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APRIL 1, 2014

USC Viterbi School of Engineering professor Chongwu Zhou and his research team have developed a silicon nanoparticle anode and a sulfur-based cathode with low fabrication cost and high electrode performance for rechargeable lithium-sulfur batteries. sulfur (Li?S) S) battery cathodes. —Jiepeng Rong.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

A team from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Tsinghua University (China) have synthesized graphene oxide-sulfur (GO-S) nanocomposite cathodes and applied them in lithium/sulfur cells to show a high reversible capacity of 950-1400 mAh g -1 and stable cycling for more than 50 deep cycles at 0.1C (1C = 1675 mA g -1 ).

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FEBRUARY 17, 2017

One of the major issues hobbling the commercialization of high energy-density lithium-sulfur batteries is the “polysulfide shuttle”—the shuttling of polysulfide ions between the cathode and anode. Top: Schematic of the electrochemical processes in a generic lithium-sulfur battery. C = Charge, D = Discharge.

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AUGUST 25, 2014

Metallic lithium, with a high theoretical capacity of ~3,860 mAh g -1 , is one of the most promising materials for anodes in next-generation high energy rechargeable battery systems for long-range electric vehicles. Earlier post.) Indeed, in a paper in ACS’ Chemical Reviews , Arumugam Manthiram et al. doi: 10.1021/cr500062v.

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MAY 15, 2009

Sion Power Corporation and BASF SE have signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to accelerate the commercialization of Sion Power’s proprietary lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery technology for the electric vehicle (EV) market and other high-energy applications. Ragone plots for different rechargeable systems from a 2006 Sion paper.

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MARCH 28, 2018

Cho, professor of materials science and engineering, along with research associate Dr. Jeongwoon Hwang, both of the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, worked with other regional scientists to improve lithium-sulfur batteries. Eunho Cha, Mumukshu D.

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DECEMBER 19, 2018

This facile and effective approach opens a new route for stabilizing the Li metal anode and could lead to the practical application in the field of rechargeable Li metal batteries. —Wang et al. 2018.08.010.

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MARCH 26, 2021

Moreover, dissolved TMs eventually waft to the anode side where they can be reduced and accumulated, similar to the ‘shuttling effect’ in lithium–sulfur batteries, leading to the destruction of the anode’s solid–electrolyte interphase (SEI), consumption of active Li, and impedance growth. —Jeremiah Johnson. Huang, M.,

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JULY 19, 2015

Researchers from the Beijing Institute of Technology and the Collaborative Innovation Center of Electric Vehicles in Beijing have designed new ionic-liquid-based electrolytes with binary lithium salts to address the issues of rapid capacity fading and low coulombic efficiency in rechargeable lithium-sulfur batteries.

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DECEMBER 18, 2017

The BMW Group is partnering with Solid Power , a developer of solid-state rechargeable batteries, in a joint effort to develop Solid Power’s solid-state batteries for electric vehicle applications. US 20170331148 A1: Lithium all-solid-state battery. Earlier post.).

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JULY 27, 2014

are proposing a new sealed rechargeable battery system operating on a redox reaction between an oxide (O 2- ) and a peroxide (O 2 2- ) in the cathode. V)—about on par with Li-sulfur’s very high theoretical energy density of ~2,600 Wh kg -1 (based on lithium-sulfur redox couple, e.g., earlier post ). Wh kg -1 (897?mAh

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

OXIS Energy will develop a low temperature electrolyte for Lithium Sulfur (Li-S) rechargeable battery chemistry and Hyperdrive Innovation Ltd will develop a chemistry-agnostic battery management system and packaging that will withstand and outperform the current lead-acid battery solutions.

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JUNE 6, 2013

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have designed and tested an all-solid lithium-sulfur battery with approximately four times the energy density of conventional lithium-ion technologies. By comparison, a conventional lithium-ion battery cathode has an average capacity between 140-170 mAh/g. Dudney, N.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2010

The lithium/sulfur system, which during the redox process behaves according to the reaction 2Li + S ? V vs Li/Li + (about 60% of the voltage of conventional Li-ion batteries), the theoretical capacity of sulfur is 1,672 mAh g -1 , which leads to a theoretical specific energy of ~2,600 Wh kg -1 for the lithium/sulfur battery.

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APRIL 28, 2015

PATHION is working on a derivative for Li-sulfur batteries as well as a derivative that could be applied in a sodium-ion battery. Lithium sulfur. The first PATHION presentation described the role of LiRAP in a solid-state lithium-sulfur electrolyte. Braga, J.A. Ferreira, V. Stockhausen, J.E. Oliveira, A.

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APRIL 13, 2015

A team of researchers in South Korea and Italy has demonstrated a highly reliable lithium–sulfur battery showing cycle performance comparable to that of commercially available lithium-ion batteries while offering more than double the energy density. Another major concern regarding the lithium?sulfur Click to enlarge.

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MAY 1, 2010

Sion Power Corporation has received a three-year research grant worth up to $5 million from the United States Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) ( earlier post ) for the development of practical, economical and safe lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries for powering electric vehicles. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2015

A team from the China University of Geosciences has taken a novel approach to stabilizing Lithium-sulfur batteries by functionalizing the carbon-sulfur cathode with DNA. Rechargeable lithium/sulfur battery promises an appealing candidate for energy storage to power portable devices and electric vehicles.

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JANUARY 10, 2014

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have designed a lithium–sulfur battery using electrically connected graphite and lithium metal as a hybrid anode to control undesirable surface reactions on lithium. Huang et al. Click to enlarge. —Huang et al. —Jun Liu.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have demonstrated in the laboratory a lithium-sulfur (Li/S) battery that has more than twice the specific energy of lithium-ion batteries, and that lasts for more than 1,500 cycles of charge-discharge with minimal decay of the battery’s capacity.

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DECEMBER 2, 2013

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, led by Professor Arumugam Manthiram, have demonstrated that lithiated graphite can serve as a lithium donor in lithium-deficient cathodes used, for example, in high energy density lithium-sulfur chemistry batteries. Lithium-sulfur (Li?S) S batteries.

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OCTOBER 26, 2015

This will be followed by an assessment of the perceived technological barriers and the potential energy density gains for so-called post-LiBs, namely lithium-oxygen and lithium-sulfur batteries. For a 100 mile-range BEV requiring ≈21 kWh net , complete recharge could be accomplished within ≈60 min. Source: Gröger et al.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Researchers at Stanford University and SLAC led by Stanford associate professor Yi Cui have used a sulfur–TiO 2 yolk–shell design for a cathode material for a lithium-sulfur battery that achieved an initial specific capacity of 1,030?mAh?g This is the highest performing sulfur cathode in the world, as far as we know.

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JANUARY 1, 2015

A team at the Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (SINANO) has demonstrated that the electrochemical performance of sulfur nanoparticles (NPs) in the cathode of a Lithium-sulfur battery is critically dependent on the sulfur particle size. When paired with lithium metal anode to form rechargeable lithium?sulfur

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MAY 5, 2017

Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are one of the most attractive candidates for the next generation of high-energy rechargeable Li batteries because of their high specific energy at a working voltage of ca. Capacity remains at 85% of the initial value over the 25 first charge/discharge cycles. 2017.04.088.

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DECEMBER 16, 2014

Vasant Kumar at the University of Cambridge and Professor Renjie Chen at the Beijing Institute of Technology has devised a three-dimensional hierarchical sandwich-type graphene sheet-sulfur/carbon (GS-S/C ZIF8-D ) composite to address performance-related issues in Lithium-sulfur batteries such as low efficiency and capacity degradation.

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MARCH 23, 2017

Sulfur, a light and abundant element capable of gaining multiple electrons, is a promising alternative cathode material for high-energy-density rechargeable batteries (i.e., Brudvig, and Hailiang Wang (2017) “Ultrathin dendrimer–graphene oxide composite film for stable cycling lithium–sulfur batteries” PNAS doi: 10.1073/pnas.1620809114.

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MAY 2, 2017

Currently, most studies use a high electrolyte amount with an electrolyte to sulfur (E/S) ratio in the range of 10 -50 mL E /g S (flooded electrolyte condition). There have been very few reports on rechargeable Li-S batteries using a low electrolyte amount with an an E/S ratio less than 5 mL E /g S (lean electrolyte condition).

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FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed a new electrolyte that allows lithium-sulfur, lithium-metal and lithium-air batteries to operate at 99% efficiency, while having a high current density and without growing dendrites that short-circuit rechargeable batteries.

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JULY 2, 2011

Yi Cui and Hongjie Dai report the synthesis of a graphene–wrapped sulfur composite material that shows high and stable specific capacities of up to 600 mAh/g over more than 100 cycles. Earlier post.) —Wang et al.

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JUNE 17, 2015

The recent emerging demand for extended-range electric vehicles has stimulated the development of high-energy storage systems, especially the highly promising lithium–sulfur and lithium–air batteries, in which lithium metal anodes are employed.

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MARCH 30, 2018

Researchers at Rensselaer have developed a new technique using heat to enable self-healing lithium-metal anodes to eliminate dangerous dendrite buildup, paving the way for higher energy density battery technologies. The RPI researchers first demonstrated this smoothening (healing) of the dendrites in a lithium-lithium symmetrical cell.

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JANUARY 7, 2015

A team from the University of Rome Sapienza has developed a rechargeable lithium-ion polymer battery based on the combination of a high capacity sulfur-carbon cathode, nanostructured Li x Sn-C anode and polysulfide-added PEO-based gel membrane. Moreover, the addition of a dissolved polysulfide (i.e.

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JULY 8, 2013

The reversible redox reaction without the formation of resistive solid products promotes rechargeability, demonstrating 100 cycles with negligible capacity fading. The Li-I 2 batteries showed high energy density and excellent recharge ability. The high solubility of triiodide/iodide redox couples results in an energy density of ~ 0.33?kWh?kg

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JANUARY 23, 2014

Although lithium metal is a promising anode material for Li-ion rechargeable batteries due to its theoretical high capacity (3,860?mAh 1 of graphite anodes), it fails to meet cycle life and safety requirements due to electrolyte decomposition and dendrite formation on the surfaces of the lithium metal anodes during cycling.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

A team from Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) and the US Argonne National Laboratory has developed a new cathode material for Lithium-sulfur batteries: a multi-walled carbon nanotube/sulfur (MWCNT@S) composite with core–shell structure embedded into the interlay galleries of graphene sheets (GS). Credit: ACS, Chen et al.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

A team from the University of Picardie Jules Verne (France) and Alistore ERI (European Research Institute) has demonstrated new approaches to lithium-sulfur (Li-S) rechargeable batteries ( earlier post ) with improved capacity retention. Click to enlarge. —Demir-Cakan et al.

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