Recently, the research group of Professor Feng Pan, School of Advanced Materials, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University, cooperated with the team of Yunhui Huang, from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, published a review and outlook paper entitled Alkali Metal Anodes: From Lab to Market on Joule (Cell sub-journal) (Joule (2019) 3, 2334).
The industrialization of negative electrode of alkali metals is divided into three stages. The first stage is the basic research on the anode electrode of alkali metals. The second phase is the application of the anode electrode of alkali metals in specific battery systems, such as alkali metal-sulfur battery, alkali metal-oxygen battery and solid electrolyte. The third stage is how to realize industrialization, and the requirements of industrialization safety, cost and actual energy density are discussed.
On the basis of summarizing the research progress of alkali metal, this paper tries to explore the application of alkali metal anode electrode in specific battery system, and focuses on the internal relationship between basic research, application development and industrialization in this field, so as to provide references for the future development of alkali metal anode electrode.
Link to the paper:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S254243511930371X
