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Rechargeable Lithium Metal Battery

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Li metal anode is now an extremely important anode material for next-generation batteries, such as Li-air, Li-sulfur and Li metal battery. Li metal is necessary to realize higher energy density of these batteries. However, the electrochemical performance of Li metal anode is very low, especially very low cycleability and safety. These problems are related to the lithium metal dendrite formation. In this section, the research history of Li metal anode is reviewed. The surface of Li metal is always covered by some surface layer, which strongly influences the electrochemical behavior of Li metal. The surface state analysis on Li metal has been carried out by using various surface analyses. Recently, the surface modification and creation of artificial layers on Li metal have been reported to improve the cycleability of Li metal anode with a suppression of Li metal dendrite formation. The solid electrolyte is also one possible material to avoid the dendrite formation. In order to realize Li metal anode with high cycleability and safety, various kinds of researches and concepts for the interface between Li metal anode electrolyte (separator).

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Kanamura, K., Nakabayashi, Y. (2021). Rechargeable Lithium Metal Battery. In: Kanamura, K. (eds) Next Generation Batteries. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6668-8_2

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