Core tips: lithium batteries for new energy storage devices The lithium battery uses carbon materials as the negative electrode and lithium containing compounds as the positive electrode. There is no metal lithium, only lithium ion. It is a secondary battery (rechargeable battery). It mainly depends on lithium ion moving between the positive and negative electrodes to work. In the process of charging and discharging, Li+is embedded and de-embedded between the two electrodes: during charging, Li+is de-embedded fr