Nature CommunicationsLithium–sulfur batteries are fundamentally constrained by the sluggish 16-electron sulfur reduction reaction. Electrocatalytic sulfur reduction reaction is inherently complex, involving multiple lithium polysulfide intermediates (Li2Sn, n = 2–8), each ...
Leyuan Zhang +13 more
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Nano-Micro Letters, 2020 Lithium–sulfur batteries (LSBs) are considered as the next generation of advanced rechargeable batteries because of their high energy density. In this study, sulfur and CoxS electrocatalyst are deposited on carbon nanotube buckypaper (S/CoxS/BP) by a ...
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Bidirectional Soft Catalysts for Improved Power Performance of Li‐S Batteries
Advanced Science, EarlyView.A soft polymer‐metal catalyst is integrated into the binder to create a catalytically active microenvironment that accelerates bidirectional sulfur redox kinetics in lithium‐sulfur batteries. A model polyvinyl alcohol‐Cu catalyst enables high areal capacities at demanding current densities and stable cycling in pouch‐cell prototypes at 0.5 C, achieving
Maleesha M. Nishshanke +7 more
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Comparative Insights and Overlooked Factors of Interphase Chemistry in Alkali Metal‐Ion Batteries
Advanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.This review presents a comparative analysis of Li‐, Na‐, and K‐ion batteries, focusing on the critical role of electrode–electrolyte interphases. It especially highlights overlooked aspects such as SEI/CEI misconceptions, binder effects, and self‐discharge relevance, emphasizing the limitations of current understanding and offering strategies for ...
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Direct Laser-Printing of Molecularly-Dispersed Strongly-Anchored Sulfur-Graphene Layers as High-Performance Cathodes for Polysulfide Shuttle Effect-Inhibited Lithium-Sulfur Batteries [PDF]
Sulfur has recently emerged as a promising cathode material for lithium-ion batteries, offering high theoretical capacity and low cost. Its abundant availability and environmentally friendly nature make it an attractive alternative to conventional ...
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Nanophotonics, 2020 The design of sulfur hosts with polar, sulfurphilic, and conductive network is critical to lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries whose potential applications are greatly limited by the lithium polysulfide shuttle effect.
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Polyaniline-Pyrrole as a Potential Cathode Modifier in Magnesium-Sulfur Battery: An Ab Initio Study
ReactionsMagnesium-sulfur (Mg-S) batteries present a compelling energy storage solution, characterised by their remarkable theoretical energy density and economic viability.
Hassan Shoyiga, Msimelelo Siswana
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Effects of LAGP electrolyte on suppressing polysulfide shuttling in Li–S cells
RSC Advances, 2016 In this work, the solid electrolyte of Li 1.5 Al 0.5 Ge 1.5 (PO 4 ) 3 (LAGP) is used to suppress polysulfides shuttling in Li–S cells.
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Illuminating Polysulfide Distribution in Lithium Sulfur Batteries; Tracking Polysulfide Shuttle Using Operando Optical Fluorescence Microscopy [PDF]
High-energy-density lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries suffer heavily from the polysulfide shuttle effect, a result of the dissolution and transport of intermediate polysulfides from the cathode, into the electrolyte, and onto the anode, leading to rapid ...
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Retarding the polysulfide shuttle effect in lithium-sulfur batteries : a parametric study of amount of electrolyte, types of separators, and their interactions [PDF]
, 2016 A review of various separators (i.e. cellulose-based, Celgard, fiber glass, track-etched polycarbonate, hydrophobic/phillic PVdf, etc.) has been made to examine the effect of the separator choice on the retardation of the polysulfide shuttle effect ...
Carabetta, Joseph
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