I'd suggest the LM3488 current mode controller in a SEPIC configuration.
It utilizes an external FET switch so provided your support components are selected with suitable ratings then you can supply as much current as you like if your source is up to it.
I've used this particular part for a 6A/24V SEPIC converter from a 10-30V battery (Car/Truck) voltage input range.
There are many applications notes and design guides for this part.
Advice:
1) Your battery bank should be 48V (otherwise wire diameters will become unreasonable). Run through the calculations and you will see what I mean. For example, if you need, even momentarily, 50 Amps of 120V AC, that would be over 500 Amps at 12V.
2) Your charge controller must be designed for lithium batteries (or be programmable). Lithium batteries cannot be safely floated. You must stop charging them once charge is complete.
3) Investigate any building code issues prior to purchasing anything. If you are going to pull permits to do this, you will need approved plans. An inspector might not allow you to put in a large lithium ion battery pack without UL approvals or some such. If you live in the US you should be concerned about this. If you are outside the US, you are outside my experience.
4) When you put all those batteries together and charge or discharge them rapidly, the batteries in the middle will be unable to dissipate heat effectively. I don't know how big a problem this is but I would be very worried about it. I think you will need a thermal sensor near the middle of the pack to make sure the batteries do not overheat.
5) You cannot put the batteries in parallel without some type of over-current protection. It could be as simple as a fuse or PTC. The reason is, you don't want one bad cell (imagine it failing short circuit) to become a sink for all the other cells in parallel. This could make a bad situation much worse.
That is all I can think of at the moment. I can tell you right now that I would not do this. I would use AGM lead acid batteries. If you provide individual over voltage protection for each cell, that might help prevent the dangers of imbalance. When one cell in a series string stops accepting current, the whole series string stops. So the string would only be as good as the weakest cell.
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parallell is usually easier with lithium batteries as their charge will self-balance. The efficiency you will get depends mostly on the DC-DC converter you use.
However: 6A (input current) is past the point where good boost converters start getting expensive, so using a series arrangement and a 4A or 5A (output current) buck converter may be easier.