Lithium-Sulfur Battery Technology Readiness and Applications—A Review

Abbas Fotouhi, Daniel J. Auger, Laura O’Neill, Tom Cleaver and Sylwia Walus
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Abbas Fotouhi: Advanced Vehicle Engineering Centre, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire MK43 0AL, UK
Daniel J. Auger: Advanced Vehicle Engineering Centre, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire MK43 0AL, UK
Laura O’Neill: OXIS Energy, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 3DB, UK
Tom Cleaver: OXIS Energy, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 3DB, UK
Sylwia Walus: OXIS Energy, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 3DB, UK

Energies, 2017, vol. 10, issue 12, 1-15

Abstract: Lithium Sulfur (Li-S) battery is generally considered as a promising technology where high energy density is required at different applications. Over the past decade, there has been an ever increasing volume of Li-S academic research spanning materials development, fundamental understanding and modelling, and application-based control algorithm development. In this study, the Li-S battery technology, its advantages and limitations from the fundamental perspective are firstly discussed. In the second part of this study, state-of-the-art Li-S cell modelling and state estimation techniques are reviewed with a focus on practical applications. The existing studies on Li-S cell equivalent-circuit-network modelling and state estimation techniques are then discussed. A number of challenges in control of Li-S battery are also explained such as the flat open-circuit-voltage curve and high sensitivity of Li-S cell’s behavior to temperature variation. In the last part of this study, current and future applications of Li-S battery are mentioned.

Keywords: lithium-sulfur battery; application; technology readiness; review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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