Journal
SMALL
Volume 17, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201903934
Keywords
activation barrier; Li2S cathodes; Li-ion sulfur batteries; nonlithium-metal anodes
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- Australian Research Council (ARC) [LP160100914]
- Australian Research Council [LP160100914] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
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The research progress and challenges of Li2S-based Li-ion sulfur batteries (LISBs) are reviewed, with a focus on the optimization of their performance. The use of lithium-metal-free anodes in LISBs provides a convenient and effective way to avoid the challenges associated with lithium metal in practical Li-S batteries. Perspectives on the future direction of the research of LISBs are proposed at the end.
The great demand for high-energy-density batteries has driven intensive research on the Li-S battery due to its high theoretical energy density. Consequently, considerable progress in Li-S batteries is achieved, although the lithium anode material is still challenging in terms of lithium dendrites and its unstable interface with electrolyte, impeding the practical application of the Li-S battery. Li2S-based Li-ion sulfur batteries (LISBs), which employ lithium-metal-free anodes, are a convenient and effective way to avoid the use of lithium metal for the realization of practical Li-S batteries. Over the past decade, studies on LISBs are carried out to optimize their performance. Herein, the research progress and challenges of LISBs are reviewed. Several important aspects of LISBs, including their working principle, the physicochemical properties of Li2S, Li2S cathode material composites, LISBs full batteries, and electrolyte for Li2S cathode, are extensively discussed. In particular, the activation barrier in the initial charge process is fundamentally analyzed and the mechanism is discussed in detail, based on previous reports. Finally, perspectives on the future direction of the research of LISBs are proposed.
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