Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

Advances in High-Energy Density Batteries

1st Edition - June 12, 2022
Editors: Prashant Kumta, Aloysius F. Hepp, Moni K. Datta, Oleg I. Velikokhatnyi
Language: English
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries provide an alternative to lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries and are showing promise for providing much higher energy densities. Systems utilizing Li-S batteries are presently under development and early stages of commercialization. This technology is being developed in order to provide higher, safer levels of energy at significantly lower costs. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: Advances in High-Energy Density Batteries addresses various aspects of the current research in the field of sulfur cathodes and lithium metal anode including abundance, system voltage, and capacity. In addition, it provides insights into the basic challenges faced by the system. The book includes novel strategies to prevent polysulfide dissolution in sulfur-based systems while also exploring new materials systems as anodes preventing dendrite formation in Li metal anodes.

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Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Preface
Part I: Technology background and novel materials
Chapter 1: Introduction to the lithium-sulfur system: Technology and electric vehicle applications
Abstract
1.1: Introduction to lithium-sulfur battery
1.2: Electric vehicle batteries
1.3: Early lithium-sulfur batteries
1.4: Lithium-ion and lithium-sulfur batteries
1.5: Sulfur
1.6: Today's lithium-sulfur batteries
1.7: Cathodes
1.8: Anode and electrolyte
1.9: Fundamental challenge: Low cell voltage
1.10: Goal: Commercialized battery
References
Chapter 2: Solid electrolytes for lithium-sulfur batteries
Abstract
Acknowledgments
2.1: Introduction to Li-S batteries
2.2: Introduction to solid electrolytes
2.3: Brief history of solid electrolytes
2.4: Introduction to inorganic solid electrolytes
2.5: Li-S batteries based on polymer electrolytes
2.6: Summary
References
Chapter 3: Applications of metal-organic frameworks for lithium-sulfur batteries
Abstract
Acknowledgments
3.1: Introduction
3.2: MOFs for lithium-sulfur batteries
3.3: Characterization techniques
3.4: Summary and outlook
References
Part II: Modeling and characterization
Chapter 4: Multiscale modeling of physicochemical interactions in lithium-sulfur battery electrodes
Abstract
Acknowledgment
4.1: Introduction
4.2: The growth of crystalline Li2S film in cathode
4.3: Parasitic reactions in anode
4.4: Summary and outlook
References
Chapter 5: Reliable HPLC-MS method for the quantitative and qualitative analyses of dissolved polysulfide ions during the operation of Li-S batteries
Abstract
5.1: Introduction to HPLC-MS
5.2: Dissolved polysulfide ions and their behaviors in nonaqueous electrolytes
5.3: Advantages of HPLC-MS vs. other analytical techniques
5.4: One-step derivatization, separation, and determination of polysulfide ions
5.5: The mechanism of sulfur redox reaction determined in situ electrochemical-HPLC technique
5.6: Conclusions
References
Chapter 6: Modeling of electrode, electrolyte, and interfaces of lithium-sulfur batteries
Abstract
Acknowledgments
6.1: Introduction
6.2: Mathematical description of porous electrode performance
6.3: Evolution of cathode porous electrode structure
6.4: Concentrated electrolyte transport effects
6.5: Dynamics of the polysulfide shuttle effect
6.6: Sources of variability: Mechanisms and properties
6.7: Summary and outlook
References
Part III: Performance improvement
Chapter 7: Recent progress in fundamental understanding of selenium-doped sulfur cathodes during charging and discharging with various electrolytes
Abstract
Acknowledgments
7.1: Introduction
7.2: Overview of SexSy cathode composition and electrochemistry
7.3: Progress on Li-SexSy batteries with liquid electrolytes
7.4: All-solid-state Li-SexSy batteries
7.5: Concluding remarks and future design strategies for SexSy-based battery systems
References
Chapter 8: Suppression of lithium dendrite growth in lithium-sulfur batteries
Abstract
8.1: Introduction
8.2: Dendritic growth mechanism
8.3: Effect of Li dendrite growth on Li-S batteries
8.4: Suppression method
8.5: Conclusions
References
Chapter 9: The role of advanced host materials and binders for improving lithium-sulfur battery performance
Abstract
9.1: Introduction to energy sources and rechargeable batteries
9.2: Complex energy storage challenges and solutions
9.3: Host materials
9.4: Binders
9.5: Conclusions and future directions
References
Part IV: Future directions: Solid-state materials and novel battery architectures
Chapter 10: Future prospects for lithium-sulfur batteries: The criticality of solid electrolytes
Abstract
Dedication
10.1: The advantages of lithium-sulfur batteries
10.2: The challenges of conventional sulfur electrodes when used with liquid electrolytes
10.3: Lithium metal electrodes in lithium-sulfur batteries
10.4: Path forward
References
Chapter 11: New approaches to high-energy-density cathode and anode architectures for lithium-sulfur batteries
Abstract
Acknowledgments
11.1: Introduction
11.2: Novel confinement architectures for sulfur cathodes
11.3: Assembly and testing of pouch cells
11.4: Coin cells: Preparation of hybrid solid electrolyte-coated battery separators
11.5: Directly deposited sulfur architectures
11.6: Computational studies to identify functional electrocatalysts
11.7: Functional electrocatalysts and related materials for polysulfide decomposition
11.8: Engineering dendrite-free anodes for Li-S batteries
11.9: Conclusions
References
Chapter 12: A solid-state approach to a lithium-sulfur battery
Abstract
12.1: Introduction
12.2: Solid electrolytes
12.3: Polymer/ceramic hybrid composite electrolytes
12.4: Stable Li metal anodes for all-solid-state Li-S batteries
12.5: Sulfur-based cathode composites for all-solid-state Li-S batteries
12.6: All-solid-state thin-film batteries
12.7: Conclusions
References
Part V: Applications: System-level issues and challenging environments
Chapter 13: State estimation methodologies for lithium-sulfur battery management systems
Abstract
Acknowledgments
13.1: Introduction
13.2: Lithium-sulfur battery models
13.3: Li-S BMS: State estimation methods
13.4: Performance of state estimation methods
13.5: Conclusions and outlook
References
Chapter 14: Batteries for aeronautics and space exploration: Recent developments and future prospects
Abstract
14.1: Introduction
14.2: Energy storage for (solar-) electric aircraft and high-altitude airships
14.3: Overview of energy storage for space exploration
14.4: Recent NASA missions to Mercury, Mars, and small bodies
14.5: Radiation issues and exploration missions to the Jupiter region
14.6: Next generation(s) of battery technologies for space exploration
14.7: Conclusions
References
Index

Prashant Kumta

Prashant Kumta,Ph.D. obtained a Ph.D. degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Arizona in 1990. Professor Kumta is the Edward R. Weidlein Chair Professor at University of Pittsburgh. He is the author/co-author of over 150 refereed journal publications and has given more than 200 conference presentations with more than 66 invited presentations. He is a recognized authority in the area of advance Li-ion batteries.

Affiliations and expertise

Edward R. Weidlein Chair Professor, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Aloysius F. Hepp

Aloysius F. Hepp is Chief Technologist at Nanotech Innovations and independent consultant based in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned a PhD in Inorganic Photochemistry in 1983 from MIT and retired in December 2016 from the Photovoltaic & Electrochemical Systems Branch of the NASA Glenn Research Center. He was a visiting fellow at Harvard University from 1992–3. He was awarded the NASA Exceptional Achievement medal in 1997. He has served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Albany and Cleveland State University. Dr. Hepp has co-authored nearly 200 publications (including six patents) focused on processing of thin film and nanomaterials for I–III–VI solar cells, Li-ion batteries, integrated power devices and flight experiments, and precursors and spray pyrolysis deposition of sulfides and carbon nanotubes. He has co-edited twelve books on advanced materials processing, energy conversion and electronics, biomimicry and aerospace technologies. He is Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing (MSSP) and is currently the chair of the International Advisory Board of MSSP, as well as serving on the Editorial Advisory Boards of Mater. Sci. and Engin. B and Heliyon.

Affiliations and expertise

Chief Technologist, Nanotech Innovations LLC and a Science Advisory Board Member, CoreWater Technologies, Inc., Oberlin, OH, USA

Moni K. Datta

Moni K. Datta is an Assistant Professor at the Bioengineering Department of the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, USA.

Affiliations and expertise

Assistant Professor, Bioengineering Department, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Oleg I. Velikokhatnyi

Oleg I. Velikokhatnyi is an Assistant Professor, Bioengineering Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Affiliations and expertise

Assistant Professor, Bioengineering Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA