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LiPF6-Based Locally High-Concentration Electrolyte Extends the Calendar Life of Lithium-Ion Batteries

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Iodine-induced self-depassivation strategy to improve reversible kinetics in Na-Cl2 battery

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Strong Solvent and Dual Lithium Salts Enable Fast-Charging Lithium-Ion Batteries Operating from −78 to 60 °C

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1,3,5-Trifluorobenzene endorsed EC-free electrolyte for high-voltage and wide-temperature lithium-ion batteries

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Fast‐charging of lithium‐ion batteries: A review of electrolyte design aspects

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In Situ-Initiated Poly-1,3-dioxolane Gel Electrolyte for High-Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries

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Chelating Solvent Mediated Solvation Structure Enables High‐Rate Operation of Ah‐Level Li‐Ion Batteries in Nonflammable Phosphate Electrolyte

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Low‐Concentration Electrolyte Engineering for Rechargeable Batteries

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Enhancing Cycling Stability of Lithium Metal Batteries with Nonflammable Electrolytes Using 4-Chloroanisole as a Cosolvent

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Taming the Ion‐Dipole Interaction via Rational Diluent Selection for Low‐Temperature Li‐Metal Batteries

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Solvent Co-Intercalation Reactions for Batteries and Beyond

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A Dipole‐Engineered Electrolyte Paradigm to Overcome Desolvation Barriers for Exceptional Ultralow‐Temperature Energy Storage

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Insights into the fundamental interactions within Li-ion battery electrolyte components and the solvation structure-property relationships

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Exploring Intercalation Chemistry of Graphite Negative Electrode in Lithium-Ion Batteries under Various Electrolytes: A Comprehensive Experiment for Undergraduates Based on X-ray Diffraction Characterization

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Microemulsion Engineering Reconciles Propylene Carbonate Electrolytes and Graphite Anodes for All‐Climate Lithium‐Ion Batteries

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Advancing lithium metal electrode beyond 99.9% coulombic efficiency via super-saturated electrolyte with compressed solvation structure

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Bifunctional Li2Se Mediator to Accelerate Sulfur Conversion and Lithium Deposition Kinetics in Lithium–Sulfurized Polyacrylonitrile Batteries

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Designing Weakly Solvating Electrolytes for Low‐Temperature Lithium Batteries

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Loosely coordinating diluted highly concentrated electrolyte toward −60 °C Li metal batteries

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Hierarchical spherical Mo2C/N-doped graphene catalyst facilitates low-voltage Li2C2O4 prelithiation

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Anion-diluent synergistic strategy for improved interfacial stability in lithium metal batteries

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Synergistically competitive coordination for tailoring sodium cointercalation potential of graphite

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Critical Role of Sulfur-Containing Constituents in Electrolytes for Advanced Rechargeable Batteries with a Focus on Lithium-Ion Batteries

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Low‐Concentration Flame‐Retardant PC‐Based Electrolytes for Wide‐Temperature and High‐Voltage Lithium‐Ion Batteries

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12‐Ah‐Level Li‐Ion Pouch Cells Enabling Fast Charging at Temperatures between −20 and 50 °C

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“In-N-out” design enabling high-content triethyl phosphate-based non-flammable and high-conductivity electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries

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A review on localized high concentration electrolytes for advanced Li metal batteries

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Non-coordinating charge transfer enables ultrafast desolvation of hydrated zinc ions in the outer Helmholtz layer for stable aqueous Zn metal batteries

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Gallium‐Based Liquid Metals in Rechargeable Batteries: From Properties to Applications

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