Abstract Lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries have been considered as next-generation rechargeable batteries beyond lithium-ion batteries owing to high capacity, high energy density and low cost. However, this battery suffers from poor cycle life that is major technical barrier because of shuttling of soluble polysulfide intermediates and volume expansion of S cathode during cycling. A wide range of nanostructured metal species are developed to solve commercialization issues of Li-S batteries. In this review, various strategies for utilizing excellent properties of pure metal element and metal species including oxides, hydroxides, sulfides and nitrides to form strong chemical bond with sulfur discharge products are summarized. It is important point that the design of the metal based structures and different parameters like amount of material for coating, host, additive or interlayer play a vital role in assessing the quality of the proposed materials. Optimizing all parameters especially about high potential materials will help to achieve accepted outputs that will help Li-S battery in a road of commercialization

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使用多种金属物种改善锂硫电池的电化学性能

摘要 锂硫（Li-S）电池因其高容量、高能量密度和低成本而被认为是超越锂离子电池的下一代可充电电池。然而，这种电池的循环寿命很短，这是主要的技术障碍，因为在循环过程中可溶性多硫化物中间体的穿梭和 S 正极的体积膨胀。开发了广泛的纳米结构金属物种来解决锂硫电池的商业化问题。在这篇综述中，总结了利用纯金属元素和金属物种（包括氧化物、氢氧化物、硫化物和氮化物）的优异特性与硫排放产物形成强化学键的各种策略。重要的一点是，金属基结构的设计和不同参数（如涂层、主体、添加剂或中间层的材料量）在评估所提议材料的质量方面起着至关重要的作用。优化所有参数，尤其是关于高电位材料的参数，将有助于实现公认的输出，这将有助于锂硫电池走上商业化道路