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ArticleACS applied materials & interfaces2025

Enabling Anode-Less Lithium Batteries via Sacrificial Salts: An In-Depth Feasibility Analysis.

Begoña Acebedo, Rosalia Cid, Aitor Villaverde, Michel Armand, Idoia Ruiz De Larramendi, Elena Gonzalo, Shanmukaraj Devaraj

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Article in ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Begoña AcebedoCentre for Cooperative Research on Alternative Energies (CIC energiGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Alava Technology Park, Albert Einstein 48, 01510 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Rosalia CidCentre for Cooperative Research on Alternative Energies (CIC energiGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Alava Technology Park, Albert Einstein 48, 01510 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7440-2932
Aitor VillaverdeCentre for Cooperative Research on Alternative Energies (CIC energiGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Alava Technology Park, Albert Einstein 48, 01510 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Michel ArmandCentre for Cooperative Research on Alternative Energies (CIC energiGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Alava Technology Park, Albert Einstein 48, 01510 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1303-9233
Idoia Ruiz De LarramendiDepartment of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain.
Elena GonzaloCentre for Cooperative Research on Alternative Energies (CIC energiGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Alava Technology Park, Albert Einstein 48, 01510 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5646-0415
Shanmukaraj DevarajCentre for Cooperative Research on Alternative Energies (CIC energiGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Alava Technology Park, Albert Einstein 48, 01510 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8315-2699

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Abstract

Anode-less batteries have gained due attention, considering the easy industrial and safer processes involved. The initial absence of an anode ideally improves the gravimetric and volumetric capacity in a battery, and the assembly process is made easier with no handling of reactive metals. Sacrificial salts, on the other hand, have been shown to be feasible in general for batteries and supercapacitors as a solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) forming agent and supplying additional Li or Na to compensate for that spent in the building of SEI. Herein, for the first time, an in-depth analysis has been made on employing sacrificial salt as an effective component for anode-less systems. A clear understanding of the composition of the SEI, cathode electrolyte interphase (CEI), Li metal deposition, and homogeneity of the interphases has been studied to explore the numerous advantages that the sacrificial salts can offer.

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anode-less batteriescathode electrolyte interface (CEI)feasibility analysislithium batterieslithium metal batteriessacrificial saltsolid electrolyte interface (SEI)thin lithium deposit

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PMID40835374
PMCPMC12505256

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