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Ionic Liquid Electrolytes for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
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In this paper, a variety of binary mixtures of aprotic ionic liquids (ILs) and lithium salts were thoroughly studied as electrolytes for rechargeable lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries.Abstract:
A variety of binary mixtures of aprotic ionic liquids (ILs) and lithium salts were thoroughly studied as electrolytes for rechargeable lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries. The saturation solubility of sulfur and lithium polysulfides (Li2Sm), the active materials in the Li–S battery, in the electrolytes was quantitatively determined, and the performance of the Li–S battery using the electrolytes was also investigated. Although the solubility of nonionic sulfur was low in all of the electrolytes evaluated, the solubility of Li2Sm in the IL-based electrolyte was strongly dependent on the anionic structure, and the difference in the solubility could be rationalized in terms of the donor ability of the IL solvent. Dissolution of Li2Sm in the ILs with strong donor ability was comparable to that achieved with typical organic electrolytes; the strongly donating IL electrolyte did not prevent redox shuttle reaction in the Li–S cells. The battery performance was also influenced by unfavorable side reactions of the anio...read more
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TL;DR: Various application of ILs are reviewed by focusing on their use as electrolyte materials for Li/Na ion batteries, Li-sulfur batteries,Li-oxygen batteries, and nonhumidifiedfuel cells and as carbon precursors for electrode catalysts of fuel cells and electrode materials for batteries and supercapacitors.
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