Lithium-metal anode animation (IMAGE)

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Lithium-metal anode animation

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The left image shows electrolyte (blue) filling a pocket within a thin lithium anode, creating an effective, wet SEI (green). The right image shows what occurs with a thicker lithium anode: The electrolyte must go deeper, depleting most of the electrolyte and resulting in an SEI that is largely dry and ineffective.

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Animation by Mike Perkins | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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