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Longtao Ren, Jun Liu, Abdul Hameed Pato, Yan Wang, Xiwen Lu, Imran Ali Chandio, Mingyue Zhou, Wen Liu, Haijun Xu, Xiaoming Sun. Rational design of nanoarray structures for lithium–sulfur batteries: recent advances and future prospects[J]. Materials Futures, 2023, 2(4): 042103. doi: 10.1088/2752-5724/ace7e4
Citation: Longtao Ren, Jun Liu, Abdul Hameed Pato, Yan Wang, Xiwen Lu, Imran Ali Chandio, Mingyue Zhou, Wen Liu, Haijun Xu, Xiaoming Sun. Rational design of nanoarray structures for lithium–sulfur batteries: recent advances and future prospects[J]. Materials Futures, 2023, 2(4): 042103. doi: 10.1088/2752-5724/ace7e4
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Rational design of nanoarray structures for lithium–sulfur batteries: recent advances and future prospects

© 2023 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd on behalf of the Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory
Materials Futures, Volume 2, Number 4
  • Received Date: 2023-04-23
  • Accepted Date: 2023-07-17
  • Publish Date: 2023-08-25
doi: 10.1088/2752-5724/ace7e4

  • 1 College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China

  • 2 State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China

  • 3 Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China

  • 4 Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China

  • 5 College of Mathematics and Physics, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China

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This study was financially supported by Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation-Xiaomi Innovation Joint Fund (L223011), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21771018, 21875004, 22108149), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2021M691755), Beijing University of Chemical Technology (buctrc201901).

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  • Corresponding author: Wen Liu, email: wenliu@mail.buct.edu.cn;  Haijun Xu, email: hjxu@mail.buct.edu.cn
    Abstract
  • Lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries are considered as promising candidates for future-generation energy storage systems due to their prominent theoretical energy density. However, their application is still hindered by several critical issues, e.g., the low conductivity of sulfur species, the shuttling effects of soluble lithium polysulfides, volumetric expansion, sluggish redox kinetics, and uncontrollable Li dendritic formation. Considerable research efforts have been devoted to breaking through the obstacles that are preventing Li–S batteries from realizing practical application. Recently, benefiting from the no additives/binders, buffer of volume change, high sulfur loading and suppression of lithium dendrites, nanoarray (NA) structures have have emerged as efficient and durable electrodes in Li–S batteries. In this work, recent advances in the design, synthesis and application of NA structures in Li–S batteries are reviewed. First, the multifunctional merits and typical synthetic strategies of employing NA structure electrodes for Li–S batteries are outlined. Second, the applications of NA structures in Li–S batteries are discussed comprehensively. Finally, the challenge and rational design of NA structure for Li–S batteries are analyzed in depth, with the aim of providing promising orientations for the commercialization of high-energy-density Li–S batteries.
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