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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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Polyaniline: an effective suppressor against diffusion and dissolution of polysulfides in Li-S battery

TL;DR: In this paper, conductive polyaniline is uniformly produced on the surface of sulfur-wrapped carbon nanoparticles via dilute aniline polymerization, and an electrochemical property with coulombic efficiency above 95% and a high capacity retention rate of 55% is achieved.
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AMultidimensional Operando Study Showing the Importanceof the Electrode Macrostructure in Lithium Sulfur Batteries

TL;DR: Lithium sulfur batteries are one of the most promising next-generation energy storage technologies, because of their impressive theoretical energy density, low materials cost, and relative safety as discussed by the authors, but their performance is limited.
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A Ti3C2Tx MXene - carbon nanocage - sulfur cathode with high conductivity for improving the performance of Li-S batteries

TL;DR: In this paper , a Ti3C2Tx MXene-carbon nanocage-sulfur (MXene/CNC/S) cathode is synthesized by a simple process with high conductivity and outstanding performance in Li-S batteries.
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Crosslinked poly(allyl glycidyl ether) with pendant nitrile groups as solid polymer electrolytes for Li–S batteries

TL;DR: In this article, the modification of allyl side chains of PAGE with 3-((2-(2-(mercaptoethoxy)ethoxy(ethyl)thio)propanenitrile (CN) and furfuryl mercaptan (FM) (CN/FM-PAGE) for Li-salt dissociation and crosslinking, respectively, is reported.
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Effects of electrolyte concentration and synthesis methods of sulfur/carbon composites on the electrochemical performance in lithium–sulfur batteries

TL;DR: In this article, three synthesis methods are adopted for the preparation of sulfur/carbon composites for rechargeable lithium-sulfur batteries, namely, melting (155 °C)-vaporizing (300 °C), ball milling, and Ball milling-melting, which achieved an extraordinarily high initial discharge capacity of 1856.2 mA h g−1 when measured in the electrolyte with 5 M LiTFSI in DOL/TEGDME at a current density of 160 mA g−
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