Recent Progress in Quasi/All-Solid-State Electrolytes for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

Shichun Yang, Zhengjie Zhang, Jiayuan Lin, Lisheng Zhang, Lijing Wang, Siyan Chen, Cheng Zhang, Xinhua Liu

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

12 Citations (Scopus)
242 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

Lithium–sulfur batteries have received increasing research interest due to their superior theoretical capacity, cost-effectiveness, and eco-friendliness. However, the commercial realization of lithium–sulfur batteries faces critical obstacles, such as the significant volume change of sulfur cathodes over the de/lithiation processes, uncontrollable shuttle effects of polysulfides, and the lithium dendrite issue. On this basis, the lithium–sulfur battery based on solid-state electrolytes was developed to alleviate the previously mentioned problems. This article aims to provide an overview of the recent progress of solid-state lithium–sulfur batteries related to various kinds of solid-state electrolytes, which mainly include three aspects: the fundamentals and current status of lithium–sulfur solid-state batteries and several adopted solid-state electrolytes involving polymer electrolyte, inorganic solid electrolyte, and hybrid electrolyte. Furthermore, the future perspective for lithium–sulfur solid-state batteries is presented. Finally, this article proposed an initiation for new and practical research activities and paved the way for the design of usable lithium–sulfur solid-state batteries.
Original languageEnglish
Article number945003
Number of pages13
JournalFrontiers in Energy Research
Volume10
Early online date6 Jul 2022
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 6 Jul 2022

Bibliographical note

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Keywords

  • Energy Research
  • solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries
  • solid-state electrolyte
  • shuttle effect
  • lithium dendrites
  • interface

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Recent Progress in Quasi/All-Solid-State Electrolytes for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this