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Recent achievements on sulfide-type solid electrolytes: crystal structures and electrochemical performance

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The all-solid-state lithium batteries using solid electrolytes are considered to be the new generation of devices for energy storage, which might be a key solution for power electric and hybrid electric vehicles in the future. This review focuses on the crystal structures and electrochemical properties of sulfide solid electrolytes. They are classified to several subgroups according to their chemical compositions, namely thiophosphates, halide thiophosphates, sulfide without phosphorus, and glassy sulfides electrolytes, which might be potential solid electrolytes in lithium batteries and may replace the currently used polymeric electrolytes for LIBs. Through discussion, this review provides an insight into future promising sulfide electrolytes.

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We gratefully acknowledge the financial support by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 21673203 and 21771159), the Higher Education Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. 15KJB150031), State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry Fund (No. 20150009), the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, and the Qing Lan project.

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Ma, Z., Xue, HG. & Guo, SP. Recent achievements on sulfide-type solid electrolytes: crystal structures and electrochemical performance. J Mater Sci 53, 3927–3938 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-1827-6

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