Advances in lithium–sulfur batteries: from academic research to commercial viability

Y Chen, T Wang, H Tian, D Su, Q Zhang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Lithium‐ion batteries, which have revolutionized portable electronics over the past three
decades, were eventually recognized with the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry. As the energy …

Recent advances and strategies toward polysulfides shuttle inhibition for high‐performance Li–S batteries

Y Huang, L Lin, C Zhang, L Liu, Y Li, Z Qiao… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries are regarded as the most promising next‐generation
energy storage systems due to their high energy density and cost‐effectiveness. However …

Machine-learning-assisted design of a binary descriptor to decipher electronic and structural effects on sulfur reduction kinetics

Z Han, R Gao, T Wang, S Tao, Y Jia, Z Lao, M Zhang… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
The catalytic conversion of lithium polysulfides is a promising way to inhibit the shuttling
effect in Li–S batteries. However, the mechanism of such catalytic systems remains unclear …

Fe3O4-doped mesoporous carbon cathode with a plumber's nightmare structure for high-performance Li-S batteries

H Zhang, M Zhang, R Liu, T He, L **ang, X Wu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Shuttling of lithium polysulfides and slow redox kinetics seriously limit the rate and cycling
performance of lithium-sulfur batteries. In this study, Fe3O4-dopped carbon cubosomes with …

Emerging catalysts to promote kinetics of lithium–sulfur batteries

P Wang, B **, M Huang, W Chen… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Lithium–sulfur batteries (LSBs) with a high theoretical capacity of 1675 mAh g− 1 hold
promise in the realm of high‐energy‐density Li–metal batteries. To cope with the shuttle …

Utilizing the Built‐in Electric Field of p–n Junctions to Spatially Propel the Stepwise Polysulfide Conversion in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

H Li, C Chen, Y Yan, T Yan, C Cheng, D Sun… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Integrating sulfur cathodes with effective catalysts to accelerate polysulfide conversion is a
suitable way for overcoming the serious shuttling and sluggish conversion of polysulfides in …

An organodiselenide comediator to facilitate sulfur redox kinetics in lithium–sulfur batteries

M Zhao, X Chen, XY Li, BQ Li, JQ Huang - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries are considered as promising next‐generation energy
storage devices due to their ultrahigh theoretical energy density, where soluble lithium …

Manipulating redox kinetics of sulfur species using Mott–Schottky electrocatalysts for advanced lithium–sulfur batteries

Y Li, W Wang, B Zhang, L Fu, M Wan, G Li, Z Cai… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries suffer from sluggish sulfur redox reactions under high-sulfur-
loading and lean-electrolyte conditions. Herein, a typical Co@ NC heterostructure …

Manipulating Electrocatalytic Li2S Redox via Selective Dual‐Defect Engineering for Li–S Batteries

Z Shi, Z Sun, J Cai, X Yang, C Wei, M Wang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries are promising candidates for next‐generation energy
storage, yet they are plagued by the notorious polysulfide shuttle effect and sluggish redox …

Catalytic effect in Li-S batteries: From band theory to practical application

Z Han, R Gao, Y Jia, M Zhang, Z Lao, B Chen, Q Zhang… - Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries with high energy density have been considered one
kind of promising next-generation energy storage system. However, the shuttling effect of …