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Polymerization-induced fluoroacetonitrile-based heterogeneous lithium metal batteries

Zhixu Long,a   Wei Xue,a   Hongyang Shan,a   Ning Hud  and  Shufeng Song ORCID logo *abc  

* Corresponding authors

a College of Aerospace Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
E-mail: sfsong@cqu.edu.cn

b National Engineering Research Center for Magnesium Alloys, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P.R. China

c Chongqing Institute of New Energy Storage Materials and Equipment (Mingyue Lake Laboratory), Chongqing 401135, China

d State Key Laboratory of Reliability and Intelligence Electrical Equipment, National Engineering Research Center for Technological Innovation Method and Tool, and School of Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China

Abstract

We report a polymerization-induced heterogeneous configuration (PIHC) that spatially confines a crosslinked fluoroacetonitrile (FAN)-based electrolyte at the cathode and a conventional ether electrolyte at the anode, effectively suppressing detrimental shuttling. The electrolyte retains ultrahigh ionic conductivities of 29.6 mS cm−1 at 25 °C and 4.44 mS cm−1 at −70 °C.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC06278K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Nov 2025
Accepted
14 Jan 2026
First published
14 Jan 2026

Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article

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Polymerization-induced fluoroacetonitrile-based heterogeneous lithium metal batteries

Z. Long, W. Xue, H. Shan, N. Hu and S. Song, Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5CC06278K

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