Just Accepted

Yingqi Cao, Yaru Wang, Ke Sun, Junlin Huang*, Rui Tian, Mingqiang Zhu, Chong Yang*, Zhipeng Yu, Hong Yin*
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjsc.2026.101029
ABSTRACT
To circumvent these vulnerabilities and
translate lab-scale breakthroughs into commercial viability, future electrolyte
engineering must evolve toward multiscale integration. Potential mitigation
directions include blending these low-viscosity solvents with highly stable,
flame-retardant co-solvents, or encapsulating them within specifically designed
organic/inorganic polymer matrices to suppress the intense thermal motion of
molecules. Alternatively, researchers could reverse-engineer non-fluorinated solvents
with deliberate steric constraints to simulate the weak coordination
environment while bypassing fluorine-related environmental regulations. Ultimately, by decoupling the fundamental basicity and
steric hindrance parameters, this weak-solvation paradigm provides a universal
theoretical foundation for overcoming interfacial kinetic barriers, paving a
viable path for the development of safe, all-climate electrochemical energy
storage systems.