# Next-Generation Batteries

Domain: Fusion, Energy & Climate · 248 papers indexed · newest 2026-10-28

Solid-state electrolytes, lithium-metal and silicon anodes, sodium-ion chemistries and machine-learning degradation prediction.

Key concepts: solid-state battery, solid electrolyte, lithium metal anode, sodium-ion, battery degradation, cathode

## Most influential

- **[A lithium superionic conductor](https://space-kitty.com/papers/doi:10.1038/nmat3066)**. Noriaki Kamaya, Kenji Homma, Yuichiro Yamakawa et al. · 2011 · Nature Materials (doi:10.1038/nmat3066 · 4,996 citations). Source: <https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3066>
- **[Lithium battery chemistries enabled by solid-state electrolytes](https://space-kitty.com/papers/doi:10.1038/natrevmats.2016.103)**. Arumugam Manthiram, Xingwen Yu, Shaofei Wang · 2017 · Nature Reviews Materials (doi:10.1038/natrevmats.2016.103 · 4,702 citations). Source: <https://doi.org/10.1038/natrevmats.2016.103>
- **[High-power all-solid-state batteries using sulfide superionic conductors](https://space-kitty.com/papers/doi:10.1038/nenergy.2016.30)**. Yuki Kato, Satoshi Hori, Toshiya Saito et al. · 2016 · Nature Energy (doi:10.1038/nenergy.2016.30 · 3,526 citations). Source: <https://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2016.30>
- **[Fundamentals of inorganic solid-state electrolytes for batteries](https://space-kitty.com/papers/doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0431-3)**. Theodosios Famprikis, Pieremanuele Canepa, James Alexander Dawson et al. · 2019 · Nature Materials (doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0431-3 · 2,541 citations). Source: <https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-019-0431-3>
- **[Designing solid-state electrolytes for safe, energy-dense batteries](https://space-kitty.com/papers/doi:10.1038/s41578-019-0165-5)**. Qing Xiang Zhao, Sanjuna Stalin, Chen‐Zi Zhao et al. · 2020 · Nature Reviews Materials (doi:10.1038/s41578-019-0165-5 · 2,383 citations). Source: <https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-019-0165-5>
- **[Inorganic Solid-State Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries: Mechanisms and Properties Governing Ion Conduction](https://space-kitty.com/papers/doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00563)**. John Christopher Bachman, Sokseiha Muy, Alexis Grimaud et al. · 2015 · Chemical Reviews (doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00563 · 2,545 citations). Source: <https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00563>
- **[A pomegranate-inspired nanoscale design for large-volume-change lithium battery anodes](https://space-kitty.com/papers/doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.6)**. Nian Liu, Zhenda Lu, Jie Zhao et al. · 2014 · Nature Nanotechnology (doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.6 · 2,498 citations). Source: <https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2014.6>
- **[Challenges in speeding up solid-state battery development](https://space-kitty.com/papers/doi:10.1038/s41560-023-01208-9)**. Jürgen Janek, Wolfgang G. Zeier · 2023 · Nature Energy (doi:10.1038/s41560-023-01208-9 · 1,678 citations). Source: <https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-023-01208-9>
- **[The state of understanding of the lithium-ion-battery graphite solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) and its relationship to formation cycling](https://space-kitty.com/papers/doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2016.04.008)**. Seong Jin An, Jianlin Li, Claus Daniel et al. · 2016 · Carbon (doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2016.04.008 · 2,119 citations). Source: <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2016.04.008>
  > An in-depth historical and current review is presented on the science of lithium-ion battery (LIB) solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) formation on the graphite anode, including structure, morphology, composition, electrochemistry, and formation mechanism. During initial LIB operation, the SEI layer forms on the graphite surfaces, the most common anode material. The SEI is essential to the long-term performance of LIBs, and it also has an impact on its initial capacity loss, self-discharge characteristics, rate capability, and safety. While the presence of the anode SEI is vital, it is difficul…
  > _Abstract excerpt by Seong Jin An et al., CC-BY, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2016.04.008; truncated._
- **[Negating interfacial impedance in garnet-based solid-state Li metal batteries](https://space-kitty.com/papers/doi:10.1038/nmat4821)**. Xiaogang Han, Yunhui Gong, Kun Kelvin Fu et al. · 2016 · Nature Materials (doi:10.1038/nmat4821 · 2,031 citations). Source: <https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4821>
- **[High-energy long-cycling all-solid-state lithium metal batteries enabled by silver–carbon composite anodes](https://space-kitty.com/papers/doi:10.1038/s41560-020-0575-z)**. Yong-Gun Lee, Satoshi Fujiki, Changhoon Jung et al. · 2020 · Nature Energy (doi:10.1038/s41560-020-0575-z · 1,711 citations). Source: <https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-020-0575-z>
- **[Origin of Outstanding Stability in the Lithium Solid Electrolyte Materials: Insights from Thermodynamic Analyses Based on First-Principles Calculations](https://space-kitty.com/papers/doi:10.1021/acsami.5b07517)**. Yizhou Zhu, Xingfeng He, Yifei Mo · 2015 · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (doi:10.1021/acsami.5b07517 · 1,945 citations). Source: <https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b07517>
- **[Aqueous rechargeable zinc/sodium vanadate batteries with enhanced performance from simultaneous insertion of dual carriers](https://space-kitty.com/papers/doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04060-8)**. Fang Wan, Linlin Zhang, Xi Dai et al. · 2018 · Nature Communications (doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04060-8 · 1,762 citations). Source: <https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04060-8>
  > Abstract Rechargeable aqueous zinc-ion batteries are promising energy storage devices due to their high safety and low cost. However, they remain in their infancy because of the limited choice of positive electrodes with high capacity and satisfactory cycling performance. Furthermore, their energy storage mechanisms are not well established yet. Here we report a highly reversible zinc/sodium vanadate system, where sodium vanadate hydrate nanobelts serve as positive electrode and zinc sulfate aqueous solution with sodium sulfate additive is used as electrolyte. Different from conventional energ…
  > _Abstract excerpt by Fang Wan et al., CC-BY, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04060-8; truncated._
- **[High electronic conductivity as the origin of lithium dendrite formation within solid electrolytes](https://space-kitty.com/papers/doi:10.1038/s41560-018-0312-z)**. Fudong Han, Andrew S. Westover, Jie Yue et al. · 2019 · Nature Energy (doi:10.1038/s41560-018-0312-z · 1,699 citations). Source: <https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0312-z>
- **[Approaching Practically Accessible Solid-State Batteries: Stability Issues Related to Solid Electrolytes and Interfaces](https://space-kitty.com/papers/doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00268)**. Rusong Chen, Qinghao Li, Xiqian Yu et al. · 2019 · Chemical Reviews (doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00268 · 1,683 citations). Source: <https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00268>

## Newest

- **[First-Principles Identification of Higher-Order Configurational Energy Terms and Their Magnetic-State Dependence in Lithium-Rich Oxyfluorides: From QUBO to HUBO](https://space-kitty.com/papers/arxiv:2610.38321)**. Joonho Bae · 2026 (arXiv:2610.38321). Source: <https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.38321>
- **[Where Does the Anion-Redox Hole Go? Reliability of Open-Shell Projection-Based Embedding for Li-Rich Cathodes, from DFT Environments to Quantum Solvers](https://space-kitty.com/papers/arxiv:2610.36659)**. Pritam Das, Satadeep Bhattacharjee, Pil-Ryung Cha · 2026 (arXiv:2610.36659). Source: <https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.36659>
- **[HorizON: A Multi-Horizon Deep Operator Network for Property Prediction of Organic Battery Stacks](https://space-kitty.com/papers/arxiv:2610.36860)**. Subhash V. S. Ganti, Lukas Woelfel, Arla Diengdoh et al. · 2026 (arXiv:2610.36860). Source: <https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.36860>
- **[Prussian blue and Prussian white thin-film electrodes: Single-step electrodeposition for anode and cathode applications](https://space-kitty.com/papers/arxiv:2610.37023)**. Michael Pohlitz, Mohammed Fayis Kalady, Larissa de O. Garcia et al. · 2026 (arXiv:2610.37023). Source: <https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.37023>
- **[MatOS: An Agent Operating System for Materials Research](https://space-kitty.com/papers/arxiv:2610.34203)**. Dingyang Lyu, Jing Gao, Zhonghao Chang et al. · 2026 (arXiv:2610.34203). Source: <https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.34203>
- **[Computational screening of amorphous lithium trivalent-metal chloride solid-state electrolytes](https://space-kitty.com/papers/arxiv:2610.34505)**. Xiaolin Liu, Shuang, Xia et al. · 2026 (arXiv:2610.34505). Source: <https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.34505>
- **[Charge state and hydration of vacancies in silicon and silicon carbide in contact with water: A grand-canonical first-principles stability map](https://space-kitty.com/papers/arxiv:2610.33469)**. Abhirup Patra · 2026 (arXiv:2610.33469). Source: <https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.33469>
- **[Combining Simulations and Spectroscopy to Design Protective Coatings on Sulfide Solid Electrolytes](https://space-kitty.com/papers/arxiv:2610.32905)**. Zhiyi Wang, Leonie Braks, Michele Ceriotti et al. · 2026 (arXiv:2610.32905). Source: <https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.32905>
- **[Vacancy-enhanced Li solid-solution anodes for solid-state batteries: computational screening enabling high critical current density](https://space-kitty.com/papers/arxiv:2610.32938)**. Arseniy S. Burov, Nadezhda A. Ashikhmina, Nurlan Zhanabayev et al. · 2026 (arXiv:2610.32938). Source: <https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.32938>
- **[Decoding Composition-Structure-Performance Relations in Sodium Layered Oxide Positive Electrode Materials](https://space-kitty.com/papers/arxiv:2610.30591)**. Yunyeong Choi, Hasindhi H. Lokuge, Joshua D. Bocarsly et al. · 2026 (arXiv:2610.30591). Source: <https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.30591>
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