Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) batteries promise much higher energy storage capacity at lower cost compared to conventional lithium-ion technologies because sulfur is inexpensive and plentiful. A key challenge for Li-S batteries has been the controlling polysulfides formation during battery cycling, which can result in a rapid decline in performance. JCSER researchers have developed several new technologies aimed at improving the performance of Li-S batteries, including issued US patents relating to new electrode and binder materials.

Granted Patents:

US Patent #	Title (URL)	Institution(s)	Inst. Identifier
10,680,234	Lithium-sulfur battery with polyanthraquinone binder	Argonne National Laboratory	ANL-IN-17-078
10,319,989	Systems and methods of preparing lithium sulfur electrode using sacrificial template	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MIT-17699
10,033,040	Stable cycling of lithium sulfide cathodes through strong affinity with multifunctional binders	SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University	S12-346