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The key role played by carbon dioxide in global temperature cycles has stimulated constant research attention on carbon capture and storage. Among the various options, lithium–carbon dioxide batteries are intriguing, not only for the transformation of waste carbon dioxide to value-added products, but also for the storage of electricity from renewable power resources and balancing the carbon cycle. The development of this system is still in its early stages and faces tremendous hurdles caused by the introduction of carbon dioxide. In this review, detailed discussion on the critical problems faced by the electrode, the interface, and the electrolyte is provided, along with the rational strategies required to address these problematic issues for efficient carbon dioxide fixation and conversion. We hope that this review will provide a resource for a comprehensive understanding of lithium–carbon dioxide batteries and will serve as guidance for exploring reversible and rechargeable alkali metal-based carbon dioxide battery systems in the future.


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Challenges and prospects of lithium–CO2 batteries

Show Author's information Shilin Zhang1,§Liang Sun1,§Qining Fan2Fangli Zhang1Zhijie Wang1Jinshuo Zou1Shiyong Zhao1Jianfeng Mao1Zaiping Guo1,2( )
School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia

§ Shilin Zhang and Liang Sun contributed equally to this work.

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The key role played by carbon dioxide in global temperature cycles has stimulated constant research attention on carbon capture and storage. Among the various options, lithium–carbon dioxide batteries are intriguing, not only for the transformation of waste carbon dioxide to value-added products, but also for the storage of electricity from renewable power resources and balancing the carbon cycle. The development of this system is still in its early stages and faces tremendous hurdles caused by the introduction of carbon dioxide. In this review, detailed discussion on the critical problems faced by the electrode, the interface, and the electrolyte is provided, along with the rational strategies required to address these problematic issues for efficient carbon dioxide fixation and conversion. We hope that this review will provide a resource for a comprehensive understanding of lithium–carbon dioxide batteries and will serve as guidance for exploring reversible and rechargeable alkali metal-based carbon dioxide battery systems in the future.

Keywords: Li metal, interface, catalyst, mechanism, lithium (Li)–carbon dioxide batteries

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Received: 25 January 2022
Revised: 28 February 2022
Accepted: 09 March 2022
Published: 12 March 2022
Issue date: June 2022

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We acknowledge Dr. Tania Silver for valuable comments on this manuscript. This work was supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC) (Nos. DP210101486, DP200101862, and FL210100050).

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