Metal

Battery (electricity)

Quantum mechanics

Engineering

Lithium (medication)

Biology

Metallurgy

Materials science

Cathode

Endocrinology

Interphase

Power (physics)

Chemical engineering

Lithium metal

Physical chemistry

Genetics

Thermodynamics

Physics

Specific energy

Energy density

Medicine

Chemistry

Electrode

Anode

Electrolyte

Engineering physics

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

High-energy-density Li metal batteries suffer from a short lifespan under practical conditions, such as limited lithium, high loading cathode, and lean electrolytes, owing to the absence of appropriate solid electrolyte interphase (SEI). Herein, a sustainable SEI was designed rationally by combining fluorinated co-solvents with sustained-release additives for practical challenges. The intrinsic uniformity of SEI and the constant supplements of building blocks of SEI jointly afford to sustainable SEI. Specific spatial distributions and abundant heterogeneous grain boundaries of LiF, LiNx Oy , and Li2 O effectively regulate uniformity of Li deposition. In a Li metal battery with an ultrathin Li anode (33 μm), a high-loading LiNi0.5 Co0.2 Mn0.3 O2 cathode (4.4 mAh cm-2 ), and lean electrolytes (6.1 g Ah-1 ), 83 % of initial capacity retains after 150 cycles. A pouch cell (3.5 Ah) demonstrated a specific energy of 340 Wh kg-1 for 60 cycles with lean electrolytes (2.3 g Ah-1 ).

A Sustainable Solid Electrolyte Interphase for High‐Energy‐Density Lithium Metal Batteries Under Practical Conditions