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Highly safe and efficient rechargeable lithium batteries have become an indispensable component of the intelligent society powering smart electronics and electric vehicles. This review summarizes the formation principle, chemical compositions, and theoretical models of the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) on the anode in the lithium battery, involving the functions and influences of the electroactive materials. The discrepancies of the SEI on different kinds of anode materials, as well as the choice and design of the electrolytes are detailedly clarified. Furthermore, the design strategies to obtain a stable and efficient SEI are outlined and discussed. Last but not least, the challenges and perspectives of artificial SEI technology are briefly proposed for the development of high-efficiency batteries in practice.

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Received: 31 January 2023
Revised: 13 March 2023
Accepted: 30 March 2023
Published: 03 May 2023
Issue date: September 2023

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© Tsinghua University Press 2023

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This work is supported partially by the project of the State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources (Nos. LAPS21004 and LAPS202114), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 52272200, 51972110, 52102245, and 52072121), Beijing Science and Technology Project (No. Z211100004621010), Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Nos. 2222076 and 2222077), Hebei Natural Science Foundation (No. E2022502022), Huaneng Group Headquarters Science and Technology Project ((No. HNKJ20-H88), 2022 Strategic Research Key Project of Science and Technology Commission of the Ministry of Education, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2022M721129), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Nos. 2022MS030, 2021MS028, 2020MS023, and 2020MS028) and the NCEPU “Double First-Class” Program.

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