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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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Sulfur‐Based Polymer Composites from Vegetable Oils and Elemental Sulfur: A Sustainable Active Material for Li–S Batteries

TL;DR: In this paper, a simple and environmentally friendly method for the preparation of composite cathode materials from cost-effective waste-product elemental sulfur and sustainable, nonhazardous vegetable oils is presented.
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Vapor-phase atomic-controllable growth of amorphous Li2S for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries.

TL;DR: A vapor-phase atomic layer deposition (ALD) method for the atomic-scale-controllable synthesis of Li(2)S is reported, achieving a stable capacity of ∼ 800 mA · h/g, nearly 100% Coulombic efficiency, and excellent rate capability.
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Li metal batteries and solid state batteries benefiting from halogen-based strategies

TL;DR: Li-metal batteries are re-arising as the promising next-generation battery system due to its potential high energy density, as long as the issue of Li dendrite growth can be effectively addressed as mentioned in this paper.
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Why PEO as a binder or polymer coating increases capacity in the Li-S system.

TL;DR: PEO, used either as a binder or a polymer coating, and PEGDME, used as an electrolyte additive, are shown to increase the reversible capacity of Li-S cells.
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Sulfur/polyacrylonitrile/carbon multi-composites as cathode materials for lithium/sulfur battery in the concentrated electrolyte

TL;DR: In this article, the performance of the as-prepared multi-composites as active materials were tested in the electrolyte with a high concentration lithium salt (LiTFSI) in different mixed solvents of 1, 3-dioxolane (DOL)/1, 2-dimethoxyethane(DME), and TEGDME, respectively.
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