Designing Lithium-Sulfur Cells with Practically Necessary Parameters
Abstract
Here, the capacity limitation of insertion-compound cathodes hampers the development of high-energy-density lithium-ion batteries and thus has generated immense interest in conversion-reaction cathodes, such as sulfur. With no restriction to maintain their initial physicochemical properties, sulfur cathodes offer a high theoretical capacity (1,675 mA hr g–1). However, the amounts of sulfur and electrolyte that drastically affect the battery electrochemistry have been ignored for years; thereby, the cathode performances have often been overrated.
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- Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (United States)
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- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1488316
- Grant/Contract Number:
- EE0007218
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Joule
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 2; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2542-4351
- Publisher:
- Elsevier - Cell Press
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; lithium-sulfur batteries; high sulfur loading; high sulfur content; low electrolyte amount; cycle life
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Chung, Sheng -Heng, and Manthiram, Arumugam. Designing Lithium-Sulfur Cells with Practically Necessary Parameters. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.joule.2018.01.002.
Chung, Sheng -Heng, & Manthiram, Arumugam. Designing Lithium-Sulfur Cells with Practically Necessary Parameters. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2018.01.002
Chung, Sheng -Heng, and Manthiram, Arumugam. Thu .
"Designing Lithium-Sulfur Cells with Practically Necessary Parameters". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2018.01.002. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1488316.
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title = {Designing Lithium-Sulfur Cells with Practically Necessary Parameters},
author = {Chung, Sheng -Heng and Manthiram, Arumugam},
abstractNote = {Here, the capacity limitation of insertion-compound cathodes hampers the development of high-energy-density lithium-ion batteries and thus has generated immense interest in conversion-reaction cathodes, such as sulfur. With no restriction to maintain their initial physicochemical properties, sulfur cathodes offer a high theoretical capacity (1,675 mA hr g–1). However, the amounts of sulfur and electrolyte that drastically affect the battery electrochemistry have been ignored for years; thereby, the cathode performances have often been overrated.},
doi = {10.1016/j.joule.2018.01.002},
journal = {Joule},
number = 4,
volume = 2,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
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