Solid-State Electrolytes for Lithium Metal Cells: A Review of Interfacial Failure Modes

Authors

  • Miranda Bragadin Centre for Energy Storage, Carnia Laboratory for Applied Photonics, Tolmezzo, Italy Author
  • Bartholomaus Moosmann Department of Materials Science, Wechselland Centre for Emerging Materials, Friedberg, Austria Author
  • Georgina Georgiou-Anas Department of Electronic Engineering, Tylliria Institute of Advanced Technology, Kato Pyrgos, Cyprus Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22672752

Keywords:

Solid-State Electrolytes for Lithium Metal Cells; Next-generation R&D; Evidence synthesis; Reproducibility; Research methodology

Abstract

There is real interest in solid-state electrolytes for lithium metal cells right now, and real uncertainty about exactly where it
delivers the most value. We pull together the current evidence for solid-state electrolytes for lithium metal cells, covering the
methodological, practical, regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where engineers
and reviewers are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption looks better supported by the
evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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