Topic: Microstructure-Driven Performance Improvements in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

The Special Issue "Microstructure-Driven Performance Improvements in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries" seeks to address the challenges associated with lithium-sulfur batteries, an emerging high-energy storage technology. It will focus on novel microstructured material designs and approaches that improve battery stability, cycling life, and sulfur utilization efficiency. By emphasizing the role of material architecture, synthesis techniques, and electrochemical performance optimization, this collection aims to push the boundaries of current lithium-sulfur battery research. This issue will explore recent progress in the field, with an emphasis on underexplored aspects of microstructural design and its direct impact on battery performance. It will highlight how advanced material modifications, including multi-scale porous structures and hybrid material strategies, can resolve key limitations such as shuttle effect mitigation and polysulfide trapping. Contributors are encouraged to share insights into fundamental mechanisms, scalable synthesis methods, and novel characterization techniques that bridge the gap between theoretical models and practical applications. Ultimately, this Special Issue aims to inspire new research directions and technological innovations, offering insights that can drive the commercial development of high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries.

Lithium-sulfur batteries, high energy density, microstructured materials, material architecture optimization, cycling stability, sulfur utilization efficiency, advanced synthesis techniques, polysulfide management, electrochemical reaction kinetics

20 Feb 2025