Application of organic electrolyte solutions to lithium batteries.

Electrolyte and Solid-Electrolyte Interphase Layer in Lithium-Ion Batteries

The supply and the management of the energy are particularly at the centre of our daily concerns and represent a socio-economic priority. Indeed, while cars use fossil fuel as the main source of energy for over a century, the depletion of the oil reserves and the necessity to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions, stimulate the development of electric vehicles. Therefore, one of the main challeng...

Electrolyte limitation of fast discharge in lithium batteries and supercapacitors

Developments of Electrolyte Systems for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries: A Review

*Correspondence: Zhan Lin, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China e-mail: [email protected] With a theoretical specific energy five times higher than that of lithium–ion batteries (2,600 vs. ~500Wh kg−1), lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries have been considered as one of the most promising energy storage systems for the electrification of veh...

Multifunctional Sandwich‐Structured Electrolyte for High‐Performance Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

Due to its high theoretical energy density (2600 Wh kg-1), low cost, and environmental benignity, the lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery is attracting strong interest among the various electrochemical energy storage systems. However, its practical application is seriously hampered by the so-called shuttle effect of the highly soluble polysulfides. Herein, a novel design of multifunctional sandwich-s...

Electrode/Electrolyte Interface Studies in Lithium Batteries Using NMR

Easy access to portable energy sources has become necessary for the last decades and rechargeable batteries are now omnipresent in everyday tools and devices thanks to their storage capacity and relatively low weight. More recently, the possible use of lithium-ion batteries in full electric and hybrid electric vehicles has attracted considerable attention. However, great challenges still remain...