Title: Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: High-Energy, High-Rate, Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: Synergetic Effect of Hollow TiO<sub>2</sub> -Webbed Carbon Nanotubes and a Dual Functional Carbon-Paper Interlayer (Adv. Energy Mater. 1/2016)
Abstract: In article number 1501480, Ilias Belharouak, Arumugam Manthiram, Yang-Kook Sun and co-workers develop a high-capacity, high-rate sulfur cathode by encapsulating elemental sulfur into the pores of hollow-mesoporous TiO2 particles that are connected via carbon nanotubes. Moreover, a dual functional carbon-paper interlayer provides a medium for scavenging the lithium polysulfides and suppressing them from diffusing to the anode side. The Li-S cells demonstrate the viability of high-energy, high-power Li-S batteries.