Sulfur reduction reaction process that could improve lithium-sulfur batteries

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-02-chemists-decipher-reaction-lithium-sulfur.html

"properly designed catalytic electrode material accelerates charging and discharging, mitigate side reactions, and improve cycle life, battery capacity... problem side reaction where lithium polysulfide intermediates migrate (shuttle effect) to lithium metal anode, consuming both sulfur and lithium leading to energy loss and rapidly reduced storage capacity... carbon-based electrodes doped with sulfur and nitrogen facilitate electrocatalysis converting unwanted polysulfide Li2S4 intermediate into Li2S, solving the issue"

Related: Fast-charging lithium-sulfur batteries on the horizon
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-03-fast-lithium-sulfur-batteries-horizon.html see also: An approach to design high-power lithium sulfur batteries https://phys.org/news/2024-03-approach-high-power-lithium-sulfur.html