Standout Papers

Lithium metal anodes for rechargeable batteries 2010 2026 2015 2020 4.0k
  1. Lithium metal anodes for rechargeable batteries (2013)
    Wu Xu, Jiulin Wang et al. Energy & Environmental Science
  2. Pathways for practical high-energy long-cycling lithium metal batteries (2019)
    Jun Liu, Zhenan Bao et al. Nature Energy
  3. High rate and stable cycling of lithium metal anode (2015)
    Jiangfeng Qian, Wesley A. Henderson et al. Nature Communications
  4. Dendrite-Free Lithium Deposition via Self-Healing Electrostatic Shield Mechanism (2013)
    Fei Ding, Wu Xu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  5. In Situ Observation of the Electrochemical Lithiation of a Single SnO 2 Nanowire Electrode (2010)
    Jianyu Huang, Li Zhong et al. Science
  6. Advancing Lithium Metal Batteries (2018)
    Bin Liu, Ji‐Guang Zhang et al. Joule
  7. Electrolyte additive enabled fast charging and stable cycling lithium metal batteries (2017)
    Jianming Zheng, Mark Engelhard et al. Nature Energy
  8. Accurate Determination of Coulombic Efficiency for Lithium Metal Anodes and Lithium Metal Batteries (2017)
    Brian D. Adams, Jianming Zheng et al. Advanced Energy Materials
  9. High‐Voltage Lithium‐Metal Batteries Enabled by Localized High‐Concentration Electrolytes (2018)
    Shuru Chen, Jianming Zheng et al. Advanced Materials
  10. Stable cycling of high-voltage lithium metal batteries in ether electrolytes (2018)
    Shuhong Jiao, Xiaodi Ren et al. Nature Energy
  11. Ionic Liquids:  Ion Mobilities, Glass Temperatures, and Fragilities (2003)
    Wu Xu, Emanuel I. Cooper et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  12. Hierarchically Porous Graphene as a Lithium–Air Battery Electrode (2011)
    Jie Xiao, Donghai Mei et al. Nano Letters
  13. Enabling High-Voltage Lithium-Metal Batteries under Practical Conditions (2019)
    Xiaodi Ren, Lianfeng Zou et al. Joule
  14. Localized High-Concentration Sulfone Electrolytes for High-Efficiency Lithium-Metal Batteries (2018)
    Xiaodi Ren, Shuru Chen et al. Chem
  15. Ionic Liquids by Proton Transfer:  Vapor Pressure, Conductivity, and the Relevance of ΔpKa from Aqueous Solutions (2003)
    Masahiro Yoshizawa‐Fujita, Wu Xu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  16. Monolithic solid–electrolyte interphases formed in fluorinated orthoformate-based electrolytes minimize Li depletion and pulverization (2019)
    Xia Cao, Xiaodi Ren et al. Nature Energy
  17. Lewis Acid–Base Interactions between Polysulfides and Metal Organic Framework in Lithium Sulfur Batteries (2014)
    Jianming Zheng, Jian Tian et al. Nano Letters
  18. High-energy lithium metal pouch cells with limited anode swelling and long stable cycles (2019)
    Chaojiang Niu, Hongkyung Lee et al. Nature Energy
  19. Anode‐Free Rechargeable Lithium Metal Batteries (2016)
    Jiangfeng Qian, Brian D. Adams et al. Advanced Functional Materials
  20. Lithium Metal Anodes with Nonaqueous Electrolytes (2020)
    Ji‐Guang Zhang, Wu Xu et al. Chemical Reviews
  21. High-Efficiency Lithium Metal Batteries with Fire-Retardant Electrolytes (2018)
    Shuru Chen, Jianming Zheng et al. Joule
  22. Self-smoothing anode for achieving high-energy lithium metal batteries under realistic conditions (2019)
    Chaojiang Niu, Huilin Pan et al. Nature Nanotechnology
  23. Making Li‐Air Batteries Rechargeable: Material Challenges (2012)
    Yuyan Shao, Fei Ding et al. Advanced Functional Materials
  24. Recent Progress in Understanding Solid Electrolyte Interphase on Lithium Metal Anodes (2020)
    Haiping Wu, Hao Jia et al. Advanced Energy Materials
  25. Critical Parameters for Evaluating Coin Cells and Pouch Cells of Rechargeable Li-Metal Batteries (2019)
    Shuru Chen, Chaojiang Niu et al. Joule
  26. Review—Localized High-Concentration Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries (2020)
    Xia Cao, Hao Jia et al. Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  27. Balancing interfacial reactions to achieve long cycle life in high-energy lithium metal batteries (2021)
    Chaojiang Niu, Dianying Liu et al. Nature Energy
  28. High-Concentration Ether Electrolytes for Stable High-Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries (2019)
    Xiaodi Ren, Lianfeng Zou et al. ACS Energy Letters
  29. Real-time mass spectrometric characterization of the solid–electrolyte interphase of a lithium-ion battery (2020)
    Yufan Zhou, Mao Su et al. Nature Nanotechnology
  30. Effects of fluorinated solvents on electrolyte solvation structures and electrode/electrolyte interphases for lithium metal batteries (2021)
    Xia Cao, Peiyuan Gao et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  31. Localized high-concentration electrolytes get more localized through micelle-like structures (2023)
    Corey M. Efaw, Qisheng Wu et al. Nature Materials

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Wu Xu 46811 26267 5364 5868 343 50.9k
Doron Aurbach 36191 15902 5647 8683 303 39.6k
Doron Aurbach 40720 14855 7878 9589 454 44.0k
Jürgen Janek 41228 17756 12772 4692 621 46.6k
Petr Novák 29509 13595 4309 7470 338 32.2k
Lynden A. Archer 35059 12420 11726 8805 334 45.3k
Ji‐Guang Zhang 68927 34940 9150 12827 394 72.6k
M. Stanley Whittingham 29330 10639 8192 8091 357 35.4k
Xiao‐Qing Yang 33212 10832 7031 8889 308 36.5k
Chunsheng Wang 73508 23454 12355 18468 544 77.7k
Chongmin Wang 44062 14624 12807 13819 528 55.0k

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