Research Progress and Improvement Strategy of High-performance Lithium Sulfur Battery
FENG Yang, WANG Gang, CHEN Junyan, KANG Weimin, DENG Nanping, CHENG Bowen
State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes, School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China
Abstract: With the consumption of fossil fuels and the rapid development of electric vehicles (EVs), portable devices and grid storage, traditional lithiu-mion batteries are unable to satisfy the ever-increasing demand of society. It is very important for researchers to explore for replaceable green new energy sources. In recent years, high-energy density and low-cost lithium sulfur batteries (LSBs) technology has received great attention. In theory, the area capacity of the cell cathode is directly determined by the sulfur content and the sulfur loading. Therefore, it is imperative to deve-lop high-performance lithium sulfur batteries (HLSBs) with high loading for improving the area capacity and energy density. However, the actual energy density of LSBs is far lower than its theoretical value. The main reasons can be summarized in the ‘Shuttle effect' of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs), the poor conductivity of sulfur and lithium sulfide (Li2S2/Li2S) and uncontrollable growth of lithium dendrites. More importantly, the above-mentioned problems will become more serious when the sulfur loading increases to the practical application level. In response to these problems, researchers have designed various strategies to suppress the “shuttle effect” of LiPSs, such as physical coating, electrostatic repulsion and polar adsorption. Moreover, some nano-catalytic materials have attracted wide attention from researchers due to the polar effect, surface defects and other advantages. Therefore, researchers have successively developed various catalytic materials with different structures such as one-dimensional, two-dimensional and three-dimensional to accelerate the redox reaction, which has effectively improved the cycle life and coulombic efficiency of LSBs. Although researchers have made great contributions in terms of cycle life, the commercialization prospects of the technology depend on whether it can be made into durable and safe battery system. Therefore, the researching teams has developed new functional electrolyte additives, high-performance separators and interlayers, and micro/nano-structured lithium anodes or lithium composite anodes to stabilize lithium anodes for improving battery safety. From the perspective of commercialization, the area capacity and energy density of LSBs need to reach 5 mAh·cm-2 and 500 Wh·kg-1 to meet the requirements of commercial EVs. Thus, researchers are not only improving battery performance, but also constantly increasing the sulfur loading to achieve higher energy density, which is closer to commercial requirements. In this review, the current development strategies for high performance HLSBs are presented and reviewed from three aspects including the suppression of LiPSs ‘Shuttle effect', electrocatalysis strategy and overall safety strategy. These strategies have significant effects on inhibiting the ‘Shuttle effect' and improving the utilization efficiency of active substances, especially on prolonging the cycle life and safety. At last, the future challenges and opportunities of high-performance HLSBs have also been indicated.
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