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Xiang Y, Lu L, Zhang Y, Ersek G, Portale G, Li W, Zhang W, Kottapalli AGP, Pei Y. Insights into the aspect ratio effects of ordered mesoporous carbon on the electrochemical performance of sulfur cathode in lithium-sulfur batteries. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 665:286-298. [PMID: 38531274 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.03.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2023] [Revised: 03/10/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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Tailoring porous host materials, as an effective strategy for storing sulfur and restraining the shuttling of soluble polysulfides in electrolyte, is crucial in the design of high-performance lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. However, for the widely studied conductive hosts such as mesoporous carbon, how the aspect ratio affects the confining ability to polysulfides, ion diffusion as well as the performances of Li-S batteries has been rarely studied. Herein, ordered mesoporous carbon (OMC) is chosen as a proof-of-concept prototype of sulfur host, and its aspect ratio is tuned from over ∼ 2 down to below ∼ 1.2 by using ordered mesoporous silica hard templates with variable length/width scales. The correlation between the aspect ratio of OMCs and the electrochemical performances of the corresponding sulfur-carbon cathodes are systematically studied with combined electrochemical measurements and microscopic characterizations. Moreover, the evolution of sulfur species in OMCs at different discharge states is scrutinized by small-angle X-ray scattering. This study gives insight into the aspect ratio effects of mesoporous host on battery performances of sulfur cathodes, providing guidelines for designing porous host materials for high-energy sulfur cathodes.
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- Yinyu Xiang
- Advanced Production Engineering, Engineering and Technology Institute Groningen, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, 9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Advanced Production Engineering, Engineering and Technology Institute Groningen, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, 9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Physical Chemistry of Polymeric and Nanostructured Materials, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Physical Chemistry of Polymeric and Nanostructured Materials, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Physical Chemistry of Polymeric and Nanostructured Materials, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Advanced Production Engineering, Engineering and Technology Institute Groningen, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, 9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Advanced Production Engineering, Engineering and Technology Institute Groningen, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, 9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Advanced Production Engineering, Engineering and Technology Institute Groningen, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, 9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Advanced Production Engineering, Engineering and Technology Institute Groningen, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, 9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Offermann J, Gayretli E, Schmidt C, Carstensen J, Bremes HG, Würsig A, Hansen S, Abdollahifar M, Adelung R. Enabling High-Performance Battery Electrodes by Surface-Structuring of Current Collectors and Crack Formation in Electrodes: A Proof-of-Concept. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 664:444-453. [PMID: 38484513 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.03.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Revised: 03/01/2024] [Accepted: 03/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
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Today's society and economy demand high-performance energy storage systems with large battery capacities and super-fast charging. However, a common problematic consequence is the delamination of the mass loading (including, active materials, binder and conductive carbon) from the current collector at high C-rates and also after certain cycle tests. In this work, surface structuring of aluminum (Al) foils (as a current collector) is developed to overcome the aforementioned delamination process for sulfur (S)/carbon composite cathodes of Li-S batteries (LSBs). The structuring process allows a mechanical interlocking of the loaded mass with the structured current collector, thus increasing its electrode adhesion and its general stability. Through directed crack formation within the mass loading, this also allows an enhanced electrolyte wetting in deeper layers, which in turn improves ion transport at increased areal loadings. Moreover, the interfacial resistance of this composite is reduced leading to an improved battery performance. In addition, surface structuring improves the wettability of water-based pastes, eliminating the need for additional primer coatings and simplifying the electrode fabrication process. Compared to the cells made with untreated current collectors, the cells made with structured current collectors significantly improved rate capability and cycling stability with a capacity of over 1000mAhg-1. At the same time, the concept of mechanical interlocking offers the potential of transfer to other battery and supercapacitor electrodes.
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- Jakob Offermann
- Chair for Functional Nanomaterials, Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, Kiel University, Kaiserstr. 2, 24143 Kiel, Germany; nascit GmbH, Schauenburgerstr. 116, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Fraunhofer-Institut für Siliziumtechnologie ISIT, Batteriesysteme für Spezialanwendungen, Fraunhoferstr. 1, 25524 Itzehoe, Germany
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- Chair for Functional Nanomaterials, Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, Kiel University, Kaiserstr. 2, 24143 Kiel, Germany
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- Chair for Functional Nanomaterials, Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, Kiel University, Kaiserstr. 2, 24143 Kiel, Germany
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- Fraunhofer-Institut für Siliziumtechnologie ISIT, Batteriesysteme für Spezialanwendungen, Fraunhoferstr. 1, 25524 Itzehoe, Germany
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- Fraunhofer-Institut für Siliziumtechnologie ISIT, Batteriesysteme für Spezialanwendungen, Fraunhoferstr. 1, 25524 Itzehoe, Germany
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- Chair for Functional Nanomaterials, Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, Kiel University, Kaiserstr. 2, 24143 Kiel, Germany
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- Chair for Functional Nanomaterials, Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, Kiel University, Kaiserstr. 2, 24143 Kiel, Germany.
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- Chair for Functional Nanomaterials, Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, Kiel University, Kaiserstr. 2, 24143 Kiel, Germany.
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Li HY, Li ZS, Qiu GH, Zhang RR, Wang YR, Wang F, Huang RW, Liu XF, Zang SQ. Viologen-based ionic conjugated mesoporous polymer as the electron conveyer for efficient polysulfide trapping and conversion. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2024; 69:1071-1080. [PMID: 38302332 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2024.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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The commercialization of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries has been hindered by the shuttle effect and sluggish redox kinetics of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs). Herein, we reported a viologen-based ionic conjugated mesoporous polymer (TpV-Cl), which acts as the cathode host for modifying Li-S batteries. The viologen component serves as a reversible electron conveyer, leading to a comprehensive enhancement in the adsorption of polysulfides and improved conversion rate of polysulfides during the electrochemical process. As a result, the S@TpV-PS cathode exhibits outstanding cycling performance, achieving 300 cycles at 2.0 C (1 C = 1675 mA g-1) with low decay rate of 0.032% per cycle. Even at a high sulfur loading of 4.0 mg cm-2, S@TpV-PS shows excellent cycling stability with a Coulombic efficiency of up to 98%. These results highlight the significant potential of S@TpV-PS in developing high-performance Li-S batteries.
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- Hai-Yang Li
- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Key Laboratory of Special Environmental Functional Materials (Zhengzhou University), Ministry of Education, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Key Laboratory of Special Environmental Functional Materials (Zhengzhou University), Ministry of Education, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Key Laboratory of Special Environmental Functional Materials (Zhengzhou University), Ministry of Education, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Key Laboratory of Special Environmental Functional Materials (Zhengzhou University), Ministry of Education, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Key Laboratory of Special Environmental Functional Materials (Zhengzhou University), Ministry of Education, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Key Laboratory of Special Environmental Functional Materials (Zhengzhou University), Ministry of Education, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Key Laboratory of Special Environmental Functional Materials (Zhengzhou University), Ministry of Education, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Key Laboratory of Special Environmental Functional Materials (Zhengzhou University), Ministry of Education, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Key Laboratory of Special Environmental Functional Materials (Zhengzhou University), Ministry of Education, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
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Lang X, Wang T, Wang Z, Qu T, Li L, Yao C, Lai Q, Cai K. Ti x+ in-situ intercalation and interlayer modification via titanium foil/vanadium ion solution interface of VO 2.375 as sulfur-wrapped matrix enabling long-life lithium sulfur battery. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 659:560-568. [PMID: 38198933 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.01.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2023] [Revised: 12/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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Lithium sulfur battery (LSB) has great potential as a promising next-generation energy storage system owing to ultra-high theoretical specific capacity and energy density. However, the polysulfide shuttle effect and slow redox kinetics are recognized the most stumbling blocks on the way of commercializing LSB. On this account, for the first time, we use Tix+ in-situ intercalation strategy via titanium foil/vanadium ion (V5+) solution interface to modify the layer of vanadium oxide for long cycle LSB. The inserted Tix+ strengthens interlayer interaction and enhances lithium-ion mobility rate. Meanwhile, based on density functional theory (DFT) calculation, the mixed valence of V5+/V4+ in the vanadium oxide structure reduces the stress and strain of lithium-ion intercalation through the interlayer support of titanium ions (Tix+). Also, Tix+ refines the structural stability of the sulfur wrapped composite matrix so as to facilitate the LiPSs transformation, and improve the electrochemical performances. Consequently, the Ti-VO2.375/S cathode delivers a lower capacity decay of 0.037 % per cycle over 1500 cycles with a stable coulombic efficiency around 100 %.
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- Xiaoshi Lang
- Institute of Advanced Chemical Power Source, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Bohai University, Jinzhou 121013, Liaoning, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Chemical Power Source and Green Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Chemical Power Source and Green Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.
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- Institute of Advanced Chemical Power Source, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Bohai University, Jinzhou 121013, Liaoning, China; MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang, China
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- Institute of Advanced Chemical Power Source, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Bohai University, Jinzhou 121013, Liaoning, China
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- Institute of Advanced Chemical Power Source, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Bohai University, Jinzhou 121013, Liaoning, China
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- School of Resources and Materials, Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao, Qinhuangdao 066004, Hebei Province, China
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- Institute of Advanced Chemical Power Source, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Bohai University, Jinzhou 121013, Liaoning, China.
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Zheng L, Zhu Z, Kuai Y, Chen G, Yu Z, Wang Y, Li A. Elevating Lithium-Sulfur Battery Durability through Samarium Oxide/Ketjen Black Modified Separator. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202303500. [PMID: 38165010 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Revised: 01/01/2024] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Lithium-sulfur batteries have garnered significant attention as a promising next-generation battery technology due to their potential for high energy density. However, their practical application is hampered by slow reaction kinetics and the shuttle effect of lithium polysulfide intermediates. In this context, the authors introduce a pioneering solution in the form of a novel porous carbon nanostructure modified with samarium oxide, denoted as Sm2O3/KB. The material has a highly polar surface, allowing lithium polysulfide to be chemisorbed efficiently. The unsaturated sites provided by the oxygen vacancies of Sm2O3 promote Li2S nucleation, lowering the reaction energy barrier and accelerating Li2S dissolution. The porous structure of Ketjen Black provides a highly conductive channel for electron transport and effectively traps polysulfides. Meanwhile, the batteries with Sm2O3/KB/PP spacers exhibited remarkable electrochemical performances, including a low-capacity decay rate of only 0.046 % for 1000 cycles at 2 C and an excellent multiplicative performance of 624 mAh g-1 at 3 C. This work opens up a new avenue for the potential use of rare-earth-based materials in lithium-sulfur batteries.
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- Liyuan Zheng
- School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Department of Mechanic and Electronic Engineering, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering Guangzhou, Guangzhou, 510225, China
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- School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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Guan X, Pei H, Chen X, Chang C, Shao S, Zhang YM, Zhou X, Nie H, Xie X. Anion receptor and heavy metal-free redox mediator decorated separator for lithium-sulfur batteries. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 652:997-1005. [PMID: 37639930 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.08.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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The adsorption-catalysis synergy for accelerated conversion of polysulfides is critical toward the electrochemical stability of lithium-sulfur battery (LSB). Herein, a non-metallic polymer network with anion receptor units, trifluoromethanesulfonyl (CF3SO2-) substituted aza-ether, was in-situ integrated on PE separator, working as an efficient host for anchoring lithium thiophosphates (LPS) as redox mediators and polysulfides through Lewis acid-base interaction. The anchored LPS on the modified PE separator displayed a robust chemical adsorption ability towards polysulfides through the formation of SS bond. Meanwhile, LPS decreased the energy barrier of Li2S nucleation and promoted redox reaction kinetics. The battery with LPS decorated separator revealed a long cycling lifespan with a per cycle decay of 0.056 % after 600 cycles, and a competitive initial capacity of 889.1 mAh/g when the of sulfur cathode increased to 3 mg cm-2. This work developed a new design strategy to promote the utilization of lithium phosphorus sulfide compounds in LSB.
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- Xin Guan
- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, PR China
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- State Key Lab of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, PR China.
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Song P, Han L, Zhu L, Zhang R, Chai Y, Lei Z, Wang L, Shen S. Carbon Nanotube-encapsulated Chestnut Inner Shell O,N-doped Graded Porous Carbon as Stable and High-Sulfur Loading Electrode for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Chem Asian J 2023; 18:e202300604. [PMID: 37755367 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202300604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Revised: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023]
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The shuttle effect of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries and the poor conductivity of sulfur (S) and lithium polysulfide severely limit their practical applications. Currently, compounding carbon materials with S is one of the effective ways to solve this problem. Therefore, green, low-cost chestnut inner shell biochar (CISC) with graded porous structure was used as the S carrier in this experiment, and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) coating was employed as the S protective layer to improve the electrical conductivity and inhibit the shuttle effect. The results showed that the CISC prepared in this experiment had a relatively high specific surface area (1135.11 m2 g-1 ), and the S loading rate was as high as 65.72 %. The graded porous structure and high specific surface area of CISC can increase the loading rate of S and thus increase the battery capacity. Meanwhile, the naturally contained O and N elements can improve the chemisorption of S. The initial discharge capacity of the CISC@S/CNTs battery at 0.1 C is 967.3 mAh g-1 , and the capacity retention rate is 74.3 % after 500 cycles. The unique composite structure improves the battery's electrical conductivity, reduces the dissolution of polysulfides, and enhances the battery cycle stability.
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- Pengfei Song
- College of Chemical Engineering, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, 066004, Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, 066004, Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, 066004, Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China
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- College of Horticultural Science &Technology, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, Qinhuangdao, Hebei, 066004, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, 066004, Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, 066004, Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, 066004, Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, 066004, Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China
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Xu R, Shao J, Gao K, Chen Y, Li J, Liu Y, Hou X, Ji H, Yi S, Zhang L, Liu C, Liang X, Gao Y, Zhang Z. Highly stable lithium sulfur batteries enhanced by flocculation and solidification of soluble polysulfides in routine ether electrolyte. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 649:223-233. [PMID: 37348342 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.06.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) are among the most promising next-generation high energy density energy-storage systems. However, practical application has been hindered by fundamental problems, especially shuttling by the higher-order polysulfides (PSs) and slow redox kinetics. Herein, a novel electrolyte-based strategy is proposed by adding an ultrasmall amount of the low-cost and commercially available cationic antistatic agent octadecyl dimethyl hydroxyethyl quaternary ammonium nitrate (SN) into a routine ether electrolyte. Due to the strong cation-anion interaction and bridge-bonding with SN, rapid flocculation of the soluble polysulfide intermediates into solid-state polysulfide-SN sediments is found, which significantly inhibited the adverse shuttling effect. Moreover, a catalytic effect was also demonstrated for conversion of the polysulfide-SN intermediates, which enhanced the redox kinetics of Li-S batteries. Encouragingly, for cells with only 0.1 % added SN, an initial specific capacity of 783.6 mAh/g and a retained specific capacity of 565.7 mAh/g were found at 2C after 200 cycles, which corresponded to an ultralow capacity decay rate of only 0.014 % per cycle. This work may provide a simple and promising regulation strategy for preparing highly stable Li-S batteries.
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- Rui Xu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Kexue Ave 100, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Kexue Ave 100, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Kexue Ave 100, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Kexue Ave 100, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Kexue Ave 100, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Kexue Ave 100, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Kexue Ave 100, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Kexue Ave 100, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Kexue Ave 100, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Kexue Ave 100, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Mold (Ministry of Education), National Engineering Research Center for Advanced Polymer Processing Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shangda Rd 99, Shanghai 200444, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Kexue Ave 100, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
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Fan Q, Si Y, Zhu F, Guo W, Fu Y. Activation of Bulk Li2S as Cathode Material for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries through Organochalcogenide-Based Redox Mediation Chemistry. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023:e202306705. [PMID: 37303295 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202306705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Lithium sulfide (Li2S) is considered as a promising cathode material for sulfur-based batteries. However, its activation remains to be one of the key challenges against its commercialization. The extraction of Li+ from bulk Li2S has a high activation energy (Ea) barrier, which is fundamentally responsible for the initial large overpotential. Herein, a systematic investigation of accelerated bulk Li2S oxidation reaction kinetics was studied by using organochalcogenide-based redox mediators, in which phenyl ditelluride (PDTe) can significantly reduce the Ea of Li2S and lower the initial charge potential. Simultaneously, it can alleviate the polysulfides shuttling effect by covalently anchoring the soluble polysulfides and converting them into insoluble lithium phenyl tellusulfides (PhTe-SxLi, x > 1). This alters the redox pathway and accelerates the reaction kinetics of Li2S cathode. Consequently, the Li||Li2S-PDTe cell shows excellent rate capability and enhanced cycling stability. The Si||Li2S-PDTe full cell delivers a considerable capacity of 953.5 mAh g-1 at 0.2 C.
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- Qianqian Fan
- Zhengzhou University, College of Chemistry, CHINA
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- Zhengzhou University, College of Chemistry, CHINA
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- Zhengzhou University, College of Chemistry, CHINA
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- Zhengzhou University, College of Chemistry, CHINA
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- Zhengzhou University, Chemistry, 100 Science Avenue, 450001, Zhengzhou, CHINA
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Cheng Z, Wang M, Dong Y, Han Y, Yan X, Xie L, Zheng X, Han L, Zhang J. Two-birds with one stone: Improving both cathode and anode electrochemical performances via two-dimensional Te-CoTe 2/rGO ultrathin nanosheets as sulfur hosts in lithium-sulfur batteries. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 649:86-96. [PMID: 37336157 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.06.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Revised: 06/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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A Te-doped CoTe2 film could be grown in situ on reduced graphene oxide (rGO) to develop a Te-CoTe2/rGO composite with an ultrathin layered structure, which has multiple protective effects on both the sulfur positive electrode and lithium negative electrode in lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries. The Te-CoTe2/rGO composite as a sulfur host not only shows a strong adsorbing ability for lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) but can also accelerate the conversion reaction of active material sulfur during the charging/discharging process. More importantly, this host can turn the shuttle effect from an unfavorable factor to a favorable factor, which could improve the electrochemical performance of the lithium anode with uniform lithium plating/stripping resulting from the intermediate polytellurosulfide species (Li2TexSy), which could be generated on the cathode surface via Te reacting with soluble Li2Sn (4 ≤ n ≤ 8). As a result, the S@Te-CoTe2/rGO cathode shows a discharge capacity of 970.0 mA h g-1 in the first cycle at 1 C and retains a high capacity of 545.5 mA h g-1 after 1000 cycles, corresponding to a low capacity decay rate of only 0.043% per cycle. In addition, in situ X-ray diffraction (XRD) and in situ Raman were used to explore the sulfur conversion process. This study not only demonstrates that a two-dimensional (2D) ultrathin Te-CoTe2/rGO composite is successfully developed with multiple effects on Li-S batteries but also opens a new pathway for designing unique sulfur hosts to promote the electrochemical performance of Li-S batteries.
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- Zihao Cheng
- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Science and Technology, College of Material and Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
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Xia T, Wu Z, Liang Y, Wang W, Li Y, Tian X, Feng L, Sui Z, Chen Q. Sulfonic acid functionalized covalent organic frameworks for lithium-sulfur battery separator and oxygen evolution electrocatalyst. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 645:146-153. [PMID: 37148680 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.04.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are considered as a class of potential candidates for energy storage and catalysis. In this work, a COF containing sulfonic groups was prepared to be a modified separator in lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs). Benefiting from the charged sulfonic groups, the COF-SO3 cell exhibited higher ionic conductivity (1.83 mS⋅cm-1). Moreover, the modified COF-SO3 separator not only inhibited the shuttle of polysulfide but also promoted Li+ diffusion, thanks to the electrostatic interaction. The COF-SO3 cell also showed excellent electrochemical performance that the initial specific capacity of the battery was 890 mA h g-1 at 0.5 C and demonstrated 631 mA h g-1 after 200 cycles. In addition, COF-SO3 with satisfactory electrical conductivity was also used as an electrocatalyst toward oxygen evolution reaction (OER) via cation-exchange strategy. The electrocatalyst COF-SO3@FeNi possessed a low overpotential (350 mV at 10 mA cm-2) in an alkaline aqueous electrolyte. Furthermore, COF-SO3@FeNi exhibited exceptional stability, and the overpotential increased about 11 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm-2 after 1000 cycles. This work facilitates the application of versatile COFs in the electrochemistry field.
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- Tian Xia
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, PR China
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, PR China
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- School of Bioengineering, Zhuhai Campus of Zunyi Medical University, Zhuhai 519041, PR China.
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, PR China.
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Jing W, Zu J, Zou K, Dai X, Song Y, Sun J, Chen Y, Tan Q, Liu Y. Tin disulfide embedded on porous carbon spheres for accelerating polysulfide conversion kinetics toward lithium-sulfur batteries. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 635:32-42. [PMID: 36577353 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.12.089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 12/10/2022] [Accepted: 12/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are considered promising candidates for next-generation advanced energy storage systems due to their high theoretical capacity, low cost and environmental friendliness. However, the severe shuttle effect and weak redox reaction severely restrict the practical application of Li-S batteries. Herein, a functional catalytic material of tin disulfide on porous carbon spheres (SnS2@CS) is designed as a sulfur host and separator modifier for lithium-sulfur batteries. SnS2@CS with high electrical conductivity, high specific surface area and abundant active sites can not only effectively improve the electrochemical activity but also accelerate the capture/diffusion of polysulfides. Theoretical calculations and in situ Raman also demonstrate that SnS2@CS can efficiently adsorb and catalyse the rapid conversion of polysulfides. Based on these advantages, the SnS2@CS-based Li-S battery delivers an excellent reversible capacity of 868 mAh/g at 0.5C (capacity retention of 96 %), a high rate capability of 852 mAh/g at 2C, and a durable cycle life with an ultralow capacity decay rate of 0.029 % per cycle over 1000 cycles at 2C. This work combines the design of sulfur electrodes and the modification of separators, which provides an idea for practical applications of Li-S batteries in the future.
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- Weitao Jing
- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China.
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Sun S, Han L, Hou J, Yang Y, Yue J, Gu G, Chuah CY, Li J, Zhang Z. Single-walled carbon nanotube gutter layer supported ultrathin zwitterionic microporous polymer membrane for high-performance lithium-sulfur battery. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 628:1012-1022. [PMID: 35970127 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2022] [Revised: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Development of efficient lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery requires the need to develop an appropriate functional separator that allows strong facilitation and transport of lithium ions together with limited passage of polysulfides. In this work, a multifunctional separator (TB-BAA/SWCNT/PP) is developed through spin coating of a novel zwitterionic microporous polymer (TB-BAA) on the gutter layer constructed from single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT), where commercially available polypropylene (PP) separator is used to act as the mechanical support. SWCNT in this study serves as the first modification layer to decrease the size of the macropores in the PP separator, while the ultrathin TB-BAA top barrier layer with the presence of zwitterionic side chains allows the creation of confined ionic channels with both lithiophilic and sulfophilic groups. Due to the presence of available chemical interactions with lithium polysulfides, selective ion transport can be foreseen through such separator. In this regard, shuttle effect that is frequently encountered in Li-S battery can be suppressed effectively via implementing the as-obtained functional separator, resulting in the creation of credible and stable sulfur electrochemistry. The TB-BAA/SWCNT/PP-based Li-S battery has been investigated to possess high cycling ability (capacity fading per cycle of 0.055% over 500 cycles at 1 C) together with decent rate capability (736.6 mAh g-1 at 3 C). In addition, a high areal capacity retention of 5.03 mAh cm-2 after 50 cycles can be also obtained under raised sulfur loading (5.4 mg cm-2).
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- Shuzheng Sun
- National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation in Chemical Process Integration and Resources Utilization, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, No. 8, Guangrong Road, Tianjin 300130, China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation in Chemical Process Integration and Resources Utilization, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, No. 8, Guangrong Road, Tianjin 300130, China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation in Chemical Process Integration and Resources Utilization, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, No. 8, Guangrong Road, Tianjin 300130, China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation in Chemical Process Integration and Resources Utilization, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, No. 8, Guangrong Road, Tianjin 300130, China.
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation in Chemical Process Integration and Resources Utilization, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, No. 8, Guangrong Road, Tianjin 300130, China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation in Chemical Process Integration and Resources Utilization, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, No. 8, Guangrong Road, Tianjin 300130, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 32610 Perak, Malaysia; CO(2) Research Centre (CO2RES), Institute of Contaminant Management, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 32610 Perak, Malaysia.
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation in Chemical Process Integration and Resources Utilization, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, No. 8, Guangrong Road, Tianjin 300130, China.
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation in Chemical Process Integration and Resources Utilization, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, No. 8, Guangrong Road, Tianjin 300130, China; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
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Xiang H, Liu X, Deng N, Cheng B, Kang W. A Novel EDOT/F Co-doped PMIA Nanofiber Membrane as Separator for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Battery. Chem Asian J 2022; 17:e202200669. [PMID: 35924719 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202200669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2022] [Revised: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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In this study, a novel fluorine-containing emulsion and 3, 4-ethylene dioxyethiophene (EDOT) co-doped poly-m-phenyleneisophthalamide (PMIA) nanofiber membrane (EDOT/F-PMIA),as the separator of lithium-sulfur battery, was tactfully prepared via electrospinning. The multi-scale EDOT/F-PMIA nanofiber membrane can be served as the matrix to fabricate gel polymer electrolyte (GPE).Furthermore,under the influence of fluorine-containing emulsion and EDOT, the PMIA-based GPE possessed excellent thermostability, eminent mechanical property and well-distributed lithium-ions flux. Especially, the pore size of the nanofiber membrane decreased after adding the fluorine-containing emulsion and EDOT. And the element S and O in EDOT with lone pair electrons were capable of binding with the lithium polysulfides, which was conducive to inhibiting the "shuttle effect" of lithium polysulfides by combining the physical confinement and chemical binding.Therefore, the lithium-sulfur battery assembled with the EDOT/F-PMIA separator exhibited excellent electrochemical performance, which delivered a high initial capacity of 851.9 mAh g -1 and maintained a discharge capacity of 641.1 mAh g -1 after 200 cycles with a capacity retention rate of 75.2% at 0.5 C.
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- Hengying Xiang
- TJPU: Tiangong University, School of Textile Science and Engineering, CHINA
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- Tiangong University, School of Textile Science and Engineering, CHINA
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- Tiangong University, School of Textile Science and Engineering, CHINA
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- Tiangong University, School of Textile Science and Engineering, CHINA
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- Tiangong University, 399 Binshui West Road, Xiqing District, Tianjin, CHINA
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Han L, Li Y, Yang Y, Sun S, Li M, Yue J, Chuah CY, Li J. Zwitterionic covalent organic framework as a multifunctional sulfur host toward durable lithium-sulfur batteries. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 628:144-153. [PMID: 35914425 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.07.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 07/02/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The shuttle effect and slow redox kinetics of sulfur cathode are the most significant technical challenges to the practical application of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery. Herein, a novel zwitterionic covalent organic framework (ZW-COF) wrapped onto carbon nanotubes (CNTs), labeled as ZW-COF@CNT, is developed by a reversible condensation reaction of 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxaldehyde (BTA) and 3,8-diamino-6-phenylphenanthridine (DPPD) with CNTs as a template and a subsequently-one-step post-synthetic grafting reaction with 1,3-propanesultone. The experimental results showed that, after loading active material sulfur, zwitterionic ZW-COF@CNT can effectively suppress the shuttle effect of the soluble lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) in Li-S batteries, and exhibits better cycling behavior than the as-developed neutral COF@CNT. Specifically, the as-obtained ZW-COF@CNT based sulfur cathode can maintain a discharge capacity of 944 mAh/g after 100 cycles, while that of COF@CNT based sulfur cathode drops to (665 mAh/g) after 100 cycles. Moreover, the ZW-COF@CNT based sulfur cathode delivers an attractive prolonged cycling behavior with a low capacity decay rate of 0.046 % per cycle at 1 C. This work sheds new light on rational selection and design of functionalized COFs based sulfur cathode in the Li-S battery.
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- Lu Han
- National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation in Chemical Process Integration and Resources Utilization, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, No. 8, Guangrong Road, Tianjin 300130, China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation in Chemical Process Integration and Resources Utilization, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, No. 8, Guangrong Road, Tianjin 300130, China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation in Chemical Process Integration and Resources Utilization, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, No. 8, Guangrong Road, Tianjin 300130, China.
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation in Chemical Process Integration and Resources Utilization, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, No. 8, Guangrong Road, Tianjin 300130, China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation in Chemical Process Integration and Resources Utilization, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, No. 8, Guangrong Road, Tianjin 300130, China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation in Chemical Process Integration and Resources Utilization, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, No. 8, Guangrong Road, Tianjin 300130, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 32610 Perak, Malaysia; CO(2) Research Centre (CO2RES), Institute of Contaminant Management, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 32610 Perak, Malaysia
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation in Chemical Process Integration and Resources Utilization, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, No. 8, Guangrong Road, Tianjin 300130, China.
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Liu J, Lu R, Xiao G, Zhang C, Zhao K, He Q, Zhao Y. Trade-off effect of 3d transition metal doped boron nitride on anchoring polysulfides towards application in lithium-sulfur battery. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 616:886-894. [PMID: 35259718 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.02.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Revised: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Sulfur cathodes in lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) suffer from the notorious "shuttle effect", low sulfur use ratio, and tardy transformation of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs), while using two-dimensional (2D) polar anchoring materials combined with single-atom catalysis is one of the promising methods to address these issues. Herein, the 3d transition metal (TM) doped 2D boron nitrides (BN), labeled as TM-BN, are studied for the anchoring and redox kinetics of LiPSs using first principles calculations. From the simulated results, the TM atom and adjacent N atoms are active adsorption sites for binding S atoms in LiPSs/S8 and Li atoms in LiPSs, respectively. A negative d-band center closer to the Fermi level of TM-BN is key for enhancing the binding strength of TM-S and lowering the Li2S decomposition energy barrier, while it deteriorates the activity of adjacent N atoms. Fortunately, the electrolyte environment has little effect on the superiority of the TM-BN for binding polysulfides/S8, guaranteeing the sturdy anchor of polysulfides/S8 in realistic conditions. The trade-off effect on the activities of TM and adjacent N atom sites in TM-BN for binding LiPSs highlights the excellence of Ti/V/Cr-BN as modification materials for LSB.
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- Jianfeng Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, PR China; The Institute of Technological Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, PR China.
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Guo Y, Wu P, Zhong H, Huang J, Ma G, Xu Z, Wu Y, Zeb A, Lin X. Prussian blue analogue/KB-derived Ni/Co/KB composite as a superior adsorption-catalysis separator modification material for Li-S batteries. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 625:425-34. [PMID: 35724465 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.06.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Revised: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Lithium‑sulfur batteries (LSBs) are gradually replacing conventional lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), credited to their high theoretical capacity, low cost, and non-toxicity. Nevertheless, the substantial capacity degradation caused by the polysulfide shuttling during charging and discharging has seriously hindered the commercialization of LSBs. Separator modification with functionalized carbon materials has been found to catalyze the breakdown of polysulfides, thereby improving the efficiency of LSBs. Herein, we synthesized Ni/Co-PBAs with KB structures to subsequently derive Ni/Co/KB composites by a carbonization process, which were later used as a modifier layer on the barrier in LSBs in order to effectively alleviate the shuttle problem. The capacity of the Ni/Co/KB composite decorated separator is found to be 1032 mAh/g at 0.5 C with a coulombic efficiency closer to 100%. In the long-term cycling capability evaluation, the initial cycle is approximately 802.9 mAh/g at 1 C, while capacity retention after 400 cycles is also 678.8 mAh/g, with a high-capacity retention rate of 84.5%. The potential of these composites as modifying materials for superior LSBs separators is verified by experimental and theoretical methods.
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Cao Y, Gu S, Han J, Yang QH, Lv W. The Catalyst Design for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: Roles and Routes. CHEM REC 2022; 22:e202200124. [PMID: 35675916 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202200124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Revised: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Lithium-sulfur battery is a promising candidate for next-generation high energy density batteries due to its ultrahigh theoretical energy density. However, it suffers from low sulfur utilization, fast capacity decay, and the notorious "shuttle effect" of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) due to the sluggish reaction kinetics, which severely restrict its practical applications. Using the electrocatalyst can accelerate the redox reactions between sulfur, LiPSs and Li2 S and suppress the shuttling of LiPSs, and thus, it is a promising strategy to solve the above problems, enabling the battery with high energy density and long cycling stability. In this personal account, we discuss the catalyst design for lithium-sulfur batteries according to the sulfur reduction reaction (SRR) and sulfur evolution reaction (SER) in the discharging and charging processes. The catalytic effects for each step in SRR and SER are highlighted and the homogenous catalysts, the selective catalysts, and the bidirectional catalysts are discussed, which can help guide the rational design of the catalysts and practical applications of lithium-sulfur batteries.
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- Yun Cao
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Graphene-based Materials, Engineering Laboratory for Functionalized Carbon Materials, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Graphene-based Materials, Engineering Laboratory for Functionalized Carbon Materials, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China.,Department of Material Science and Engineering, Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, Shenzhen, 518172, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Graphene-based Materials, Engineering Laboratory for Functionalized Carbon Materials, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Nanoyang Group, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China.,Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University International Campus of Tianjin University Binhai New City, Fuzhou, 350207, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Graphene-based Materials, Engineering Laboratory for Functionalized Carbon Materials, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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Zhou CA, Sun X, Yan W, Zuo Y, Zhang J. Mesoporous Ti4O7 nanosheets with high polar surface area for catalyzing separator to reduce the shuttle effect of soluble polysulfides in lithium-sulfur batteries. Chem Asian J 2022; 17:e202200328. [PMID: 35586952 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202200328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In the effort to accelerate adsorption and catalytic conversion of lithium polysulfides (Li-PSs) and suppress the shuttle effect of lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs), the Ti 4 O 7 nanosheets/carbon material-modified separator is successfully fabricated to reducing soluble Li-PSs' crossover from cathode to anode. The catalyst of mesoporous Ti 4 O 7 nanosheets with O-Ti-O units synthesized at low temperature shows both excellent conductivity and high surface area. The modified separator can serve as a diffusion barrier of Li-PSs and catalyst for converting soluble low-chain sulfides into insoluble ones and then remarkably enhance the sulfur utilization and electrochemical performance of the LSB. This work provides a feasible avenue in both design and synthesis of mesoporous catalyst materials for suppressing the shuttle effect of lithium-sulfur batteries.
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- Chuang-An Zhou
- Shanghai University, Instiute for Sustainable Energy/College of Sciences, CHINA
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- Shanghai University, Instiute for Sustainable Energy/College of Sciences, CHINA
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- Fuzhou University, College of Materials Science and Engineering, CHINA
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- Shanghai University, Instiute for Sustainable Energy/College of Sciences, CHINA
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- Shanghai University, Institute for Sustainable Energy / College of Sciences, 99 Shangda Road, 200444, Shanghai, CHINA
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Wang W, Yang Y, Luo H, Zhang J. Design of advanced separators for high performance Li-S batteries using natural minerals with 1D to 3D microstructures. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 614:593-602. [PMID: 35121518 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.01.148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are of great interest due to their high energy density. However, polysulfides shuttle and low S loading severely impede their practical applications. Here, we report design of advanced separators for Li-S batteries using natural minerals with 1D to 3D microstructures. Four natural minerals with different microstructures including 1D halloysite nanotubes, 1D attapulgite nanorods, 2D Li+-montmorillonite (Mmt) nanosheets and 3D porous diatomite were used together with carbon black (CB) for preparation of the mineral/CB-Celgard separators. The Si-OH groups of the minerals act as Lewis acid sites, which could effectively absorb polysulfides by forming LiO and OS bonds with polysulfides. Among all the separators, the Mmt/CB-Celgard separator endowed the Li-S battery with the highest upper plateau discharge capacity (369 mA h g-1), initial reversible capacity (1496 mA h g-1 at 0.1 C), rate performance and cycling stability (666 mA h g-1 after 500 cycles at 1.0 C with 0.046% capacity decay per cycle). The Mmt/CB-Celgard separator also enabled stable cycling of the Li-S battery with high S loading (8.3 mg cm-2) cathode. This work will provide inspiration for future development of advanced separators for high-energy-density Li-S batteries.
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- Wankai Wang
- Center of Eco-Material and Green Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Clay Mineral Applied Research of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, PR China; Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Petrochemical Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, PR China
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- Center of Eco-Material and Green Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Clay Mineral Applied Research of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, PR China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Petrochemical Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, PR China.
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- Center of Eco-Material and Green Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Clay Mineral Applied Research of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, PR China.
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Sun C, Ji S, Ma X, Wang H, Wang X, Linkov V, Wang R. Using sp 2 N atom anchoring effect to prepare ultrafine vanadium nitride particles on porous nitrogen-doped carbon as cathode for lithium-sulfur battery. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 623:306-317. [PMID: 35594589 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.05.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2022] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Porous carbon-supported transition metals and their compounds have attracted much attention as sulfur host materials for cathodes of lithium-sulfur batteries, due to their high chemisorption capacity and ability to catalyze the conversion of polysulfides. However, actual activity of these materials is not very high because of low specific surface areas of transition metal compounds synthesized at high temperatures. In this study, ultra-fine vanadium nitride particles with an average particle size of ca. 4 nm (VN/M/NC) are successfully grown on the surface of nitrogen-doped three-dimensional carbon using sp2 nitrogen atoms, resulting from melamine pyrolysis in the presence of ammonium metavanadate, as anchor points to lock vanadium atoms in the VN/M/NC material. When used as a cathode for lithium-sulfur battery, VN/M/NC demonstrates initial discharge specific capacity of 1080 mAh g-1 at 0.2 C, and retains a discharge capacity of 475 mAh g-1 at a high rate of 2 C. With capacity attenuation of only 0.037% per cycle after 500 cycles at 1 C, the newly obtained VN/M/NC can be a promising cathode material for lithium-sulfur batteries.
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- Chaoyang Sun
- State Key Laboratory Base for Eco-Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Guizhou Institute of Technology, Guiyang 550003, China
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- State Key Laboratory Base for Eco-Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China.
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- State Key Laboratory Base for Eco-Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China.
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- South African Institute for Advanced Materials Chemistry, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town 7535, South Africa.
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- State Key Laboratory Base for Eco-Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China.
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Zhang F, Gao Y, Wu F, Li L, Li J, Wang G. Constructing MIL-101(Cr) membranes on carbon nanotube films as ion-selective interlayers for lithium-sulfur batteries. Nanotechnology 2022. [PMID: 35144255 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac53d4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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It is of significant importance to suppress the polysulfide shuttle effect for the commercial application of lithium-sulfur batteries. Herein, continuous MIL-101(Cr) membranes were successfully fabricated on carbon nanotube films utilizing a simple in-situ growth method, aiming at constructing interlayer materials for inhibiting the shuttle effect. Owing to the suitable pore aperture and super electrolyte wettability, the as-developed MIL-101(Cr) membrane can effectively inhibit the shuttle behaviour of polysulfides while allowing the fast transport of Li-ions simultaneously, working as an ionic sieve. Additionally, this MOFs membrane is also helpful in accelerating the polysulfide catalytic conversion. Therefore, the proposed interlayer delivers an extraordinary rate capability, showing a remarkable capacity of 661.9 mAh g-1 under 5 C. Meanwhile, it also exhibits a high initial capacity of 816.1 mAh g-1 at 1 C and an exceptional durability with an extremely low capacity fading of 0.046 % per cycle over 500 cycles.
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- Feng Zhang
- Hebei University of Technology, 8 Guangrong Road, Hongqiao District, Tianjin, Tianjin, 300401, CHINA
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- Tianjin Bohai Vocational Technical College, No. 508 Jinyu Road, Beichen District, Tianjin, 300402 , CHINA
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- School of chemical engineering, Hebei University of Technology, 8 Guangrong Road, Hongqiao District, Tianjin, 300401, CHINA
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- Hebei University of Technology, 8 Guangrong Road, Hongqiao District, Tianjin, Tianjin, 300401, CHINA
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Xiping Road No. 5340, Tianjin, 300401, CHINA
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- Hebei University of Technology, 8 Guangrong Road, Hongqiao District, Tianjin, Tianjin, 300401, CHINA
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Zhang F, Wang H, Ji S, Linkov V, Wang X, Wang R. Highly catalytically active CoSe2 supported on nitrogen-doped three dimensional porous carbon as a cathode for high-stability lithium-sulfur battery. Chemphyschem 2022; 23:e202100811. [PMID: 34984780 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202100811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Revised: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Lithium-sulfur batteries, promising secondary energy storage devices, were mainly limited by its unsatisfactory cyclability owing to inefficient reversible conversion of sulfur and lithium sulfide on the cathode during the discharge/charging process. In this study, nitrogen-doped three-dimensional porous carbon material loaded with CoSe 2 nanoparticles (CoSe 2 -PNC) is developed as a cathode for lithium-sulfur battery application. A combination of CoSe 2 and nitrogen-doped porous carbon can efficiently improve the cathode activity and its conductivity, resulting in enhanced redox kinetics of the charge/discharge process. The obtained electrode exhibits a high discharge specific capacity of 1139.6 mAh g -1 at a current density of 0.2 C. After 100 cycles, its capacity remained at 865.7 mAh g -1 corresponding to a capacity retention of 75.97%. In a long-term cycling test, a discharge specific capacity of 546.7 mAh g -1 was observed after 300 cycles performed at a current density of 1 C.
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- Fenglong Zhang
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, CHINA
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- Qingdao University of Science and Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, CHINA
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- Jiaxing University, Yuexiu Road, CHINA
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- University of the Western Cape, South African Insitute for Advanced Science Materials Chemistry, SOUTH AFRICA
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- Qingdao University of Science and Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, CHINA
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- Qingdao University of Science and Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, CHINA
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Ren Z, Li J, Gong Y, Li X, Liang J, Li Y, He C, Zhang Q, Ren X. Efficient capture and conversion of polysulfides by zinc protoporphyrin framework-embedded triple-layer nanofiber separator for advanced Li-S batteries. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 609:43-53. [PMID: 34890950 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2021] [Revised: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The practical application of Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries is significantly inhibited by (i) the notable 'shuttle effect' of lithium polysulfides (LiPS), (ii) the corrosion of the lithium interface, and (iii) the sluggish redox reaction kinetics. The functional separator in the Li-S battery has the potential to provide the perfect solution to these problems. Herein a triple-layer multifunctional PVDF-based nanofiber separator, which contains GoTiN/PVDF layer on the top and bottom and ZnTPP/PVDF layer on the middle, is designed. The polarity and porous structure of this multifunctional separator can greatly improve the wettability of electrolytes and enhance the transportation of Li+. With the zinc-based porphyrin framework (ZnTPP) structure, this separator has a strong chemisorption and LiPS conversion ability, which greatly prevent the 'shuttle effect'. Consequently, the designed multilayer separator showed excellent electrochemical performance. As a result, the cell with GoTiN@ZnTPP@GoTiN nanofiber membrane displayed an initial discharge capacity of 1180 mAh/g with a benign capacity retention of 65.9% at 0.5C and high coulombic efficiency of more than 98.5% after 100 cycles. Even at 2C, it can still release a capacity of 798 mAh/g. Moreover, the remarkable capacity of 591 mAh/g could be achieved with a high sulfur load of 5.76 mg/cm2 under a current density of 0.1C. Based on these merits, this novel and scalable multifunctional separator is a promising candidate to replace the conventional PP separator for advanced Li-S batteries to deal with various challenges.
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Chen D, Mukherjee S, Zhang C, Li Y, Xiao B, Singh CV. Two-dimensional square metal organic framework as promising cathode material for lithium-sulfur battery with high theoretical energy density. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 613:435-446. [PMID: 35042041 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.12.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Revised: 11/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are considered as new generation of energy storage which offer cost-effectiveness and high energy density. However, their commercialization is restricted due to a host of challenges associated with the cathode material which usually contains sulfur with several drawbacks, including a low electronic conductivity of sulfur, the 'shuttle effect', and a large volume expansion during discharge. Herein, a novel two-dimensional porphyrin-like square metal organic framework (MOF) was explored as a promising cathode material using first principles density function theory (DFT) assisted by genetic global search. The DFT results show that, among 7 kinds of transition-metal organic framework (TM-MOF), only V-MOF and Ru-MOF is found to possess considerable chemical interactions with S8 and lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) in both vacuum and in electrolytic solvents, demonstrating distinguishable anchoring performance. The genetic global search and further DFT calculations indicate that the lithiation process on V-MOF exhibited a nearly constant open-circuit voltage of about 1.92 V to 1.95 V, and the theoretical energy density could reach up to 1469 Wh kg-1 when lithiation of S8 is considered on both sides of the substrate. The volume expansion of V-MOF during discharge is found to be about 34%, much smaller than 80% for solid sulfur. The band structure and density of states of V-MOF suggest metallic properties or a small band gap for bare surface or during the lithiation process. These results indicate that two-dimensional (2D) V-MOFs can serve as high-performance cathode material with distinguished anchoring performance to block polysulfide dissolution and thereby reduce the 'shuttle effect', and help attain ultra-high energy density. Our work points the way for designing and providing experimental realization of 2D layered materials applied in cathode with high energy density and stability.
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- Dachang Chen
- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, China
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- Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E4, Canada
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, China.
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- School of Energy and Power Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212003, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E4, Canada; Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G8, Canada.
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Lin Y, Ouyang Z, He S, Song X, Luo Y, Zhao J, Xiao Y, Lei S, Yuan C, Cheng B. An individual sandwich hybrid nanostructure of cobalt disulfide in-situ grown on N doped carbon layer wrapped on multi-walled carbon nanotubes for high-efficiency lithium sulfur batteries. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 610:560-572. [PMID: 34838317 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.11.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 11/18/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Binding and trapping of lithium polysulfide (LPS) are being conceived as the most effective strategies to improve lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery performance. Therefore, exploiting a simple but cost-effective approach for the absorption and conversion of LPS and the transfer of electrons and Li+ ions is of paramount importance. Herein, sandwich structure MWCNTs@N-doped-C@CoS2 integrated with multiple nanostructures of zero-dimensional (0D) CoS2 nanoparticles, 1D carbon nanotubes (CNTs), and 2D N-doped amorphous carbon layer was obtained, where MWCNTs was firstly uniformly attached with a polydopamine (PDA) of excellent adhesion, followed by hydrothermal method, the Co2+ nanoparticles were in-situ grown on the PDA by the formation of complex compound of Co2+ and N atoms in PDA, and then the CoS2 nanoparticles were in-situ grown on CNTs in a point-surface contact way by a bridging of N-doped amorphous carbon layer derived from the carbonization of attached PDA after the vulcanization at 500 °C under Ar atmosphere. The multifunction synergism of absorption, conductivity, and the kinetics of LPS redox is significantly improved, consequently effectively suppressing the shuttle effect and tremendously increasing the utilization rate of active substance. For the Li-S battery assembled with MWCNTs@N-doped-C@CoS2-modified separator, its rate capacity and cycling performance can be greatly enhanced. It can exhibit a high initial discharge capacity of 1590 mAh g-1 at 0.1 C, a stable long-term cycling performance with a relatively low capacity decay of 0.07% per cycle during 500 cycles at 1 C, and a reversible capacity of 772 mAh g-1 and a capacity decay of 0.04% per cycle during 250 cycles at 2 C. Even at a large current density of 4 C, an initial specific discharge capacity of 634 mAh g-1 can still be delivered. With a high sulfur loading of 5.0 mg cm-2, additionally, an outstanding cycling stability can also be well maintained at 685 mAh g-1 at 0.1 C after 50 cycles. This work provides a novel and simple but effective strategy to develop such sandwich hybrid materials comprised of polar metal sulfides and conductive networks via an effective bridging to help realize durable and stable Li-S battery.
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- Yang Lin
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanchang University, Jiangxi 330031, PR China; Nanoscale Science and Technology Laboratory, Institute for Advanced Study, Nanchang University, Jiangxi 330031, PR China
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- Nanoscale Science and Technology Laboratory, Institute for Advanced Study, Nanchang University, Jiangxi 330031, PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanchang University, Jiangxi 330031, PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanchang University, Jiangxi 330031, PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanchang University, Jiangxi 330031, PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanchang University, Jiangxi 330031, PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanchang University, Jiangxi 330031, PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanchang University, Jiangxi 330031, PR China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Sensors, School of Physics, Communication and Electronics, Jiangxi Normal University, Jiangxi 330022, PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanchang University, Jiangxi 330031, PR China; Nanoscale Science and Technology Laboratory, Institute for Advanced Study, Nanchang University, Jiangxi 330031, PR China.
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Wang X, Hao Y, Wang G, Deng N, Wei L, Yang Q, Cheng B, Kang W. YF 3/CoF 3 co-doped 1D carbon nanofibers with dual functions of lithium polysulfudes adsorption and efficient catalytic activity as a cathode for high-performance Li-S batteries. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 607:922-932. [PMID: 34571313 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.09.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have attracted extensive attention in the field of energy storage due to their high energy density and low cost. However, conundrums such as severe polarization, poor cyclic performance originating from shuttle effect of lithium polysulfides and sluggish sulfur redox kinetics are stumbling blocks for their practical application. Herein, a novel sulfur cathode integrating sulfur and polyvinylpyrrolidone(PVP)-derived N-doped porous carbon nanofibers (PCNFs) with embedded CoF3 and YF3 nanoparticles are designed and prepared though the electrostatic blowing technology and carbonization process. The unique flexible PCNFs with embedded polar CoF3 and YF3 nanoparticles not only offer enough voids for volume expansion to maintain the structural stability during the electrochemical process, but also promote the physical encapsulation and chemical entrapment of all sulfur species. Moreover, the uniform distribution of YF3/CoF3 nanoparticles also can expose more binding active sites to lithium polysulfide and present more catalytic sites to the greatest extent. Therefore, the assembled cells with the prepared cathode exhibited stable performances with an outstanding initial capacity of 1055.2 mAh g-1 and an extended cycling stability of 0.029% per cycle during the 300 cycles at 0.5C. Even at a high sulfur loading of 2.1 mg cm-2, The YF3/CoF3 doped-PCNFs exhibited a high discharge specific capacity of 1038 mAh g-1, and the decay rate is also as low as 0.05% over 1000 cycles. This work shares a convenient and safe strategy for the synthesis of multi-dimension, dual-functional and stable superstructure electrode for advanced Li-S batteries.
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- Xiaoxiao Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China; School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China; School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China; School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China; School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China; School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China; School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China; School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China.
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Jing W, Zou K, Dai X, Shi M, Sun J, Zhu D, Guo S, Chen Y, Liu Y. A calcium fluoride composite reduction graphene oxide functional separator for lithium-sulfur batteries to inhibit polysulfide shuttling and mitigate lithium dendrites. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 601:305-316. [PMID: 34082234 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.05.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 05/02/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have attracted tremendous attention as promising next-generation energy-storage systems due to their high specific capacity and high specific energy. However, the shuttle of polysulfides and the growth of Li dendrites severely obstruct the practical applications of these batteries. In this work, a functional separator is designed and fabricated in which nano-calcium fluoride (CaF2) particles are embedded in reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and bladed on a PP separator. The density functional theory (DFT) calculations of the adsorption energy and bond length reveal that CaF2 has a satisfying adsorption and catalytic effect on polysulfides (Li2Sn). The factional separator could accelerate homogenous Li+ flow and retard the growth of Li dendrites. In addition, an initial specific capacity of 1504 mAh g-1 at 0.05C is achieved, and it still retains a discharge capacity of 1050 mAh g-1 over 100 cycles at 0.2C. Moreover, the capacity decay rate is only 0.06% per cycle over 420 cycles at a high current density of 0.5 C. The excellent performance could be attributed to the CaF2@rGO modified separator not only accelerating the transmission of electrons but also effectively inhibiting the shuttling of polysulfides. This work provides a better method for attaining practical applications of high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries.
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- Weitao Jing
- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China
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- School of Life Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310024, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China.
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Ma Y, Zhu M, Li S, Li B. Siloxane based copolymer sulfur as binder-free cathode for advances lithium-sulfur batteries. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 574:190-196. [PMID: 32315866 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2019] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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One of the reasons why lithium-sulfur batteries have not yet been commercialized is a great attenuation of the capacity, although their theoretical capacity is ultrahigh. To alleviate this problem, we developed multifunctional organic matter, 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APS), for preparing a uniform hybrid consists of silica 3D network skeleton and copolymerized sulfur nanoparticles (cpS). In this hybrid, abundant amidogen in APS induced polymerization with sulfur, which formed uniform copolymerized sulfur nanoparticles (nano sulfur), restraining the shuttle effect of polysulfides. Meanwhile, polycondensation APS not only acted as an efficiently binder, affording compact cathodes, but also formed a stable 3D silica structure to encapsulate sulfur nanoparticles, relieving the volume change of sulfur. Consequently, this binder-free cpS composite exhibited much enhanced electrochemical performances, including a high capacity of 1187.8 mAh·g-1 at 0.1 C and a low capacity fading of 0.0654% per cycle for 500 cycles at 1 C. This study paved the way for high-energy-density batteries by simply applying a low-cost, environmentally-friendly, powerful network polymer cathode material.
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- Yuxuan Ma
- Key Laboratory of Aerospace Advanced Materials and Performance of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aerospace Advanced Materials and Performance of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aerospace Advanced Materials and Performance of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Aerospace Advanced Materials and Performance of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China.
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Mao H, Liu L, Shi L, Wu H, Lang J, Wang K, Zhu T, Gao Y, Sun Z, Zhao J, Gao G, Zhang D, Yan W, Ding S. High loading cotton cellulose-based aerogel self-standing electrode for Li-S batteries. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2020; 65:803-811. [PMID: 36659198 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2020.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Revised: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have attracted considerable attention due to their high energy density (2600 Wh kg-1). However, its commercialization is hindered seriously by the low loading and utilization rate of sulfur cathodes. Herein, we designed the cellulose-based graphene carbon composite aerogel (CCA) self-standing electrode to enhance the performance of Li-S batteries. The CCA contributes to the mass loading and utilization efficiency of sulfur, because of its unique physical structure: low density (0.018 g cm-3), large specific surface area (657.85 m2 g-1), high porosity (96%), and remarkable electrolyte adsorption (42.25 times). Compared to Al (about 49%), the CCA displayed excellent sulfur use efficiency (86%) and could reach to high area capacity of 8.60 mAh cm-2 with 9.11 mg S loading. Meanwhile, the CCA exhibits the excellent potential for pulse sensing applications due to its flexibility and superior sensitivity to electrical response signals.
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- Heng Mao
- Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China.
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He M, Zhou HP, Zhang ZD, Feng TT, Yang J, Xu ZQ, Zhang S, Liao JX, Wu MQ. All in one plasma process: From the preparation of S-C composite cathode to alleviation of polysulfide shuttle in Li-S batteries. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 577:450-458. [PMID: 32505005 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.05.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Tremendous efforts have been made to improve the electrochemical performance of the lithium-sulfur batteries. However, challenges remain in achieving fast electronic and ionic transport while accommodate the significant cathode volumetric change. On the other hand, the severe capacity decay mainly attributed to polysulfide shuttle also hampers the practical applications. Here, we report a simple, low-cost, and eco-friendly method for the one-step preparation of a binder-free S-C composite cathode by plasma dissociation of CS2 containing gases at room-temperature. The key issue of polysulfide shuttle effect in Li-S batteries is also effectively resolved just by the introduction of N2 into the precursor gases. The electrode exhibits a high reversible capacity of ~600 mAh/g of the total hybrid of S + C at 100 mA/g after 100 cycles with an excellent initial coulombic efficiency of nearly 100%. The cells also demonstrate along cycle life and an extremely high capacity of ~306 mAh/g even after 300 cycles at 1 A/g with a high coulombic efficiency of about 100%. The proposed method will open the way for the plasma applications in facile preparation of Li-S batteries and the improvement of its electrochemical performance.
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- M He
- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 2006 Xiyuan Ave, West High-Tech Zone, Chengdu, Sichuan 611731, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 2006 Xiyuan Ave, West High-Tech Zone, Chengdu, Sichuan 611731, China.
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 2006 Xiyuan Ave, West High-Tech Zone, Chengdu, Sichuan 611731, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 2006 Xiyuan Ave, West High-Tech Zone, Chengdu, Sichuan 611731, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 2006 Xiyuan Ave, West High-Tech Zone, Chengdu, Sichuan 611731, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 2006 Xiyuan Ave, West High-Tech Zone, Chengdu, Sichuan 611731, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 2006 Xiyuan Ave, West High-Tech Zone, Chengdu, Sichuan 611731, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 2006 Xiyuan Ave, West High-Tech Zone, Chengdu, Sichuan 611731, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 2006 Xiyuan Ave, West High-Tech Zone, Chengdu, Sichuan 611731, China.
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Kiai MS, Eroglu O, Kizil H. Polycarboxylate Functionalized Graphene/S Composite Cathodes and Modified Cathode-Facing Side Coated Separators for Advanced Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Nanoscale Res Lett 2019; 14:265. [PMID: 31385055 PMCID: PMC6682844 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-019-3099-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Accepted: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Sulfur-hosting novel materials as a cathode for lithium-sulfur batteries are in the focus of many research to enhance the specific capacity and cycling stability. Herein, we developed composite cathodes consisting of polycarboxylate functionalized graphene (PC-FGF) doped with TiO2 nanoparticles or poly1,5-diaminoanthraquinone (PDAAQ) and sulfur to enhance chemisorption property toward polysulfides. Additionally, PC-FGF/sulfur composite cathode functions as an efficient trapping site for polysulfides spices as well as contributes to facilitate electron and Li-ions movement toward or from the cathode. In the first experiment, the cell with sulfur incorporated TiO2/PC-FGF cathode is assembled with three different cathode-facing side-coated glass fiber separators. At the second test, PDAAQ/PC-FGF cathode is assembled with the same separator materials as before.The best electrochemical performance observed was sulfur incorporated TiO2/PC-FGF cathode with PDAAQ/PC-FGF-coated separator having a high discharge capacity of 1100 mAh g- 1 at 0.5 C after 100 cycles. It is found that the combination of TiO2/PC-FGF/sulfur cathode and PDAAQ/PC-FCF separator could serve as promising cathode and separator material due to high cycling stability and rate capability for advanced Li-S batteries.
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- Maryam Sadat Kiai
- Nano-Science and Nano-Engineering Program, Graduate School of Science, Engineering and Technology, Istanbul Technical University, 34469, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University, 34469, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Nano-Science and Nano-Engineering Program, Graduate School of Science, Engineering and Technology, Istanbul Technical University, 34469, Istanbul, Turkey.
- Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University, 34469, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Tang Z, Jiang J, Liu S, Chen L, Liu R, Zheng B, Fu R, Wu D. Polyaniline-Coated Activated Carbon Aerogel/Sulfur Composite for High-performance Lithium-Sulfur Battery. Nanoscale Res Lett 2017; 12:617. [PMID: 29234906 PMCID: PMC5727006 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-017-2372-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2017] [Accepted: 11/12/2017] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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An activated carbon aerogel (ACA-500) with high surface area (1765 m2 g-1), pore volume (2.04 cm3 g-1), and hierarchical porous nanonetwork structure is prepared through direct activation of organic aerogel (RC-500) with a low potassium hydroxide ratio (1:1). Based on this substrate, a polyaniline (PANi)-coated activated carbon aerogel/sulfur (ACA-500-S@PANi) composite is prepared via a simple two-step procedure, including melt-infiltration of sublimed sulfur into ACA-500, followed by an in situ polymerization of aniline on the surface of ACA-500-S composite. The obtained ACA-500-S@PANi composite delivers a high reversible capacity up to 1208 mAh g-1 at 0.2C and maintains 542 mAh g-1 even at a high rate (3C). Furthermore, this composite exhibits a discharge capacity of 926 mAh g-1 at the initial cycle and 615 mAh g-1 after 700 cycles at 1C rate, revealing an extremely low capacity decay rate (0.48‰ per cycle). The excellent electrochemical performance of ACA-500-S@PANi can be attributed to the synergistic effect of hierarchical porous nanonetwork structure and PANi coating. Activated carbon aerogels with high surface area and unique three-dimensional (3D) interconnected hierarchical porous structure offer an efficient conductive network for sulfur, and a highly conductive PANi-coating layer further enhances conductivity of the electrode and prevents the dissolution of polysulfide species.
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- Zhiwei Tang
- Materials Science Institute, PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, People's Republic of China
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- Materials Science Institute, PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, People's Republic of China
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- Materials Science Institute, PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, People's Republic of China
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- Materials Science Institute, PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, People's Republic of China
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- Materials Science Institute, PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, People's Republic of China
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- Materials Science Institute, PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, People's Republic of China
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- Materials Science Institute, PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, People's Republic of China.
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- Materials Science Institute, PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, People's Republic of China.
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Huang JQ, Zhai PY, Peng HJ, Zhu WC, Zhang Q. Metal/nanocarbon layer current collectors enhanced energy efficiency in lithium-sulfur batteries. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2017; 62:1267-1274. [PMID: 36659455 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2017.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2017] [Revised: 09/03/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries with intrinsic merits in high theoretical energy density are the most promising candidate as the next-generation power sources. The strategy to achieve a high utilization of active materials with high energy efficiency is strongly requested for practical applications with less energy loss during repeated cycling. In this contribution, a metal/nanocarbon layer current collector is proposed to enhance the redox reactions of polysulfides in a working Li-S cell. Such a concept is demonstrated by coating graphene-carbon nanotube hybrids (GNHs) on routine aluminum (Al) foil current collectors. The interfacial conductivity and adhesion between the current collector and active material are significantly enhanced. Such novel cell configuration with metal/nanocarbon layer current collectors affords abundant Li ions for rapid redox reactions with small overpotential. Consequently, the Li-S cells with nanostructured current collectors exhibit an initial discharge capacity of 1,113mAhg-1 at 0.5C, which is ∼300mAhg-1 higher than those without a GNH coating layer. The capacity retention is 73% for cells with GNH after 300 cycles. A reduced voltage hysteresis and a high energy efficiency of ca. 90% are therefore achieved. Moreover, the Al/GNH layer current collectors are easily implanted into current cell assembly process for energy storage devices based on complex multi-electron redox reactions (e.g., Li-S batteries, Li-O2 batteries, fuel cells, and flow batteries).
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- Jia-Qi Huang
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Department of Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Shandong 273165, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Shandong 273165, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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