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The electrochemical discharge mechanism is reported for all-solid lithium sulfur batteries. Upon milling with carbon fibers, the solid electrolyte used within the cathode composite becomes electrochemically active. Analysis with Raman spectroscopy and XPS revealed the importance of bridging S-S bond formation and breaking in lithium polysulfidophosphates during electrochemical lithiation of the active solid electrolyte. Remarkably, when sulfur is introduced as an active material in the cathode composite, lithium polysulfides are formed as an intermediate product before full lithiation into lithium sulfide. The synthesis of materials based on bridging S-S bonds is an important avenue to the design of new cathodes for allsolid batteries.
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Erika, N., Arthur, T.S., Bonnick, P. et al. The Discharge Mechanism for Solid-State Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. MRS Advances 4, 2627–2634 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1557/adv.2019.255
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