Phosphorus flame retardant in situ fixed on a gel polymer electrolyte for lithium metal batteries with enhanced safety and superior electrochemical performance

Hao Yu, Su Wang, Yan Zhang, Yanrui Pan, Zhaokun Wang, Chen Li, Yue Ma, Dawei Song, Hongzhou Zhang, Xixi Shi, Chunliang Li and Lianqi Zhang

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12, 29129
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA04766D

Lean-solvent solid electrolytes for safer and more durable lithium batteries: a crucial review

Chenyu Xiong, Yuefeng Meng, Yao Wang, Bingyue Ling, Mengyu Ma, Hao Yan, Feiyu Kang, Dong Zhou and Baohua Li

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18, 1612
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05293E

Phonon Engineering in Solid Polymer Electrolyte toward High Safety for Solid‐State Lithium Batteries

Xuemin Shi, Zhuangzhuang Jia, Donghai Wang, Bowen Jiang, Yaqi Liao, Guohua Zhang, Qingsong Wang, Danqi He and Yunhui Huang

Advanced Materials, 2024, 36
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202405097

Robust thin gel polymer electrolyte membrane reinforced by the electrospun polyimide nanofibers for high-voltage lithium-ion batteries

Jingzhi Rong, Jingyao Liang, Fubin Yang, Liaofeng Chen, Zhaohui Li, Gangtie Lei, Kailing Sun, Tongye Wei, Shuhong Xie and Yanhuai Ding

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2025, 1036, 182121
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.182121

Construction of solid-state lithium batteries with high energy density and high safety by in-situ polymerization

Zhenxiang Zhu, Mingzhe Xue, Xianbin Wu, Jieyun Zheng, Qiyu Wang, Cunman Zhang and Zhen Geng

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 514, 163402
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.163402

Deciphering thermal failure mechanism of Sodium-Ion battery with O3-phase layered cathode

Shini Lin, Wei Li, Yuan Qin, Honghao Xie, Xue Li, Jing Zeng, Peng Zhang and Jinbao Zhao

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 506, 160202
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.160202

Industrialization progress of polymer-based solid-state lithium-ion batteries

Yi Ren, Zhiyong Li, Jialong Fu, Shuai Liu and Xin Guo

Chin. Sci. Bull., 2026, 71, 2204
DOI: 10.1360/CSB-2025-0251

Constructing efficient PVDF-HFP-based intercalated composite solid electrolytes via competitive solvation structures for rechargeable lithium metal batteries

Yutong Jing, Shen Liu, Cheng Li, Qiang Lv, Daming Liu, Manxing Huo, Bochen Wu, Siyuan Liu, Yuhang Zhang, Mingyu Yin, Zhipeng He, Dianlong Wang, Huakun Liu, Shixue Dou and Bo Wang

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 511, 162149
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.162149

Mechanistic Understanding of Thermal Stability and Safety in Lithium Metal Batteries

Kausthubharam, Bairav S. Vishnugopi, Anuththara S. J. Alujjage, Vinay Premnath, Wan Si Tang, Judith A. Jeevarajan and Partha P. Mukherjee

Chem. Rev., 2026, 126, 404
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5c00621

Insights on the degradation mechanism of 7 Ah sodium ion batteries at different aging modes

Wei Li, Honghao Xie, Shini Lin, Yuan Qin, Jing Zeng, Peng Zhang and Jinbao Zhao

Journal of Power Sources, 2025, 639, 236635
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2025.236635

The Role of the Molecular Encapsulation Effect in Stabilizing Hydrogen‐Bond‐Rich Gel‐State Lithium Metal Batteries

Hantao Xu, Wei Deng, Lei Shi, Juncai Long, Yongcai Zhang, Lin Xu and Liqiang Mai

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2024, 63
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202400032

Roadmap for rechargeable batteries: present and beyond

Sen Xin, Xu Zhang, Lin Wang, Haijun Yu, Xin Chang, Yu-Ming Zhao, Qinghai Meng, Pan Xu, Chen-Zi Zhao, Jiahang Chen, Huichao Lu, Xirui Kong, Jiulin Wang, Kai Chen, Gang Huang, Xinbo Zhang, Yu Su, Yao Xiao, Shu-Lei Chou, Shilin Zhang, Zaiping Guo, Aobing Du, Guanglei Cui, Gaojing Yang, Qing Zhao, Liubing Dong, Dong Zhou, Feiyu Kang, Hu Hong, Chunyi Zhi, Zhizhang Yuan, Xianfeng Li, Yifei Mo, Yizhou Zhu, Dongfang Yu, Xincheng Lei, Jianxiong Zhao, Jiayi Wang, Dong Su, Yu-Guo Guo, Qiang Zhang, Jun Chen and Li-Jun Wan

Sci. China Chem., 2024, 67, 13
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-023-1908-9

PEO‐Based Solid‐State Polymer Electrolytes for Wide‐Temperature Solid‐State Lithium Metal Batteries

Yunxuan Song, Meng Su, Hengying Xiang, Junbao Kang, Wen Yu, Zhaozhao Peng, Hang Wang, Bowen Cheng, Nanping Deng and Weimin Kang

Small, 2025, 21
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202408045

Intrinsic-safe polymer electrolyte enabling fast kinetics by accelerated dissociation and transport of Li-ion

Shenghao Zhang, Yun Chen, Lingjie Huang, Mengyu Liu, Qingliang Lv, Zexing Wu, Jianping Lai, Yuanxiang Gu, Lei Wang and Caixia Li

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 522, 167194
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.167194

A biodegradable cellulose-based ionic conductor for sustainable and high-safety quasi-solid-state sodium batteries

Yuejing Zeng, Rong Tang, Minghui Chen, Yaqi Zhang, Wei Li, Huiya Yang, Ruilai Ye, Xue Li, Yang Yang and Jinbao Zhao

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 523, 168883
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.168883

Quasi-solid polymer electrolytes with binary and ternary salt mixtures for high-voltage lithium metal batteries

Nicola Boaretto, Oihane Garcia-Calvo, Mónica Cobos, Asier Fernandez de Añastro, Marta Diez Viera, Mustafa Al Sammarraie Shakir, Simon Lindberg, Rosalia Cid Barreno, Gérôme Godillot, Leif Olav Jøsang, Andriy Kvasha and María Martínez-Ibañez

Energy Mater., 2025, 5
DOI: 10.20517/energymater.2024.203

In Situ Polymerized Quasi-Solid Electrolytes Compounded with Ionic Liquid Empowering Long-Life Cycling of 4.45 V Lithium–Metal Battery

Shuo Ma, Donghui Zhang, Zhongli Tang, Wenbin Li, Yanan Zhang, Yating Zhang, Kemeng Ji and Mingming Chen

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c00866

Liquid metal-driven interfacial electrochemistry: Phase evolution mechanisms for enhanced Li/LLZTO contact at room temperature

Weijie Ji, Bi Luo, Zixun Zhang, Yi Tian, Qi Wang, Guihui Yu, Xinyuan He, Zhongyu Liu, Zaowen Zhao, Ruirui Zhao, Shubin Wang, Junchao Zheng, Xiaowei Wang, Bao Zhang, Jiafeng Zhang, Ji Liang and Rongchao Jin

Energy Storage Materials, 2025, 81, 104488
DOI: 10.1016/j.ensm.2025.104488

In Situ Polymerization Facilitating Practical High‐Safety Quasi‐Solid‐State Batteries

Xinyu Rui, Rui Hua, Dongsheng Ren, Feng Qiu, Yu Wu, Yue Qiu, Yuqiong Mao, Yi Guo, Gaolong Zhu, Xiang Liu, Yike Gao, Chang Zhao, Xuning Feng, Languang Lu and Minggao Ouyang

Advanced Materials, 2024, 36
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202402401

Dual-gate design enables intrinsic safety of high-energy batteries

Anyu Su, Xuning Feng, Xuefa Li, Jing Feng, Junxian Hou, Siqi Zheng, Jinhui Gao, Songtong Zhang, Hai Ming, Xiangming He, Li Wang and Minggao Ouyang

Energy Storage Materials, 2024, 70, 103426
DOI: 10.1016/j.ensm.2024.103426

Effects of Li1.3Al0.3Ti1.7(PO4)3 solid-state electrolytes on the safety of hybrid solid–liquid batteries

Yuqiong Mao, Dongsheng Ren, Li Deqing, Xinyu Rui, Saiyue Liu, Yi Guo, Qiao Hu, Guangkuo Gao, Chen Cao, Yue Qiu, Chang Zhao, Gaolong Zhu, Guohua Ma, Xuyi Shan, Xuning Feng, Chenxi Li, Wei Peng, Xiang Liu, Languang Lu and Minggao Ouyang

Materials Today Energy, 2024, 46, 101699
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtener.2024.101699

Designing Ionic Liquid Gel to Realize Integrated Modification Constructed High Voltage (4.5 V) and High Temperature (≥100 °C) Resistant Solid‐State Lithium Metal Battery

Xia Ma, Xieyu Xu, Jie Zhao, Jiayi Zheng, Yixiong Peng, Mingwang Fang, Yufang Chen, Weiwei Sun, Shuangke Liu, ShiZhao Xiong, Yu Han, Chunman Zheng, Maoyi Yi and Qingpeng Guo

Adv Funct Materials, 2026, 36
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202517155

Revealing the quasi-solid-state electrolyte role on the thermal runaway behavior of lithium metal battery

Shiyao Chen, Qingkui Peng, Zesen Wei, Yuxuan Li, Yongbing Yue, Yue Zhang, Wei Zeng, Kaiqiang Jin, Lihua Jiang and Qingsong Wang

Energy Storage Materials, 2024, 70, 103481
DOI: 10.1016/j.ensm.2024.103481

Recent progress on metal-organic framework-based separators for quasi-solid-state lithium metal batteries

Minh Hai Nguyen, Caofeng Niu, Nhat Minh Ngo, Jingwei Chen and Sangbaek Park

Energy Mater., 2025, 5
DOI: 10.20517/energymater.2024.269

Flame-retardant polymer electrolytes enhancing the safety of lithium batteries

Xiaotao Zhu, Zeru Wang, Zeming Fang, Zhuang Xu, Bingqi Luo, Huixian Yang, Ke Wang and Bing Guo

Journal of Energy Storage, 2025, 108, 115080
DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2024.115080

Safety Assessment of Large‐Format Quasi‐Solid‐State Lithium‐Ion Batteries

Yongchao Yu, Xianchen Liu, Zhongyin Tian, Kai Zhang, Lvye Dou, Xunli Zhou, Zhenyu Hu, Sirui Wang, Yiwen Zhao, Peng Liu, Xiao‐Guang Yang and Lei Li

Advanced Energy Materials, 2026, 16
DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202504346

A Thermally Conductive Separator for Safe Lithium Metal Batteries

Tao Wang, Zezhong Shi, Bo Xu, Yechao Qin, Feng Jiang, Huchong Yao, Xiaosong Xiong, Zhenhua Gao, Qiqi Jiang, Bangyue Mou, Yuan Ma, Xin-Bing Cheng and Yuping Wu

ACS Energy Lett., 2026
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.6c00276

Alternating copolymer-based flame-retardant gel polymer electrolyte for high-safety lithium metal batteries

Chao Fu, Huafeng Cao, Hankun Zhang, Yueping Wang, Zhenhuan Zhang, Jianxiu Wang, Gui-Chao Kuang, Benhua Wang, Xiangzhi Song and Libao Chen

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 525, 170614
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.170614

Operando XPS-guided interphase engineering of in-situ formed LiF-rich interphase to enable stable cycling of solid-state lithium batteries beyond 2500 hours

Aosong Gao, Hao Lai, Diancheng Chen, Wenshu Huang, Xiaoning Cheng, Si Chen, Wenyu Huang, Maoxia Yang, Jinjin Wang, Dianzheng Zhang, Jian Chen, Yang Sun, Xia Lu, Muzi Yang, Fangyan Xie and Hui Meng

Energy Storage Materials, 2026, 88, 105066
DOI: 10.1016/j.ensm.2026.105066

Experimental study on the effect of heating position on thermal runaway behavior of semi-solid Li-ion batteries

Ping Ping, Chentong Li, Yue Zhang, Ping Zhuo, Liang Tang and Depeng Kong

Journal of Energy Storage, 2025, 105, 114701
DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2024.114701

The Role of the Molecular Encapsulation Effect in Stabilizing Hydrogen‐Bond‐Rich Gel‐State Lithium Metal Batteries

Hantao Xu, Wei Deng, Lei Shi, Juncai Long, Yongcai Zhang, Lin Xu and Liqiang Mai

Angewandte Chemie, 2024, 136
DOI: 10.1002/ange.202400032

A universal design of quasi-solid-state battery with asymmetric composite electrolyte

Guangyuan Du, Diancheng Chen, Dilxat Muhtar, Hao Lai, Jiaqi Cao, Fangyan Xie, Yang Sun and Xia Lu

Energy Storage Materials, 2026, 84, 104776
DOI: 10.1016/j.ensm.2025.104776