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Long-cycle stable operation of fluoride-ion batteries at room temperature enabled by an advanced interface engineering and ion diffusion kinetics regulation strategy

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Sustainable full-cell NCM||Graphite system with superior stability: The hybrid impact of sulfone-containing and flame-retardant additives on interface formation and cyclability

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Review—Understanding Thermal Runaway in Lithium-Ion Batteries: Trigger, Mechanism, and Early Warning Strategies

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Anions‐Trappable Hollow Mesoporous Nanoparticle Coating Enables High‐Performance and Safe Lithium Metal Batteries

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Adv Funct Materials, 2024, 34
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Toward a Safe and High Performance Quasi-Solid-State Structural Battery

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ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2024, 7, 9098
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Architecture-Tunable Bottlebrush Polymers as Artificial Solid Electrolyte Interphases for Lithium Metal Batteries

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Nano Lett., 2025, 25, 12300
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Electrolyte engineering strategies for aqueous Zn-S batteries

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Thermal runaway prevention through scalable fabrication of safety reinforced layer in practical Li-ion batteries

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WSe2 Nanoflakes on Graphite Sheets for Flexible Symmetric Supercapacitors

Akshay Tomar, Nitesh Choudhary, Gaurav Malik and Ramesh Chandra

ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2024, 7, 26111
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Upgrading Ester‐Based Electrolyte with LiNO3 and GPE to Realize Dendrite‐Free Lithium Deposition

Tian‐Qi Xiang, Zi‐Han Zhang, Hong Huo, Jian‐Jun Zhou and Lin Li

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Influence of Iron‐Based Metal–Organic Frameworks With Different Ligands on the Performance of Poly(Ethylene Oxide) Composite Solid Electrolyte

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Development of Fluorine‐Containing Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries

Muhammad Irfan, Saz Muhammad, Khizar Hayat Khan, Muddassir Zamurad and Hongcai Gao

Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2026, 10
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Flame-retardant polymer electrolytes enhancing the safety of lithium batteries

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Journal of Energy Storage, 2025, 108, 115080
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Advancements in Electrolytes: From Liquid to Solid for Low‐Cost and High‐Energy‐Density Micro‐Sized Silicon‐Based Batteries

Yihao Li, Zhiwei Ni, Juan Geng, Zhengran Wang, Yuan Li, Yinghui Zhao, Hui Shao, Yifan Li, Shenglin Xiong and Jinkui Feng

Advanced Energy Materials, 2025, 15
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Recycling of spent lithium iron phosphate batteries–a review of processes, economics, and carbon footprint

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Recent progress in zinc sulfur batteries: Mechanism, challenges, and perspectives

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Microstructural, mechanical properties and electrical conductivity of Ag7(Si1-xGex)S5I-based ceramics

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Localized high-concentration electrolytes for rechargeable batteries

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Energy Storage Materials, 2025, 80, 104378
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Accidents involving lithium-ion batteries in non-application stages: incident characteristics, environmental impacts, and response strategies

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BMC Chemistry, 2025, 19
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Challenges and Issues Facing Ultrafast-Charging Lithium-Ion Batteries

Amirreza Aghili Mehrizi, Firoozeh Yeganehdoust, Anil Kumar Madikere Raghunatha Reddy and Karim Zaghib

Batteries, 2025, 11, 209
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Advancing all-solid polymer electrolytes for lithium batteries: From molecular design to device integration

Muhammad Kashif Majeed, Rashid Iqbal, M. Zeeshan Ashfaq, Muhammad Akram, M. Umar Majeed and Adil Saleem

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Mechanisms of Li-Ion Transport in Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Framework-Polyethylene Glycol Composite Electrolytes

Yize Jiang, Hanyin Zhang and Haoyuan Li

Chem. Mater., 2025, 37, 4363
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Boron-Containing Ternary Electrolyte for Excellent Li-Ion Transference and Stabilization of LiNMC-Based Cells

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ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2025, 8, 3360
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Recycling of Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) Batteries from the End Product Quality Perspective

Deise F. Barbosa de Mattos, Simon Duda and Martina Petranikova

Batteries, 2025, 11, 33
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Interaction strength of phosphorus co-solvents in 1,3-dioxolane based electrolytes governs flame retardancy and cycling stability of lithium-metal batteries

Xuejia Li, Yuting Wang, Xinxiu Yan, Yuncong Liu, Weishang Jia, Lanxiang Feng, Xiaoping Zhang and Tao Chen

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Tunable Linear Weight Modulation via Ion Dynamics in Electrolyte‐Gated Synaptic Transistors: Molecular Dynamics and Experimental Insights into Ion Concentration Effects

Haeyeon Lee, Sobin Alosious, Minho Jin, Yeonseo Kim, Tengfei Luo and Youn Sang Kim

Adv Funct Materials, 2026, 36
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A self fire-extinguishing and high rate lithium-fluorinated carbon battery realized by ethoxy (pentafluoro) cyclotriphosphazene electrolyte additive design

Lutan Dong, Lequan Deng, Zhaofen Wang, Yaoyao Liu, Jun Zhan, Shuhua Wang, Zhiwen Fang, Feifei Guo, Chao Liu, Hong Liu and Hao Chen

Nano Energy, 2024, 131, 110309
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