Current status and future prospects of metal–sulfur batteries

SH Chung, A Manthiram - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Lithium–sulfur batteries are a major focus of academic and industrial energy‐storage
research due to their high theoretical energy density and the use of low‐cost materials. The …

Conversion cathodes for rechargeable lithium and lithium-ion batteries

F Wu, G Yushin - Energy & Environmental Science, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Commercial lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries built with Ni-and Co-based intercalation-type
cathodes suffer from low specific energy, high toxicity and high cost. A further increase in the …

Production and performance of activated carbon from rice husks for removal of natural organic matter from water: a review

E Menya, PW Olupot, H Storz, M Lubwama… - … Research and Design, 2018 - Elsevier
Adsorption by activated carbon has great potential to improve natural organic matter (NOM)
removal from water. However, the high production and regeneration costs limit its wide scale …

Direct observation of lithium polysulfides in lithium–sulfur batteries using operando X-ray diffraction

J Conder, R Bouchet, S Trabesinger, C Marino… - Nature Energy, 2017 - nature.com
In the on going quest towards lithium-battery chemistries beyond the lithium-ion technology,
the lithium–sulfur system is emerging as one of the most promising candidates. The major …

Progress towards commercially viable Li–S battery cells

S Urbonaite, T Poux, P Novák - Advanced Energy Materials, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A broad overview of how experimental parameters affect the performance of Li–S batteries is
presented here, extending the view on these batteries beyond sophisticated conductive …

In Situ Reactive Synthesis of Polypyrrole-MnO2 Coaxial Nanotubes as Sulfur Hosts for High-Performance Lithium–Sulfur Battery

J Zhang, Y Shi, Y Ding, W Zhang, G Yu - Nano Letters, 2016 - ACS Publications
Lithium–sulfur batteries are considered as a promising candidate for high energy density
storage applications. However, their specific capacity and cyclic stability are hindered by …

Chemical vapor deposition and atomic layer deposition for advanced lithium ion batteries and supercapacitors

X Wang, G Yushin - Energy & Environmental Science, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Applications of the non-line-of-sight vapor deposition techniques, such as chemical vapor
deposition (CVD) and atomic layer deposition (ALD), offer unique opportunities to produce …

In situ formation of protective coatings on sulfur cathodes in lithium batteries with LiFSI‐based organic electrolytes

H Kim, F Wu, JT Lee, N Nitta, HT Lin… - Advanced energy …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Development of sulfur cathodes with 100% coulombic efficiency (CE) and good cycle
stability remains challenging due to the polysulfide dissolution in electrolytes. Here, it is …

Graphene-based nano-materials for lithium–sulfur battery and sodium-ion battery

S Wu, R Ge, M Lu, R Xu, Z Zhang - Nano Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Graphene-based nano-materials have provided an opportunity for next-generation energy
storage device, particularly for lithium–sulfur battery and sodium-ion battery (SIB), due to …

Graphite-based lithium-free 3D hybrid anodes for high energy density all-solid-state batteries

X Xing, Y Li, S Wang, H Liu, Z Wu, S Yu… - ACS Energy …, 2021 - ACS Publications
All-solid-state lithium batteries often suffer from dendrite-driven shorting. Here, a lithium-free
3D anode design is reported to help address this challenge. Upon controlling the graphite …