High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: Practical Issues and Future Prospects
A special issue of Batteries (ISSN 2313-0105). This special issue belongs to the section "Battery Materials and Interfaces: Anode, Cathode, Separators and Electrolytes or Others".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2026 | Viewed by 17
Special Issue Editors
Interests: lithium-sulfur batteries; solid state batteries
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
To fully leverage the advantages of lithium–sulfur (Li–S) chemistry in high-energy-density batteries, key strategies must include achieving high discharge capacities, increasing areal capacity, reducing the N/P ratio, and implementing lean electrolyte conditions. Can integrating novel materials or advanced fabrication techniques enable us to meet these ambitious targets?
To remain competitive against layered oxide cathode systems in the battery market, what innovations are essential for Li–S batteries to secure a viable position?
This Special Issue will introduce new materials and processing techniques critical for commercializing Li–S batteries and exploring how such innovations can enhance device-level performance.
- Novel materials for Li–S batteries (electrodes, electrolytes, and separators);
- Advanced fabrication processes for Li–S cell assembly;
- Sulfurized polymer cathodes for improved cycle life;
- All-solid-state Li–S batteries.
- Degradation mechanisms in liquid- and solid-state Li–S battery systems.
Dr. Jinkwan Jung
Dr. Hyunwon Chu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Li-S solid-state battery
- sulfurized polyacrylonitrile (SPAN) cathode
- Li-S battery
- lean electrolyte
- high-loading sulfur cathode
- high discharge capacity
- dry-casted sulfur cathode
- diagnosing the degradation of batteries
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