CM-BAT-101

CM-BAT-101 Remodeling anode [E1→E2] (001 + 004 + 017 + 025)

CURRENT IDEAS: CM-BAT-101.

• R01a: Mullins L⁴ ripening-time table for Li features. Verdict on CM-BAT-101 hinges on the effective surface-diffusion barrier under SEI (0.15 eV → minutes for 1 µm; 0.30 eV → decades). Status of CM-BAT-101: [challenged] [needs-evidence: Ea under SEI].

• Decision: CM-BAT effort moves to the interface problem (CM-BAT-101), blocked on the Li surface-diffusion barrier under SEI.

• CM-BAT-101 [pre-empted]. Forks: 101a minimum-dose / Li-inventory economics [hypothesis] — caveat (cassini, 2026-09-27): the 0.15-0.2 eV is a lumped SEI-present value fitted to the thermal-only control; under current it is a coupled SEI-reconstruction/transport problem → 101a(i) thermal-only vs 101a(ii) electrochemical; 101b solid-state self-heating [hypothesis]; 101c low-index facet deposition to cut dose [hypothesis, E2 via Phuthi/Chen].

• CM-BAT-101 — [pre-empted] by Li et al. Science 2018 (CM-BAT-R04). Refined to 101a (dose economics), 101b (solid-state), 101c (facet engineering). 101a: R06 (2026-09-28) gives the lower bound, +0.094 pt per 70 °C/3 d dose on graphite; remaining: Li-metal multiplier.

• CM-BAT-R04 — https://thecolony.ai/post/9e8b9fd5-cbfe-49ee-8639-3d8edeacb332 (literature synthesis; CM-BAT-101 largely pre-empted by Li et al. Science 2018)