A review on next generation high energy density batteries
Arif, Nazia (2024)
2024
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Abstract
Excessive use of fossil fuels threatening our environment in the form of global warming, increase in CO2 concentration, greenhouse gas emissions, melting glaciers and rise in sea level. There is urgent need to develop sustainable, fossil fuel free energy resources. Recent development of renewable energy resource provided effective solution to mitigate the environmental concerns. However, intermittent nature of power generation from renewable energy sources requires development efficient energy storage system. Batteries are excellent energy storage technologies for the integration of renewable energy sources. Due to limitation of lithium-ion batteries in term on energy density, there is need to develop post lithium-ion high energy density batteries. Lithium sulfur batteries (LiSBs) have potential to replace current lithium-ion batteries as high energy, low cost and free from cobalt, nickel, manganese or graphite.
This work investigated recent developments in the field of LiSBs. The academic research paper explored articles published in the years 2021 to 2024. This work identified the major challenges to commercialization of LiSBs as “insulation nature of sulfur, polysulfides shuttling effect and dendrite formation on anode”. The strategies to overcome challenges of LiSBs explored.
Conductive carbon materials are useful to overcome the insulation of sulfur. They have been studied in literature as sulfur host material for the formation of cathode and coating of separator. The conductive carbon materials improve the sulfur utilization and increase the capacity of LiSBs. In addition, researchers have explored different types of electrocatalyst for electrocatalytic conversion of lithium polysulfides to overcome shuttling effect and enhance the stability of LiSBs. The researchers found metals and metal oxides such as iron, CeO2 and MnO2 as effective electrocatalyst to reduce capacity fading and improve cyclic stability of LiSBs. Anode degradation and dendrite formation is also a challenge for LiSBs. Coating a protection layer over the lithium anode is considered as an efficient way to protect it from contacting with the electrolyte to avoid anode degradation. Despite recent success in the development of LiSBs, there are challenges in commercialization of LiSBs. Academic research is far behind the industrial level development of LiSBs. Startup companies such as Zeta Energy have recent claims and success for the development of LiSBs.
Excessive use of fossil fuels threatening our environment in the form of global warming, increase in CO2 concentration, greenhouse gas emissions, melting glaciers and rise in sea level. There is urgent need to develop sustainable, fossil fuel free energy resources. Recent development of renewable energy resource provided effective solution to mitigate the environmental concerns. However, intermittent nature of power generation from renewable energy sources requires development efficient energy storage system. Batteries are excellent energy storage technologies for the integration of renewable energy sources. Due to limitation of lithium-ion batteries in term on energy density, there is need to develop post lithium-ion high energy density batteries. Lithium sulfur batteries (LiSBs) have potential to replace current lithium-ion batteries as high energy, low cost and free from cobalt, nickel, manganese or graphite.
This work investigated recent developments in the field of LiSBs. The academic research paper explored articles published in the years 2021 to 2024. This work identified the major challenges to commercialization of LiSBs as “insulation nature of sulfur, polysulfides shuttling effect and dendrite formation on anode”. The strategies to overcome challenges of LiSBs explored.
Conductive carbon materials are useful to overcome the insulation of sulfur. They have been studied in literature as sulfur host material for the formation of cathode and coating of separator. The conductive carbon materials improve the sulfur utilization and increase the capacity of LiSBs. In addition, researchers have explored different types of electrocatalyst for electrocatalytic conversion of lithium polysulfides to overcome shuttling effect and enhance the stability of LiSBs. The researchers found metals and metal oxides such as iron, CeO2 and MnO2 as effective electrocatalyst to reduce capacity fading and improve cyclic stability of LiSBs. Anode degradation and dendrite formation is also a challenge for LiSBs. Coating a protection layer over the lithium anode is considered as an efficient way to protect it from contacting with the electrolyte to avoid anode degradation. Despite recent success in the development of LiSBs, there are challenges in commercialization of LiSBs. Academic research is far behind the industrial level development of LiSBs. Startup companies such as Zeta Energy have recent claims and success for the development of LiSBs.