Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: Materials, Challenges and Applications

Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: Materials, Challenges, and Applications highlights the advantages of lithium-sulfur batteries, such as high theoretical capacity and low cost, while addressing challenges such as low electrical conductivity, sulfur reaction, dendrimer formation, and shuttle behavior. Solutions include novel architecture, composite materials, and doping to improve performance.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 708 pages
Publication date: 05 March 2022
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: Materials, Challenges, and Applications delves into the realm of lithium-sulfur batteries, highlighting their remarkable advantages, including their high theoretical capacity, cost-effectiveness, and stability. However, it also acknowledges the existing challenges that hinder their widespread adoption. These challenges encompass low electrical conductivity, the potential reaction of sulfur with lithium to form soluble lithium salts, the formation of dendrimers, significant volume variations of cathode materials during the electrochemical reaction, and the shuttle behavior of highly soluble intermediate polysulfides in the electrolyte.

To address these challenges, this comprehensive book offers innovative solutions. It proposes novel architecture designs, utilizes composite materials, employs doping techniques to enhance low conductivity, and explores emerging materials, architectural concepts, and methods to further improve the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries.

Furthermore, the book emphasizes the significance of exploring new materials, architectural concepts, and methods to enhance the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries. It sheds light on the potential of using nanostructured materials, such as carbon nanotubes and graphene, to improve the conductivity of sulfur and enhance the overall performance of the batteries. Additionally, it discusses the use of hybrid electrolytes, which can mitigate the shuttle behavior of polysulfides and improve the electrochemical stability of the batteries.

By presenting these innovative solutions and emphasizing novel materials, architectural concepts, and methods, Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: Materials, Challenges, and Applications serves as a valuable resource for researchers, engineers, and industry professionals seeking to advance the development and commercialization of lithium-sulfur batteries. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the current state-of-the-art and offers promising avenues for future research and development in this field.

Weight: 450g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780323919340