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Due to the high specific capacity, low cost, and environmental friendliness, lithium-sulfur batteries hold great potential to become the mainstay of next-generation energy storage system. Regarding the composition of sulfur/carbon in cathode, flammable organic liquid electrolyte, and lithium metal anode, great concerns about the safety have been raised. Hence solid-electrolyte-based lithium-sulfur batteries, as one alternative route for safe batteries, are highly interested. This review highlights the recent research progress of lithium-sulfur batteries with solid electrolytes. Both sulfide solid electrolytes and oxide solid electrolytes are included. The sulfide solid electrolytes are mainly employed in all-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries, while the oxide solid electrolytes are applied in hybrid electrolyte for lithium-sulfur batteries. The challenges and perspectives in this field are also featured on the basis of its current progress.
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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program (2016YFA0202500, 2015CB932500) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21676160, 21776019). We thank X.B. Cheng, X.Q. Zhang, R. Xu, H.J. Peng, and P.Y. Chen for helpful discussion.
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Sun, YZ., Huang, JQ., Zhao, CZ. et al. A review of solid electrolytes for safe lithium-sulfur batteries. Sci. China Chem. 60, 1508–1526 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-017-9164-2
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