Manufacturing process of MOF-based separator for lithium sulfur batteries: A mini review

Abstract

Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are crystalline materials with three-dimensional porous network structure. They are obtained by self-assembly of coordinate bond with metal ions as the nodes and organic ligands as the connecting chains. MOFs have attracted extensive attention from researchers over the years due to their clear pore and rich topological structure. As the typical powder materials, a specific separator manufacturing process must be possessed when incorporating MOFs into lithium sulfur batteries separator. This mini review summarized the manufacturing process of MOFs separator for LSBs in recent years, and summed up the effects and mechanisms of separators prepared by various separator-forming processes on the performance of LSBs, the potential for industrialization of different separator manufacturing processes is also mentioned briefly.