Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Anuradha A. Ambalkar, Ujjwala Kawade, Yogesh A. Sethi, Sandip C. Kanade, Milind Kulkarni, Parag Adhyapak, Bharat B. Kale
Summary: A SnO2/Ni/CNT nanocomposite with excellent electrochemical performance was synthesized using a hydrothermal method, showing significantly higher initial discharge capacity compared to pristine SnO2 material and maintaining high discharge capacity after 210 cycles.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Cai Qi, Shu Zu, Xukun Zhu, Tong Zhang, Longyan Li, Li Song, Yachao Jin, Mingdao Zhang
Summary: In this study, a bamboo-like nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube with low cobalt metal content was developed as a host matrix for sulfur loading and an efficient catalyst for lithium polysulfides. The resulting cathode showed high reversible capacity and cycling stability.
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
NanFu Yan, HongMin Cui, ShengYong You, JinSong Shi, YaQing Weng, YueWei Liu
Summary: In this study, WN nanotubes were prepared and utilized as a host material for sulfur in Li-S batteries. The resulting WN nanotubes/S electrode exhibited excellent electrochemical performance, including high initial discharge capacity and good cycling stability at different rates.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Review
Electrochemistry
Utkarsh Chadha, Preetam Bhardwaj, Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban, Reyna Michelle Suneel, Kevin Milton, Neha Subair, Akshat Pandey, Mayank Khanna, Divyansh Srivastava, Rhea Mary Mathew, Senthil Kumaran Selvaraj, Murali Banavoth, Prashant Sonar, Badrish Badoni, Nalamala Srinivasa Rao, S. Gopa Kumar, Arun Kumar Ray, Amit Kumar
Summary: This paper summarizes recent progress in carbon-based electrode materials in Li-S batteries, including the development of electrode materials, electrolytes, and flexible devices. The article also discusses a comparison of Li-S batteries with other rechargeable battery competitors and examines other non-carbon-based electrodes used in the lithium-sulfur battery. Finally, a general conclusion and future directions are provided.
JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Wenlong Liu, Meng Lei, Xuejun Zhou, Chilin Li
Summary: In this paper, a novel heterojunction interlocked catalysis-conduction strategy is proposed to prepare a monolithic porous-pipe scaffold for LiPS accommodation. This scaffold enables excellent rate capability and long cycling stability of Li-S batteries, even under challenging conditions.
ENERGY STORAGE MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xuanyang Li, Jian Tan, Zhan Fang, Mingxing Ye, Jianfeng Shen
Summary: Defect engineering through the introduction of Ni vacancies is found to improve the surface polarity and promote chemisorption, effectively restraining the shuttle effect of soluble lithium polysulfides in Li-S batteries. This work provides a unique perspective on manufacturing high-performance Li-S batteries.
NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Electrochemistry
Fengshuai Zhu, Mingang Zhang, Ling Wang, Xiangyu Cao
Summary: The CeO2@CNTs/S composite cathode significantly improved the electrochemical performance of lithium-sulfur batteries by utilizing CeO2's polar adsorption of polysulfides and CNTs' excellent conductivity.
JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Qianqian He, Chunqiao Jin, Kai Jiang, Pengbo Zhai, Jianli Tang, Liuxiang Huo, Lingxi Qiu, Shubing Li, Juntian Wei, Hongliang Dong, Zhigao Hu, Yongji Gong
Summary: This study designs one-dimensional sulfur chains encapsulated in single-wall carbon nanotubes and finds that they exhibit superior electrochemical performance in lithium-sulfur batteries. Density functional theory calculations confirm that the spatial confinement effect of carbon nanotubes can suppress the shuttle effect and accelerate sulfur reduction kinetics.
ADVANCED SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Jeevanantham Sivaraj, Bosubabu Dasari, K. Ramesha
Summary: A lithium-sulfur battery with Co3V2O8 hollow microspheres as catalyst additives is developed to address the shuttle effect caused by the dissolution of lithium polysulfides. The Co3V2O8 acts as a bifunctional additive, immobilizing the LiPS through V-S and Li-O interactions and facilitating the conversion of long-chain LiPS into short ones. The hollow microspheres also serve as a sulfur reservoir, confining more LiPS and inhibiting the shuttle effect. The Li-S cell demonstrates high initial discharge capacity, good cycle stability, and excellent rate capability.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yun Sheng Ye, Mohamed Gamal Mohamed, Wei Cheng Chen, Shiao Wei Kuo
Summary: Researchers successfully improved the cyclability and rate capability of lithium-sulfur batteries by integrating metalloporphyrin-based porous organic polymers with electrolyte accessible, Li-ion conductive, LiPS-trapping, and LiPS-catalytic functions through a 2D polymeric ionic liquid framework.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
(2023)
Review
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Limin Mao, Jian Mao
Summary: This paper reviews the recent efficient approach to remedy the slow reaction kinetics of polysulfides in lithium-sulfur batteries, which is the construction of active sites in the electrode materials or separators. The construction of active sites includes increasing surface area, inducing molecular and single-atom catalysts, inducing heteroatomic doping, vacancies, or functional groups. These methods can improve the electrochemical performance of the batteries.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Yujie Wang, Mingyu Zhang, Yuxuan Zhang, Yafeng Wang, Wenxin Liu, Chujie Yang, Veniamin Kondratiev, Feixiang Wu
Summary: In this study, a honeycombed CoF2@C nanocomposite was prepared to achieve excellent electrochemical performance for metal fluoride-lithium batteries. The honeycombed structure provided uniformly isolated nanospace to inhibit volume expansion and product agglomeration during the reaction, while the three-dimensional electron and ion conduction pathway facilitated high-capacity utilization.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Gamal H. Al-Shawesh, Jiawen Zhu, Wei Zhang, Shuai Xie, Junjie Xu, Guolei Cai, Amar Y. Al-Ansi, Yunhong Wei, Song Jin, Hengxing Ji
Summary: By rational designing a multifunctional architecture using iron atoms and iron nanoparticles embedded in carbon nanotubes, the redox kinetics of polysulfides can be manipulated to improve sulfur utilization and capacity retention in Li-S batteries.
CHINESE CHEMICAL LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Muhammad Adeel Ashraf, Karol Vegso, Ashin Shaji, Michal Bodik, Mayela Garcia Sanchez, Muhammad Zubair, Muhammad Faraz Ud Din, Eva Majkova, Andrea Strakova Fedorkova, Jozef Keckes, Peter Siffalovic
Summary: The use of a highly engineered bilayer of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) on conventional glass fiber separators significantly suppresses the polysulfide shuttle effect in lithium-sulfur batteries, leading to improved battery performance.
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2022)
Review
Electrochemistry
Hassan Raza, Songyan Bai, Junye Cheng, Soumyadip Majumder, He Zhu, Qi Liu, Guangping Zheng, Xifei Li, Guohua Chen
Summary: To achieve a low-carbon economy and sustainable energy supply, the development of energy storage devices, especially lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries, has gained significant attention. However, the practical application of Li-S batteries faces challenges such as low sulfur utilization, capacity fade, short service life, and self-discharge. Progress has been made to address these issues, and this review analyzes recent advances in material synthesis and technology development for Li-S batteries.
ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY REVIEWS
(2023)
