Nature Communications (May 2021)

Artificial dual solid-electrolyte interfaces based on in situ organothiol transformation in lithium sulfur battery

  • Wei Guo,
  • Wanying Zhang,
  • Yubing Si,
  • Donghai Wang,
  • Yongzhu Fu,
  • Arumugam Manthiram

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23155-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Lithium-sulfur batteries suffer from the shuttle effect of lithium polysulfides and interfacial instability of the lithium metal anode. Here, the authors use 1,3,5-benzenetrithiol as an electrolyte additive to protect sulfur cathode and lithium metal anode.