Lithium Bond Chemistry in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 56; no. 28; pp. 8178 - 8182
• Main Authors: Hou, Ting‐Zheng, Xu, Wen‐Tao, Chen, Xiang, Peng, Hong‐Jie, Huang, Jia‐Qi, Zhang, Qiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 03.07.2017
• Edition: International ed. in English
• Subjects: ab initio calculations; Anchoring; Bond strength; Bonding strength; Chemistry; Dipoles; Electrochemistry; Energy storage; Graphene; Hydrogen bonds; Hydrogen storage; Intermediates; Lithium; Lithium batteries; lithium bond; Lithium isotopes; Lithium sulfur batteries; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Nitrogen; NMR; NMR spectroscopy; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Polysulfides; Quantum chemistry; Spectroscopy; Storage batteries; Sulfur; ab initio calculations; lithium bond; electrochemistry; NMR spectroscopy; lithium-sulfur batteries

The lithium–sulfur (Li–S) battery is a promising high‐energy‐density storage system. The strong anchoring of intermediates is widely accepted to retard the shuttle of polysulfides in a working battery. However, the understanding of the intrinsic chemistry is still deficient. Inspired by the concept...