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A review of recent developments in rechargeable lithium-sulfur batteries

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posted on 2016-10-07, 00:00 authored by W Kang, N Deng, J Ju, Sulley LiSulley Li, D Wu, X Ma, L Li, Minoo NaebeMinoo Naebe, B Cheng
The research and development of advanced energy-storage systems must meet a large number of requirements, including high energy density, natural abundance of the raw material, low cost and environmental friendliness, and particularly reasonable safety. As the demands of high-performance batteries are continuously increasing, with large-scale energy storage systems and electric mobility equipment, lithium-sulfur batteries have become an attractive candidate for the new generation of high-performance batteries due to their high theoretical capacity (1675 mA h g(-1)) and energy density (2600 Wh kg(-1)). However, rapid capacity attenuation with poor cycle and rate performances make the batteries far from ideal with respect to real commercial applications. Outstanding breakthroughs and achievements have been made to alleviate these problems in the past ten years. This paper presents an overview of recent advances in lithium-sulfur battery research. We cover the research and development to date on various components of lithium-sulfur batteries, including cathodes, binders, separators, electrolytes, anodes, collectors, and some novel cell configurations. The current trends in materials selection for batteries are reviewed and various choices of cathode, binder, electrolyte, separator, anode, and collector materials are discussed. The current challenges associated with the use of batteries and their materials selection are listed and future perspectives for this class of battery are also discussed.

History

Journal

Nanoscale

Volume

8

Pagination

16541-16588

Location

England

ISSN

2040-3364

eISSN

2040-3372

Language

English

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2016, The Royal Society of Chemistry

Issue

37

Publisher

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY