10 Ionizing Papers (July 2019)

This is our roundup of interesting articles on Li-ion batteries published in July – a mix of educational, groundbreaking, helpful, thought-provoking, and topical. If you follow battery research, these are 10 papers you should be aware of:

SCIENCE

• Thick electrode batteries: Principles, opportunities, and challenge / Advanced Energy Materials
• Long cycle life and dendrite-free lithium morphology in anode-free lithium pouch cells enabled by a dual-salt liquid electrolyte / Nature Energy
• Ambient storage derived surface contamination of NCM811 and NCM111: Performance implications and mitigation strategies / Journal of The Electrochemical Society
• Stabilizing polymer electrolytes in high-voltage lithium batteries / Nature Communications
• Improving cyclability of Li metal batteries at elevated temperatures and its origin revealed by cryo-electron microscopy / Nature Energy

ENGINEERING

• A review on the key issues of the lithium-ion battery degradation along the whole life cycle / eTransportation
• The cell cooling coefficient: A standard to define heat rejection from lithium-ion batteries / Journal of The Electrochemical Society
• Data-driven health estimation and lifetime prediction of lithium-ion batteries: A review / Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

APPLICATIONS & POLICY

• Research gaps in environmental life cycle assessments of lithium-ion batteries for grid-scale stationary energy storage systems: End-of-life options and other issues / Sustainable Materials and Technologies
• Membrane-based technologies for lithium recovery from water lithium resources: A review / Journal of Membrane Science

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