[{"article_number":"228803","intvolume":"       480","oa_version":"Published Version","date_updated":"2026-06-18T19:33:06Z","date_created":"2020-09-10T10:48:40Z","day":"31","publication_status":"published","publisher":"Elsevier","doi":"10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228803","quality_controlled":"1","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","_id":"8361","scopus_import":"1","issue":"12","main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228803"}],"related_material":{"record":[{"id":"8067","relation":"earlier_version","status":"public"}]},"date_published":"2020-12-31T00:00:00Z","publication":"Journal of Power Sources","oa":1,"department":[{"_id":"StFr"}],"article_type":"original","volume":480,"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"external_id":{"isi":["000593857300001"]},"article_processing_charge":"No","year":"2020","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"With the lithium-ion technology approaching its intrinsic limit with graphite-based anodes, Li metal is recently receiving renewed interest from the battery community as potential high capacity anode for next-generation rechargeable batteries. In this focus paper, we review the main advances in this field since the first attempts in the mid-1970s. Strategies for enabling reversible cycling and avoiding dendrite growth are thoroughly discussed, including specific applications in all-solid-state (inorganic and polymeric), Lithium–Sulfur (Li–S) and Lithium-O2 (air) batteries. A particular attention is paid to recent developments of these battery technologies and their current state with respect to the 2030 targets of the EU Integrated Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan) Action 7."}],"publication_identifier":{"issn":["0378-7753"]},"isi":1,"citation":{"ista":"Varzi A, Thanner K, Scipioni R, Di Lecce D, Hassoun J, Dörfler S, Altheus H, Kaskel S, Prehal C, Freunberger SA. 2020. Current status and future perspectives of lithium metal batteries. Journal of Power Sources. 480(12), 228803.","short":"A. Varzi, K. Thanner, R. Scipioni, D. Di Lecce, J. Hassoun, S. Dörfler, H. Altheus, S. Kaskel, C. Prehal, S.A. Freunberger, Journal of Power Sources 480 (2020).","chicago":"Varzi, Alberto, Katharina Thanner, Roberto Scipioni, Daniele Di Lecce, Jusef Hassoun, Susanne Dörfler, Holger Altheus, Stefan Kaskel, Christian Prehal, and Stefan Alexander Freunberger. “Current Status and Future Perspectives of Lithium Metal Batteries.” <i>Journal of Power Sources</i>. Elsevier, 2020. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228803\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228803</a>.","ieee":"A. Varzi <i>et al.</i>, “Current status and future perspectives of lithium metal batteries,” <i>Journal of Power Sources</i>, vol. 480, no. 12. Elsevier, 2020.","apa":"Varzi, A., Thanner, K., Scipioni, R., Di Lecce, D., Hassoun, J., Dörfler, S., … Freunberger, S. A. (2020). Current status and future perspectives of lithium metal batteries. <i>Journal of Power Sources</i>. Elsevier. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228803\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228803</a>","mla":"Varzi, Alberto, et al. “Current Status and Future Perspectives of Lithium Metal Batteries.” <i>Journal of Power Sources</i>, vol. 480, no. 12, 228803, Elsevier, 2020, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228803\">10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228803</a>.","ama":"Varzi A, Thanner K, Scipioni R, et al. Current status and future perspectives of lithium metal batteries. <i>Journal of Power Sources</i>. 2020;480(12). doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228803\">10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228803</a>"},"month":"12","type":"journal_article","ddc":["540"],"title":"Current status and future perspectives of lithium metal batteries","status":"public","author":[{"orcid":"0000-0001-5069-0589","full_name":"Varzi, Alberto","first_name":"Alberto","last_name":"Varzi"},{"first_name":"Katharina","last_name":"Thanner","full_name":"Thanner, Katharina","orcid":"0000-0001-5394-2323"},{"first_name":"Roberto","last_name":"Scipioni","orcid":"0000-0003-1926-421X","full_name":"Scipioni, Roberto"},{"first_name":"Daniele","last_name":"Di Lecce","full_name":"Di Lecce, Daniele"},{"last_name":"Hassoun","first_name":"Jusef","full_name":"Hassoun, Jusef"},{"full_name":"Dörfler, Susanne","first_name":"Susanne","last_name":"Dörfler"},{"full_name":"Altheus, Holger","last_name":"Altheus","first_name":"Holger"},{"full_name":"Kaskel, Stefan","last_name":"Kaskel","first_name":"Stefan"},{"first_name":"Christian","last_name":"Prehal","full_name":"Prehal, Christian","orcid":"0000-0003-0654-0940"},{"full_name":"Freunberger, Stefan Alexander","orcid":"0000-0003-2902-5319","id":"A8CA28E6-CE23-11E9-AD2D-EC27E6697425","last_name":"Freunberger","first_name":"Stefan Alexander"}],"acknowledgement":"A.V. and K.T. acknowledge, respectively, the financial support of the Helmholtz Association and BMW AG. J.H. acknowledges the collabo-ration project “Accordo di Collaborazione Quadro 2015” between Uni-versity of  Ferrara (Department of  Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences) and Sapienza University of Rome (Department of Chemistry). S.D., H.A. and S.K. thank the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Technische Uni-versit ̈at  Dresden and would like to  acknowledge European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agree-ment No 814471. S.A.F. and C.P. are indebted to the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (grant agreement no. 636069) and IST Austria."}]