Lithium metal batteries potentially offer high energy densities but suffer from critical problems such as uncontrolled lithium deposition, particularly under fast charging. Now, an efficient strategy is reported to enable highly reversible deposition through the growth of faceted single-crystalline lithium on a lithiophobic substrate.
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Li, Z., Qin, N. & Lu, Z. Making the deposition surface lithiophobic. Nat Energy 8, 321–322 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-023-01206-x
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