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However, their practical implementation remains plagued by dendritic protrusion from the substrate and rapid lithium inventory depletion, which further exacerbate in Ah\u2010scale pouch cells. Here, this study innovates a paradigm shift through a multiscale interfacial strategy addressing the core limitations of AF\u2010LMBs. Scalable cation\u2010exchange and mechanical exfoliation firstly produce few\u2010layer lithium montmorillonite nanosheets that integrated with polyacrylamide gel, which are functionalized onto the polyethylene separator (FMT\u2010Li\/PAM\u2010PE). The composite separator thus reconciles high mechanical strength (204.4 MPa), thermal stability (&lt; 2.5% shrinkage at 180\u00b0C), anion screening capability (t\n                    <jats:sub>+<\/jats:sub>\n                    = 0.78), and pressure\u2010activated adhesion to the substrate (peel strength &gt; 3.4 N m\n                    <jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup>\n                    <jats:sup>1<\/jats:sup>\n                    via hydrogen bonding).\u00a0Upon the formation cycle at stack pressure of 0.5\u00a0MPa, more crucially, the composite separator intimately attaches onto the Cu substrate modified with the recycled spent graphite rich in lithiophilic defects (SGR\u2010Cu), establishing the solid\u2010state Li\n                    <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                    diffusion pathway at the separator\u2010anode interface and mitigating solvated Li\n                    <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                    interaction. As assembled with a densely\u2010packed LiNi\n                    <jats:sub>0.8<\/jats:sub>\n                    Co\n                    <jats:sub>0.1<\/jats:sub>\n                    Mn\n                    <jats:sub>0.1<\/jats:sub>\n                    O\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    (3.6\u00a0mAh\u00a0cm\n                    <jats:sup>\u22122<\/jats:sup>\n                    ) cathode, the 1.0 Ah pouch cell achieves 81.1% capacity retention over 200 cycles, gravimetric\/volumetric energy densities of 453.3\u00a0Wh\u00a0kg\n                    <jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup>\n                    <jats:sup>1<\/jats:sup>\n                    \/ 1183.2 Wh L\n                    <jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>\n                    and extreme power output of 1045.0 W kg\n                    <jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup>\n                    <jats:sup>1<\/jats:sup>\n                    .\u00a0Beyond insights into multiscale ion regulation, this interfacial strategy also unlocks viability across diverse cell configurations (e.g., LiFePO\n                    <jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>\n                    \/Ni92||Cu), enabling the high\u2010rate cation diffusion for the commercial AF\u2010LMB prototyping.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/adma.202518037","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,12]],"date-time":"2026-02-12T04:34:57Z","timestamp":1770870897000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["A Paradigm Shift in Anode\u2010Free Lithium Metal Battery: Pressure\u2010Activated Solid\u2010State Interfaces for High\u2010Rate Desolvated Cation Diffusion"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"38","author":[{"given":"Yunsong","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing Center for Nano Energy Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Northwestern Polytechnical University  Xi'an P. 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