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Metal sulfur batteries have become a promising candidate for next-generation rechargeable batteries because of their high theoretical energy density and low cost. However, the issues of sulfur cathodes and metal anodes limited their advantages in electrochemical energy storage. Herein, we summarize various metal sulfur batteries based on their principles, properties, and electrochemical behaviors of sulfurs. The bottlenecks and challenges on the basis of sulfur cathodes and metal anodes are analyzed. In particular, metal anode strategies, electrolyte strategies, and various advanced sulfur cathode strategies are proposed. Moreover, the perspectives on the sulfur hosts of high porosity and electrocatalytic phases are highlighted.

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This work was supported by funding from the Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) and the Youth Innovation and Technology Support Program of Higher Education in Shandong (2019KJA015).

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  2. College of Metallurgy and Energy, North China University of Science and Technology, No. 21 Bohai Road, Caofeidian **ncheng, Tangshan, Hebei Province, People’s Republic of China

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  3. Zhejiang Engineering Research Center for Biomedical Materials, Cixi Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China

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Xu, X., Ge, S., Qi, Y. et al. A mini-review of metal sulfur batteries. Ionics 28, 4501–4513 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-022-04718-w

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