Polysulfide-Scission Reagents for the Suppression of the Shuttle Effect in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

• Published in: ACS nano Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 2209 - 2218
• Main Authors: Hua, Wuxing, Yang, Zhi, Nie, Huagui, Li, Zhongyu, Yang, Jizhang, Guo, Zeqing, Ruan, Chunping, Chen, Xi’an, Huang, Shaoming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 28.02.2017
• Subjects: Carbon nanotubes; Current density; Graphene; Interlayers; Lithium sulfur batteries; Polysulfides; Scission; Sulfur; porous carbon nanotube; polysulfide-scission; interlayer; lithium−sulfur batteries; dithiothreitol

Lithium–sulfur batteries have become an appealing candidate for next-generation energy-storage technologies because of their low cost and high energy density. However, one of their major practical problems is the high solubility of long-chain lithium polysulfides and their infamous shuttle effect, w...