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Electrolyte decomposition and gas evolution in a lithium-sulfur cell upon long-term cycling

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This article is published in Electrochimica Acta.The article was published on 2017-07-20. It has received 31 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Electrolyte & Dimethoxyethane.

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Combining theory and experiment in lithium–sulfur batteries: Current progress and future perspectives

TL;DR: In this paper, the typical applications of computational chemistry in Li-S battery studies, correlating to characterization techniques, such as X-ray diffraction, infra-red & Raman spectra, X -ray absorption spectroscopy, binding energy, and nuclear magnetic resonance, are reviewed.
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Activating Li2S as the Lithium-Containing Cathode in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

TL;DR: Lithium-sulfur batteries are considered a possible next-generation energy storage solution, but their commercial viability is still in question because of several technical challenges, including th... as mentioned in this paper.
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Reaction heterogeneity in practical high-energy lithium–sulfur pouch cells

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the reaction processes and their correlation to cell cycling behavior and failure mechanisms, and find that catastrophic failure of high-energy Li-sulfur (Li-S) pouch cells results from uneven sulfur/polysulfide reactions and electrolyte depletion for the first tens of cycles.
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Review on Li-Sulfur Battery Systems: an Integral Perspective

TL;DR: Li-sulfur batteries have high theoretical energy density that can revolutionize electrochemical propulsion capability Consequently, in recent years there has been much work throughout the world related to these systems as mentioned in this paper.
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Porous carbon nanofiber–sulfur composite electrodes for lithium/sulfur cells

TL;DR: In this paper, a porous carbon nanofiber-sulfur (CNF-S) nanocomposites with various S loadings were synthesized via electrospinning, carbonization and solution-based chemical reactiondeposition method.
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Cathode Composites for Li–S Batteries via the Use of Oxygenated Porous Architectures

TL;DR: Electrodes containing sulfur impregnated within the pores of the MOF were found to show a marked increase in the capacity retention of Li-S cathodes and increased knowledge about the interface between polysulfide species and oxide surfaces could lead to novel approaches in the design and fabrication of long cycle life S electrodes.
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Lithium–Sulfur Cells: The Gap between the State‐of‐the‐Art and the Requirements for High Energy Battery Cells

TL;DR: In this article, a carbon nanotubes-based electrode is introduced, which meets important criteria for obtaining high gravimetric cell energy densities, and the possible 18650 Li-S cell energies and cell costs are calculated for various sulfur loads, sulfur utilizations, and electrolyte/sulfur ratios with the aim of determining the cell and electrode property values required to outperform the Panasonic NCR18650B.
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Mesoporous Titanium Nitride-Enabled Highly Stable Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

TL;DR: The TiN-S composite cathode exhibits superior performance because of higher electrical conductivity and the capture of the soluble intermediate species of the electrode reactions by 2-5 nm mesopores and strong N-S surface bonding.
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