Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

Materials, Challenges and Applications

1st Edition - March 5, 2022
Editors: Ram K. Gupta, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Huaihe Song, Ghulam Yasin
Language: English
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Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: Materials, Challenges, and Applications presents the advantages of lithium-sulfur batteries, such as high theoretical capacity, low cost, and stability, while also addressing some of the existing challenges. Some of the challenges are low electrical conductivity, the possible reaction of sulfur with lithium to form a soluble lithium salt, the formation of the dendrimer, large volume variation of cathode materials during the electrochemical reaction, and shuttle behavior of highly soluble intermediate polysulfides in the electrolyte. This book provides some possible solutions to these issues through novel architecture, using composite materials, doping to improve low conductivity, etc., as well as emphasizing novel materials, architectural concepts, and methods to improve the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
List of contributors
Part One. Basic principles
1. Introduction to electrochemical energy storage technologies
1. Introduction
2. History and recent advances
3. Energy storage mechanisms
4. Conclusion and outlook
2. Recent developments in lithium–sulfur batteries
1. Introduction
2. Structure and components of lithium–sulfur battery
3. Mechanism and electrochemical properties of lithium–sulfur battery
4. Polysulfide shuttle effect
5. Recent developments
6. Comparison with other lithium-ion batteries
7. Applications of lithium–sulfur batteries
8. Conclusion and future perspectives
3. Chemistry and operation of lithium–sulfur batteries
1. Introduction
2. Cell chemistry of lithium–sulfur battery
3. Operation of lithium–sulfur batteries
4. Electrochemical characteristics and challenges of lithium–sulfur batteries
5. Polysulfide formation and conversion
6. Summary and outlook
4. High-performance lithium–sulfur batteries: role of nanotechnology and nanoengineering
1. Introduction
2. Working principle of lithium–sulfur batteries
3. Challenges in lithium–sulfur batteries
4. Role of nanotechnology and nanoengineering in lithium–sulfur batteries
5. Conclusion
5. Mathematical modeling of lithium–sulfur batteries
1. Introduction
2. Electrochemical modeling
3. Equivalent circuit modeling
4. Parameter identification of equivalent-circuit model
5. Model application
6. Chapter summary
6. Nanocomposites for binder-free Li-S electrodes
1. Introduction
2. Carbon nanotube-based nanocomposites for binder-free electrodes
3. Graphene-based nanocomposites for binder-free electrodes
4. Carbon nanofiber-based nanocomposites for binder-free electrodes
5. Mxene-based nanocomposites for binder-free electrodes
6. Hybrid nanocomposites for binder-free electrodes
7. Summary and outlook
7. Separators for lithium–sulfur batteries
1. Introduction
2. Working principles of lithium–sulfur batteries
3. Role of battery components in controlling ultimate performance
4. Separator requirements
5. Design strategies for separator engineering
6. Conclusions and future outlook
8. Progress on separators for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries
1. Introduction
2. Critical benchmarks for lithium–sulfur battery interlayers
3. Recent studies of various interlayers
4. Perspectives and outlooks
9. Electrolytes for lithium–sulfur batteries
1. Introduction
2. Organic liquid electrolytes
3. Ionic liquid electrolytes
4. Polymer electrolytes
5. Inorganic ceramic electrolytes
6. Future perspective
Part Two. Nanomaterials and nanostructures for sulfur cathodes
10. Porous carbon–sulfur composite cathodes
1. Microporous carbon-based cathodes for lithium–sulfur batteries
2. Mesoporous carbon-based cathode for lithium–sulfur batteries
3. Hierarchical carbon-based cathode for lithium–sulfur batteries
4. Surface functionalized porous carbon for lithium–sulfur battery cathodes
5. Summary and perspective
11. Recent advancements in carbon/sulfur electrode nanocomposites for lithium–sulfur batteries
1. Introduction
2. Preparation of carbon/sulfur nanocomposites
3. Physical and electrochemical performance of carbon/sulfur nanocomposite cathodes
4. Conclusion
12. Advances in nanomaterials for sulfurized carbon cathodes
1. Introduction
2. Sulfurized carbon basics
3. Elucidated structure and electrochemical profile
4. Recent progress of sulfurized carbon and future trends
5. Concluding remarks
13. Graphene–sulfur composite cathodes
1. Introduction
2. Challenges limiting the development of lithium–sulfur batteries
3. Graphene-based composites in the lithium–sulfur batteries
4. Conclusions
5. Outlook
14. Graphene–sulfur nanocomposites as cathode materials and separators for lithium–sulfur batteries
1. Introduction
2. Cathode material modifications
3. Modified separators and functional interlayers
4. Techniques and methods
5. Structural design
6. Challenges and perspective
15. Graphene–sulfur nanohybrids for cathodes in lithium–sulfur batteries
1. Introduction
2. Graphene–sulfur composites for lithium–sulfur batteries
3. Conclusion
16. Metal–organic framework based cathode materials in lithium–sulfur batteries
1. Introduction
2. Metal–organic frameworks
3. Metal–organic frameworks as sulfur hosts
4. Conclusion
17. MXene-based sulfur composite cathodes
1. MXene/sulfur cathodes in lithium–sulfur batteries
2. MXene-based composite/sulfur cathodes in lithium–sulfur batteries
3. MXene-derived oxide/sulfur cathodes in lithium–sulfur batteries
4. Heteroatom-doped MXene/sulfur cathodes in lithium–sulfur batteries
5. Novel structured MXene/sulfur cathodes in lithium–sulfur batteries
18. Polymeric nanocomposites for lithium–sulfur batteries
1. Introduction
2. Fundamentals of polymers
3. Polymer nanocomposites for sulfur cathodes
4. Polymer electrolytes
5. Conclusion and outlook
19. Design of nanostructured sulfur cathodes for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries
1. Introduction
2. Redox processes and polysulfide characteristics of lithium–sulfur batteries
3. Design criteria for lithium–sulfur battery cathodes
4. Sulfur host materials for lithium–sulfur batteries
5. Outlook and conclusion
20. Nanostructured additives and binders for sulfur cathodes
1. Introduction
2. Background of nanostructured additives and binders for sulfur cathodes
3. Nanostructured additives for sulfur cathodes
4. Lithium–sulfur battery binders
5. Conclusion and outlook
Part Three. Lithium metal anodes: materials and technology
21. Lithium metal anode: an introduction
1. Introduction
2. Metallic lithium anode
3. Past and recent developments
4. Suppression strategies for lithium dendrites
5. Conclusion
22. Advanced carbon-based nanostructure frameworks for lithium anodes
1. Introduction
2. Carbon-based interlayers
3. Carbon-based lithium hosts
4. Summary and outlook
23. Carbon-based anode materials for lithium-ion batteries
1. Introduction
2. Carbon allotropes as anodic material for lithium-ion batteries
3. Carbon as anode material for lithium-ion batteries
4. Carbon nanotube and carbon nanotube-based nanomaterial as anode
5. Graphene and graphene-based nanomaterial as anode material
6. Conclusions and future directions
Part Four. Applications and future perspectives
24. Lithium–sulfur batteries for marine applications
1. Introduction
2. Types of batteries used in marine systems
3. Lithium–sulfur batteries
4. Battery management system
5. Performance, weight, and cost analyses of various batteries in hybrid and electric marine vessels
6. Conclusion
25. Two-dimensional layered materials for flexible electronics and batteries
1. Introduction
2. Overview of two-dimensional layered materials
3. Additive manufacturing of two-dimensional layered materials for flexible electronics
4. Incorporation of solution-processed two-dimensional layered MXenes
5. Summary and conclusions
26. Sustainability of lithium–sulfur batteries
1. Introduction
2. Fundamental aspects of lithium–sulfur battery sustainability
3. Improving lithium–sulfur battery sustainability
4. Conclusions
27. Recyclability and recycling technologies for lithium–sulfur batteries
1. Introduction
2. Lithium–sulfur battery
3. Recycling technologies
4. Conclusion and future perspective
28. Recyclability, circular economy, and environmental aspects of lithium–sulfur batteries
1. Introduction
2. Composition and construction of lithium–sulfur batteries
3. Battery design and fabrication
4. Recycling lithium–sulfur batteries
5. Greener strategies for processing lithium-bearing e-waste
6. Environmental impact and circular economy in the battery industry
7. Future designs and outlook for natural solutions
Index

Ram K. Gupta

Dr. Ram Gupta is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Pittsburg State University. He is the Director of Research at the National Institute for Materials Advancement (NIMA). Dr. Gupta has been recently named by Stanford University as being among the top 2% of research scientists worldwide. Before joining Pittsburg State University, he worked as an Assistant Research Professor at Missouri State University, Springfield, MO then as a Senior Research Scientist at North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC. Dr. Gupta’s research spans a range of subjects critical to current and future societal needs including: semiconducting materials & devices, biopolymers, flame-retardant polymers, green energy production & storage using nanostructured materials & conducting polymers, electrocatalysts, optoelectronics & photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic heterojunctions for sensors, nanomagnetism, biocompatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffold & antibacterial applications, and bio-degradable metallic implants.

Affiliations and expertise

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS, USA

Tuan Anh Nguyen

Tuan Anh Nguyen is a Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. He received a BS in physics from Hanoi University in 1992, a BS in economics from Hanoi National Economics University in 1997, and a PhD in chemistry from the Paris Diderot University, France, in 2003. He was a Visiting Scientist at Seoul National University, South Korea, in 2004, and the University of Wollongong, Australia, in 2005. He then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Research Scientist at Montana State University, United States in 2006-09. In 2012 he was appointed as the Head of the Microanalysis Department at the Institute for Tropical Technology. His research areas of interest include smart sensors, smart networks, smart hospitals, smart cities, complexiverse, and digital twins. He has edited more than 74 books for Elsevier, 12 books for CRC Press, 1 book for Springer, 1 book for RSC, and 2 books for IGI Global. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Kenkyu Journal of Nanotechnology & Nanoscience.

Affiliations and expertise

Senior Principal Research Scientist, Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam

Huaihe Song

Huaihe Song is a Professor at the State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Materials and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China. He has 28 years of experience in the field of carbon materials research. His research area is in the preparation of advanced carbon materials and their applications, including pitch-based carbon materials (mesophase pitch and mesocarbon microbeads), carbon nanomaterials (carbon nanotubes, graphene, carbon-encapsulated metal nanomaterials, and onion-like carbons), carbon-based materials for energy storage (lithium-ion batteries and supercapacitors), and mesoporous carbons (ordered mesoporous carbons and carbon aerogels).

Affiliations and expertise

Professor, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Materials and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China

Ghulam Yasin

Ghulam Yasin is a researcher in the School of Environment and Civil Engineering at Dongguan University of Technology, Guangdong, China. His expertise covers the design and development of hybrid devices and technologies of carbon nanostructures and advanced nanomaterials for for real-world impact in energy-related and other functional applications.

Affiliations and expertise

Researcher, School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Guangdong, China

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