrosion products at the Li surface, which acts as a barrier to further chemical reactions with the electrolyte, precedes film reformation, which occurs during subsequent electrochemical stripping and plating of Li during battery operation. Finally, we discuss solutions to overcoming remaining challenges of Li metal batteries related to Li surface science, electrolyte chemistry, cell engineering and the intrinsic instability of the Li metal–electrolyte interface.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1036-1052
Number of pages	17
Journal	Nature Reviews Materials
Volume	6
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-021-00345-5
State	Published - Nov 2021

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Biomaterials
Energy (miscellaneous)
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Materials Chemistry

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He, X., Bresser, D., Passerini, S., Baakes, F., Krewer, U., Lopez, J., Mallia, C. T., Shao-Horn, Y., Cekic-Laskovic, I., Wiemers-Meyer, S., Soto, F. A., Ponce, V., Seminario, J. M., Balbuena, P. B., Jia, H., Xu, W., Xu, Y., Wang, C., Horstmann, B., ... Kostecki, R. (2021). The passivity of lithium electrodes in liquid electrolytes for secondary batteries. Nature Reviews Materials, 6(11), 1036-1052. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-021-00345-5

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