Table 1.
Timeline of Li metal anode
| Time | Milestone | Research group | Remarks | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910∼1920 | The initial study of lithium battery | Lewis | Li metal as electrode | 68 |
| 1962 | The rising Li secondary battery | Whittingham | Li secondary battery in non‐aqueous solution | [[qv: 1a]] |
| 1970s | First commercialization of Li metal battery | Sanyo Co. | Lithium primary battery | 48 |
| 1976 | Discovery of Li ions embed into the carbon | Besenhard Agarwal | Li metal anode neglected gradually in secondary battery | 69 |
| 1983 | The development of cathode materials for Li‐ion battery | Goodenough | 70 | |
| 1991 | First commercialization of Li ion battery | Sony Co. | Li metal free anode emerged | 48 |
| 2000∼2010 | Searching for high energy density battery | Dudney SionPower Co. PolyPlus Co. | The efforts to solve the problem of Li metal anode | [[qv: 19b,20,23,71]] |
| 2009 | The re‐emerging Li‐S battery attention | Nazar | The interest of Li metal anode was refueled | 3 |
| 2012 | Carbon‐fiber papers as surface dendrite‐free current collector for lithium deposition | Stucky | 60 | |
| 2013 | Dendrite‐free lithium deposition via self‐healing electrostatic shield model | Zhang | 12, 27 | |
| 2013 | Solvent‐in‐Salt electrolyte | Hu | [75] | |
| 2014 | Protecting Li anode though SEI film | Archer | [[qv: 14b,72]] | |
| 2014 | Protecting Li anode though film deposition | Cui | 18 | |
| 2014 | Li anode protection though | Wen | 25 | |
| LiN3 SEI layer coating | ||||
| 2015–2016 | Li metal protection though 3D graphene and oxide electrolyte | Zhang | [[qv: 10a,14a,26a]] | |
| 2015–2016 | Protecting Li anode through 3D Cu current collector or Li3PO4 SEI layer coating | Guo | [[qv: 26b,44]] |