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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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Graphitized porous carbon materials with high sulfur loading for lithium-sulfur batteries

TL;DR: In this article, a graphitized carbon/sulfur composites cathode was fabricated with an ultrahigh sulfur percentage of 90% and achieved a discharge capacity of 804 mAh g −1 (S-C) after 50 cycles.
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Improving Lithium–Sulfur Battery Performance under Lean Electrolyte through Nanoscale Confinement in Soft Swellable Gels

TL;DR: A soft PEO10LiTFSI polymer swellable gel is developed as a nanoscale reservoir to trap the polysulfides under lean electrolyte conditions and immobilizes the electrolyte and confinesPolysulfide reduction products within the ion conducting phase.
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Advances in the Development of Single‐Atom Catalysts for High‐Energy‐Density Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

TL;DR: In this paper , a review of single-atom catalysts (SACs) for energy storage devices is presented, which exhibit the advantages of maximal atom utilization efficiency (≈100%) and unique catalytic properties, thus effectively enhancing the performance of electrode materials.
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Manipulation of Edge-Site Fe–N2 Moiety on Holey Fe, N Codoped Graphene to Promote the Cycle Stability and Rate Capacity of Li–S Batteries

TL;DR: In this article, a Holey Fe, N codoped graphene (HFeNG) is successfully synthesized to solve the problems of low adsorptivity to polar polysulfide species, slow mass transport of Li+ ions and severe irreversible agglomeration.
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A trilayer separator with dual function for high performance lithium–sulfur batteries

TL;DR: Li et al. as discussed by the authors proposed a trilayer graphene/polypropylene/Al2O3 (GPA) separator with dual function for high performance lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries.
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