Table 2.

Various models for Li dendrite/protection

Models	Mechanisms	Merit	Refs.
Phase‐field model	Mathematics model for Li dendrite	Wide application for calculation of the key events of kinetics	9, 73
SEI model	Electrochemistry model for Li protection	Widely accepted in efforts to form a matching SEI film in order to protect Li	[[qv: 10b,14b,18,20,22,24,25,37b,46a,74]]
Charge‐based model	Electrochemistry model for Li protection/dendrite	Application leading to Li dendrite free cases	12, 27
Deposition and dissolution model	Thermodynamics model for Li dendrite	Well accepted to understand the Li dendrite behaviors	11
Film growth model	Thermodynamics model for Li dendrite/Li protection	Inspired by growth behaviors of special nanocarbon forms to reinvent our understanding of the dendrite issues	This work