Inorganic Noval Materials—Energy Storage and Conversion

Applications of titanium-based compounds for lithium-sulfur batteries

  • Zichen Liu ,
  • bin Zhang ,
  • Sichen Gu ,
  • Wei Lü
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  • Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School,Tsinghua University,Shenzhen 518000,China

Received date: 2021-04-20

  Online published: 2021-07-08

Abstract

Lithium-sulfur batteries(Li-S batteries) is among the most promising candidates for novel batteries with high ener-gy density.However,the shuttle effects resulted from the highly soluble lithium polysulfides in charging and discharging pro-cesses lead to the loss of active materials,low capacities and inferior cycling performances,hindering the practical application of Li-S batteries.The titanium(Ti)-based compounds with versatile interface properties and easily controllable structures are widely used to suppress the shuttle effects due to their strong adsorption ability and catalytic activity towards polysulfides con-version.The physical confinement,chemical adsorption,and catalytic conversion roles of Ti-based compounds in Li-S batte-ries were introduced.The roles of different kinds of Ti-based compounds in the cathode of Li-S batterie were discussed system-atically.On this basis,the application prospect of Ti-based compounds in Li-S batteries was discussed.

Cite this article

Zichen Liu , bin Zhang , Sichen Gu , Wei Lü . Applications of titanium-based compounds for lithium-sulfur batteries[J]. Inorganic Chemicals Industry, 2021 , 53(6) : 14 -22 . DOI: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2021-0236

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