Safe and scalable lithium-metal battery recyclingIn the Joule article Wang's team reports a safe, scalable, and economically viable method for recycling highly reactive lithium-metal anodes. Advancing solid-state battery designThe research team's work published in Materials Today tackles another barrier to next-generation batteries: the poor compatibility of halide-based solid-state electrolytes with lithium-metal anodes. More information: Self-driven aldol condensation enabling high-purity Li 2 CO 3 recovery from spent lithium metal anodes, Joule (2025). www.cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(25)00317-4 Jinzhao Fu et al, In-situ formation of stable interface towards Li-in anode for halide solid-state electrolyte, Materials Today (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.mattod.2025.08.038 Journal information: Materials Today , Joule