Citethis:NewCarbonMaterials,2024,39(2):201-222DOI:10.1016/S1872-5805(24)60838-3Areviewoftheuseofmetaloxide/carboncompositematerialstoinhibittheshuttleeffectinlithium-sulfurbatteriesZHOUZhi-qiang,WANGHui-min,YANGLu-bin,MACheng,WANGJi-tong*,QIAOWen-ming,LINGLi-cheng*（StateKeyLaboratoryofChemicalEngineering,EastChinaUniversityofScienceandTechnology,Shanghai200237,China）Abstract：Lithium-sulfur(Li-S)batteriesareamongthemostpromisingnext-generationelectrochemicalenergy-storagesystemsduetotheirexceptionaltheoreticalspecificcapacity,inexpensiveproductioncostandenvironmentalfriendliness.However,thepoorconductivityofSandLi2S,severelithiumpolysulfide(LiPS)shuttlingandthesluggishredoxkineticsofthephasetransformationgreatlyhindertheircommercialization.CarbonaceousmaterialscouldbepotentiallyusefulinLi-SbatteriestotackletheseproblemswiththeirhighspecificsurfaceareatohostLiPSsandsulfurandexcellentelectricalconductivitytoincreaseelectrontransferrate.However,non-polarcarbonmaterialsareunabletointeractcloselywiththehighlypolarpolysulfides,resultinginalowsulfurutiliza-tionandaseriousshuttleeffect.Becauseoftheiradvantagesofstrongpolarityandalargenumberofadsorptionsites,integratingtransitionmetaloxides(TMOs)withcarbon-basedmaterials(CMs)increasesthechemicaladsorptionofLiPSsandelectrochemicalreactionactivityforLiPSs.TheworkingprinciplesandmainchallengesofLi-Sbatteriesarediscussedfollowedbyareviewofre-centresearchontheex-situandin-situsynthesisofTMO/CMcomposites.TheformationofTMO/CMswiththedimensionalitiesofCMsfrom1Dto3Darethenreviewedtogetherwithwaysofchangingtheirstructure,includingheterostructuredesign,vacancyen-gineeringandfacetmanipulation.Finally,theoutlookforusingTMO/CMsinLi-Sbatteriesisconsidered.Keywords:Transitionmetaloxides；Carbonmaterials；Modulationstrategies；Shuttleeffect；Lithium-sulfurbatteries1IntroductionToalleviatetheincreasinglyseriouspollutioncausedbyfossilfuelsandcopewiththerisingde-mandforenergysources,theneedfordevelopingnovelenergy-storagesystemshasbecomemo...
