Planar Li deposition and dissolution enable practical anode-free pouch cells.

Lei Liu, Yuxuan Xiang, Xingyu Lu, Jianhui Wang

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

Architecting Anode Current Collectors for Practical Anode-Free Alkali Metal Batteries.Nano-micro letters · 2026
Review
Intramolecular Polarization-Mediated Solvation and Interphase Engineering for Low-Temperature High-Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
Article
Ultrathin Li Metal Anodes: Quantitative Design Principles and Manufacturability Across Liquid and Solid-State Batteries.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Lei LiuZhejiang Key Laboratory of 3D Micro/Nano Fabrication and Characterization, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China.

Yuxuan XiangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5741-1546

Xingyu LuInstrumentation and Service Center for Molecular Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China.

Jianhui WangZhejiang Key Laboratory of 3D Micro/Nano Fabrication and Characterization, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China. wangjianhui@westlake.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4170-1132

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anode-free lithium metal batteries (AFLMBs), which are manufactured without anode active material, offer great potential for high-energy-density, low-cost energy storage. However, AFLMBs face a long-standing challenge of short lifespan because of the harsh conditions of lacking excess Li resource and an anode host

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PMID41845019

DOI10.1038/s41586-026-10402-0

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