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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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Recent innovative configurations in high-energy lithium–sulfur batteries

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of recent developments of Li-S batteries, including hierarchical gradient cathodes, modified separators, solid-state electrolytes and lithium anode protection, is presented.
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Understanding the effect of a fluorinated ether on the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries.

TL;DR: The results demonstrate that TTE as a cosolvent mitigates polysulfide dissolution and promotes conversion kinetics frompolysulfides to Li2S/Li2S2 and thus improves the utilization of the active material.
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A review of atomic layer deposition providing high performance lithium sulfur batteries

TL;DR: In this paper, the recent developments and significances on how ALD improves the performance of Li-S batteries were discussed in detail, and significant attention mainly focused on the various strategies with the use of ALD to refine the electrochemical interfaces and cell configurations.
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Covalent fixing of sulfur in metal–sulfur batteries

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the emerging studies related to covalent sulfur-containing compounds and composites in various rechargeable metal-sulfur batteries is presented, where the authors briefly discuss the classification of sulfur fixing strategies and identify the uniqueness of covalently stabilized sulfur for metal sulfur batteries.
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Recent progress in developing Li2S cathodes for Li–S batteries

TL;DR: Li2S-based rechargeable batteries have been investigated as the cathode material for next-generation rechargeable battery as discussed by the authors, which offers the prospect of lithium-metal-free anodes and will also alleviate the volume expansion issues otherwise occurred in the sulfur cathode.
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