Simulating solid electrolyte interphase formation spanning 10<sup>8</sup> time scales with an atomically informed phase-field model

Authors: Kena Zhang, Yanzhou Ji, Qisheng Wu, Seyed Amin Nabavizadeh, Yue Qi, Long-Qing Chen

Published: 2025-06-20

DOI: 10.1039/d5ee01030f

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Abstract

The solid electrolyte interphase (SEI), formed by electrolyte reduction, governs the reversibility of batteries, however the competition between Li-ion diffusion and reaction kinetics remains poorly understood.