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Figure 7. (A) Schematic illustrations of Li deposition at various interfaces. Reprinted with permission from Ref.^[125]. Copyright (2021) Springer Nature. (B) Polyionic liquid coating on Li metal anode. Reprinted with permission from Ref.^[132]. Copyright (2020) American Chemical Society. (C) Stability comparison of PEO-coated Li and bare Li in water. Reprinted with permission from Ref.^[133]. Copyright (2020) Elsevier. (D) Schematic illustrations of mitigated surface concentration during concentration polarization with an artificial SEI with a high dielectric constant. Reprinted with permission from Ref.^[135]. Copyright (2021) American Chemical Society. (E) Schematic of half-blocked coin cell before charging and after first charging. Reprinted with permission from Ref.^[143]. Copyright (2018) National Academy of Sciences. (F) MOF-based SSI formed on LMA with immobilized ionic channels for fast Li⁺ transport. Reprinted with permission from Ref.^[148]. Copyright (2020) Cell Press. (G) Uniform and stable ASEI on Cu. Reprinted with permission from Ref.^[150]. Copyright (2020) Springer Nature. (H) XPS depth profiles of Li 1s with three stages in regions I (red), II (green) and III (blue), with the detection depth of XPS covering only the LiF layer, LiF+Li and Li, respectively. Reprinted with permission from Ref.^[151]. Copyright (2017) American Chemical Society.