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<p>Achieving high specific energy in lithium metal batteries requires rational electrolyte design to promote effective interphase formation. State-of-the-art electrolyte design strategies fall short because they lack fundamental guidelines that connect solvent characteristics with electrolyte properties. Here we explain the influence of the medium environment on solvation states and anion reduction, and propose a mediator-enhanced electrolyte design strategy by quantitatively exploring various solvent classes using designed polarity indices. The solvent mediator approach generates, at the nanoscale, intermolecular electrostatic fields through separated solvent surface charges, enhancing interactions to better accommodate solvated lithium ions and decreasing the reduction energy barrier for anions. These tailored mediator-enhanced electrolyte solutions (MEEs) exhibit stable solvation states and adequate interphase formation, enabling robust interfacial chemistries and preventing side reactions. Using the MEE design in a 6-Ah Li ‖ LiNi<sub>0.8</sub>Co<sub>0.1</sub>Mn<sub>0.1</sub>O<sub>2</sub> pouch cell results in an initial specific energy of 508 Wh kg<sup>−1</sup> (based on the cell’s total mass) at 21 mA g<sup>−1</sup> (based on the cell’s cathode mass), with 93% energy retention after 149 cycles at 42 mA g<sup>−1</sup>. In a 16-Ah zero-lithium-excess Cu ‖ LiNi<sub>0.90</sub>Mn<sub>0.05</sub>Co<sub>0.05</sub>O<sub>2</sub> pouch cell, the MEE approach also enables an initial specific energy of about 550 Wh kg<sup>−1</sup> (based on the cell’s total mass) at 23 mA g<sup>−1</sup>.</p>

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Electrostatic regulation of solvation chemistry enables ampere-hour-scale high-energy lithium metal batteries

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    2026年7月7日

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  • Haikuo Zhang,
  • Long Chen,
  • Junyi Hua,
  • Ruhong Li,
  • Haotian Zhu,
  • Baochen Ma,
  • Shuoqing Zhang,
  • Runjie Zhou,
  • Yuntong Ma,
  • Shoulei Hu,
  • Wujun Zhang,
  • Tao Zhou,
  • Ling Lv,
  • Linzhe Wu,
  • Yuan Yu,
  • Lixin Chen,
  • Yong Li,
  • Rui Guo,
  • Feng Guo,
  • Chao Le,
  • Yanbin Shen,
  • Tao Deng,
  • Xiulin Fan

摘要

Achieving high specific energy in lithium metal batteries requires rational electrolyte design to promote effective interphase formation. State-of-the-art electrolyte design strategies fall short because they lack fundamental guidelines that connect solvent characteristics with electrolyte properties. Here we explain the influence of the medium environment on solvation states and anion reduction, and propose a mediator-enhanced electrolyte design strategy by quantitatively exploring various solvent classes using designed polarity indices. The solvent mediator approach generates, at the nanoscale, intermolecular electrostatic fields through separated solvent surface charges, enhancing interactions to better accommodate solvated lithium ions and decreasing the reduction energy barrier for anions. These tailored mediator-enhanced electrolyte solutions (MEEs) exhibit stable solvation states and adequate interphase formation, enabling robust interfacial chemistries and preventing side reactions. Using the MEE design in a 6-Ah Li ‖ LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2 pouch cell results in an initial specific energy of 508 Wh kg−1 (based on the cell’s total mass) at 21 mA g−1 (based on the cell’s cathode mass), with 93% energy retention after 149 cycles at 42 mA g−1. In a 16-Ah zero-lithium-excess Cu ‖ LiNi0.90Mn0.05Co0.05O2 pouch cell, the MEE approach also enables an initial specific energy of about 550 Wh kg−1 (based on the cell’s total mass) at 23 mA g−1.