Unveiling Mechanistic Material Manipulation in Functional Separators for Metal Sulfur Batteries: Progress and Prospects
Advanced Functional Materials,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 15, 2025
Abstract
Metal‐sulfur
batteries
(MSBs)
are
emerging
energy
storage
candidates
due
to
their
high
density,
cost‐effective
nature,
and
environmental
compatibility.
However,
polysulfide
shuttling,
slow
kinetics,
dendritic
issues
severely
plague
nexus
stage
from
academic
commercial
applications.
Inspired
by
the
low
cost
higher
capacity
of
metal
sulfur
batteries,
numerous
strategies,
electrode
design
separator
modification,
developed
eliminate
these
challenges
on
practical
grounds.
Among
them,
functionalizing
separators
hold
great
promise
stabilize
battery
operation
mechanistically
in
terms
safety,
stability,
electrochemical
benchmarks,
as
existing
polyolefin
designs
cannot
fully
satisfy
complex
chemistry
polysulfides.
This
review
first
discusses
critical
with
associated
mechanistic
approaches
better
describe
requirement
for
material
manipulation
design.
Furthermore,
role
modulated
functional
materials
is
critically
highlighted
screened
synergistically
achieve
an
advanced
recent
four‐year
plethora
separators.
Finally,
future
directions
outlined
research.
will
offer
a
comprehensive
reference
new
paths
designing
modulating
advancing
high‐energy‐density
systems.
Language: Английский
The Rise and Development of COF‐Based Materials for Alkali Metal Chalcogen Batteries: Current Status, Challenges, and Prospects
Advanced Functional Materials,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: May 28, 2025
Abstract
Alkali
metal
chalcogen
batteries
(such
as
lithium–sulfur/selenium,
sodium–sulfur
systems,
abbreviated
Li‐S/Se
and
Na‐S)
have
become
an
important
direction
for
the
next
generation
of
high‐energy
due
to
their
ultra‐high
theoretical
energy
density
cost
advantages,
but
problem
rapid
capacity
decay
needs
be
solved
urgently.
Covalent
organic
frameworks
(COFs)
provide
a
new
idea
improving
battery
performance
high
specific
surface
area
tunable
structure:
porous
structure
can
sufficient
electrochemical
reaction
sites
optimize
ion
transport
paths,
thereby
charge‐discharge
efficiency
rate
performance.
In
this
paper,
research
progress
COFs
in
alkali
is
systematically
reviewed.
Language: Английский