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Perspective | Open Access

Asymmetric Electrode-Electrolyte Interfaces for High-Performance Rechargeable Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

Jia Choua,b, Ya-Hui Wanga,b, Wen-Peng Wanga, Sen Xina,b( ), Yu-Guo Guoa,b( )
CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100190, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Abstract

With a high cell-level specific energy and a low cost, lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery has been intensively studied as one of the most promising candidates for competing the next-generation energy storage campaign. Currently, the practical use of Li-S battery is hindered by the rapidly declined storage performance during battery operation, as caused by irreversible loss of electroactive sulfide species at the cathode, dendrite formation at the anode and parasitic reactions at the electrode-electrolyte interface due to unfavorable cathode-anode crosstalk. In this perspective, we propose to stabilize the Li-S electrochemistry, and improve the storage performance of battery by designing asymmetric electrode-electrolyte interfaces that helps to simultaneously address the differentiated issues at both electrodes and facilitate charge transfer in the electrode/electrolyte and across the interfaces. The strategies that etare discussed would shed lights on reasonable design of battery interfaces towards realization of high-performance Li-S batteries.

Keywords

Lithium-sulfur batteryLithium metal anodeSulfur cathodeElectrode-electrolyte interface

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Journal of Electrochemistry
Volume 29 Issue 1-12,
2023
Article number: 2217009
DOI: 10.13208/j.electrochem.2217009
Cite this article:
Chou J, Wang Y-H, Wang W-P, et al. Asymmetric Electrode-Electrolyte Interfaces for High-Performance Rechargeable Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Journal of Electrochemistry , 2023, 29(9): 2217009. https://doi.org/10.13208/j.electrochem.2217009

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Received: 10 April 2023
Revised: 11 June 2023
Accepted: 29 June 2023
Published: 30 June 2023
© 2023 Xiamen University and Chinese Chemical Society.

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