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Liquid electrolyte lithium/sulfur battery: Fundamental chemistry, problems, and solutions

Sheng S. Zhang
- 01 Jun 2013 - 
- Vol. 231, Iss: 231, pp 153-162
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Li et al. as discussed by the authors discussed the problems and solutions of liquid electrolyte Li/S battery and showed that the dissolution of lithium polysulfide (PS) is essential for the performance of a Li-S cell.
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This article is published in Journal of Power Sources.The article was published on 2013-06-01. It has received 1348 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Lithium–sulfur battery & Electrolyte.

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Evoking High-Donor-Number-Assisted and Organosulfur-Mediated Conversion in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

TL;DR: Methyl trifluoroacetate (CH3TFA) is introduced as an additive to the Li-S electrolyte to evaluate the joint effects of two distinct strategies: high donor number solvents/salts and organosulfur-mediated discharge.
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Self-Assembly of Polyethylene Glycol-Grafted Carbon Nanotube/Sulfur Composite with Nest-like Structure for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

TL;DR: The novel polyethylene glycol-grafted multiwalled carbon nanotube/sulfur (PEG-CNT/S) composite cathodes with nest-like structure are fabricated through a facile combination process of liquid phase deposition and self-assembly, which provides a short and rapid charge transfer pathway to improve the reaction kinetics.
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Micro-Spherical Sulfur/Graphene Oxide Composite via Spray Drying for High Performance Lithium Sulfur Batteries.

TL;DR: This study represents the first time such a facile spray drying method has been adopted for lithium sulfur batteries and used in the fabrication of S/GO composites, demonstrating a high initial discharge capacity and cycling performance.
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Carbon Disulfide Cosolvent Electrolytes for High-Performance Lithium Sulfur Batteries.

TL;DR: A novel additive, carbon disulfide (CS2), to the organic electrolyte is reported to improve the cycling performance of Li-S batteries, showing high Coulombic efficiency and long cycle stability.
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Altering the reaction mechanism to eliminate the shuttle effect in lithium-sulfur batteries

TL;DR: Li et al. as mentioned in this paper proposed a new polysulfide generation restricting strategy to eliminate the "shuttle effect" in Li-S batteries by turning the S8 molecules into stably adsorbed small sulfur species with suitable solid redox mediators (RMs).
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