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In response to the growing energy demand, over the past decades, lithium takes the hold of world's attention because it possesses huge energy density due to light weight, low electrode potential (−3.04 V vs standard hydrogen electrode), and large theoretical-specific capacity (3860 mAh g −1 ). [1][2][3][4] Stuck with the stagnation of traditional lithium-ion batteries, the future Uncontrollable growth of Li dendrites and low utilization of active Li severely hinder its practical application. Construction of an artificial solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) onLi is demonstrated as one of the most effective ways to circumvent the above problems. Herein, a novel spray quenching method is developed in situ to fabricate an organic-inorganic composite SEI on Li metal. By spray quenching molten Li in a modified ether-based solution, a homogeneous and dense SEI consisting of organic matrix embedded with inorganic LiF and Li 3 N nanocrystallines (denoted as OIFN) is constructed on Li metal.Arising from high ionic conductivity and strong mechanical stability, the OIFN can not only effectively minimize the corrosion reaction of Li, but also greatly suppresses the dendrite growth. Accordingly, the OIFN-Li anode presents prominent electrochemical performance with an enhanced Coulombic efficiency of 98.15% for 200 cycles and a small hysteresis of <450 mV even at ultrahigh current density up to 10 mA cm −2 . More importantly, during the full cell test with limited Li source, a high utilization of Li up to 40.5% is achieved for the OIFN-Li anode. The work provides a brand-new route to fabricate advanced SEI on alkali metal for high-performance alkali-metal batteries.

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Developing high-performance solid-state electrolytes is crucial for the innovation of next-generation lithium-sulfur batteries. Herein, a facile method for preparation of a novel gel polymer electrolyte (GPE) based on poly(vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene) (PVDF-HFP) is reported. Furthermore, Li Al Ti (PO ) (LATP) nanoparticles as the active fillers are uniformly embedded into the GPE to form the final PVDF-HFP/LATP composite gel polymer electrolyte (CPE). Impressively, the obtained CPE demonstrates a high lithium ion transference number of 0.51 and improved electrochemical stability as compared to commercial liquid electrolyte. In addition, the assembled solid-sate Li-S battery with the composite gel polymer electrolyte membrane presents a high initial capacity of 918 mAh g at 0.05 C, and better cycle performance than the counterparts with liquid electrolyte. Our designed PVDF-HFP/LATP composite can be a promising electrolyte for next-generation solid-state batteries with high cycling stability.

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