Preparation of LI and NA foils with {110} or {100} surface texturing

A method of forming an alkali metal electrode consisting essentially of a {110} surface texturing, comprising:

• providing an alkali metal foil;
• first annealing the alkali metal foil at a first temperature of about 70 to 90 percent of a melting point of the alkali metal foil for 1 to 3 hours;
• optionally first cooling the alkali metal foil to room temperature, wherein the alkali metal foil has a randomized surface crystallographic orientation;
• washing the chemical polishing solution with a solvent for the chemical polishing solution;
• first rolling the alkali metal foil to about 300 μm at room temperature;
• scraping a surface layer of about 50 μm in thickness from the alkali metal foil at a temperature of about 70 to about 90 percent of the melting point of the alkali metal foil, wherein scraping is along a same axis as the first rolling;
• second annealing the alkali metal foil at a second annealing temperature of about 70 percent of the melting point of the alkali metal foil for about 0.5 hours;
• second rolling the alkali metal foil at the second annealing temperature to about 200 μm in thickness;
• optionally second cooling the alkali metal foil to room temperature;
• and
• cutting the alkali metal foil to a shape of an electrode, wherein the alkali metal electrode consists essentially of a {110} surface texturing.