TY - JOUR
T1 - From a historic review to horizons beyond
T2 - Lithium-sulphur batteries run on the wheels
AU - Chen, Renjie
AU - Zhao, Teng
AU - Wu, Feng
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
PY - 2015/1/4
Y1 - 2015/1/4
N2 - In terms of sustainable development and environmental issues, the design and fabrication of efficient energy storage devices will be more critical in the future than at any time in the past. Li-S batteries are promising candidates for such a purpose due to their high specific capacity and low environmental impact. This review has systematically retraced the advances in the field of Li-S batteries over the past half century and highlighted the main breakthroughs in a number of areas, covering the mechanism determination, cathode engineering, theoretical simulation, and electrolyte tailoring and anode protection. Furthermore, we discuss the remaining challenges towards their practical application. It is expected that Li-S batteries with 3D inter-connected or conformal assemblies will surpass new horizons in the coming years.
AB - In terms of sustainable development and environmental issues, the design and fabrication of efficient energy storage devices will be more critical in the future than at any time in the past. Li-S batteries are promising candidates for such a purpose due to their high specific capacity and low environmental impact. This review has systematically retraced the advances in the field of Li-S batteries over the past half century and highlighted the main breakthroughs in a number of areas, covering the mechanism determination, cathode engineering, theoretical simulation, and electrolyte tailoring and anode protection. Furthermore, we discuss the remaining challenges towards their practical application. It is expected that Li-S batteries with 3D inter-connected or conformal assemblies will surpass new horizons in the coming years.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84915751738&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1039/c4cc05109b
DO - 10.1039/c4cc05109b
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84915751738
SN - 1359-7345
VL - 51
SP - 18
EP - 33
JO - Chemical Communications
JF - Chemical Communications
IS - 1
ER -