Nano-carbon-fiber-penetrated sulfur crystals as potential cathode active material for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries

Carbon ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 401-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsuan-Ju Shih ◽  
Jin-Yu Chang ◽  
Chuan-Sheng Cho ◽  
Chia-Chen Li
MRS Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (60) ◽  
pp. 3501-3506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaind P. Pandey ◽  
Joshua Adkins ◽  
Lamartine Meda

ABSTRACTLithium sulfide (Li2S) is one of the most attractive cathode materials for high energy density lithium batteries as it has a high theoretical capacity of 1166 mA h g-1. However, Li2S suffers from poor rate performance and short cycle life due to its insulating nature and polysulfide shuttle during cycling. In this work, we report a facile and viable approach to address these issues. We propose a method to synthesize a Li2S based nanocomposite cathode material by dissolving Li2S as the active material, polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as the carbon precursor, and graphene oxide (GO) as a matrix to enhance the conductivity, followed by a co-precipitation and high-temperature carbonization process. The Li2S/rGO cathode yields an exceptionally high initial capacity of 817 mAh g-1 based on Li2S mass at C/20 rate and also shows a good cycling performance. The carbon-coated Li2S/rGO cathode demonstrates the capability of robust core-shell nanostructures for different rates and improved capacity retention, revealing carbon coated Li2S/rGO composites as an outstanding system for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (36) ◽  
pp. 19358-19363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong-huang Wang ◽  
Dong Xie ◽  
Xin-hui Xia ◽  
Xu-qing Zhang ◽  
Wang-jia Tang ◽  
...  

We have prepared an integrated CF–CB–Li2S@C cathode with high loading Li2S for high areal-capacity Li–S batteries. The federated conductive network and efficient carbon coating not only provide an efficient electron transport and guarantee high active material utilization but also form a durable protective shield for suppressing polysulfide dissolution.


Carbon ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiyang Chen ◽  
Peng Xu ◽  
Qibin Liu ◽  
Dong Yuan ◽  
Xiang Long ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Dongli Chen ◽  
Wenwei Zhan ◽  
Xue Fu ◽  
Ming Zhu ◽  
Jinle Lan ◽  
...  

Lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries with high theoretical capacity and low cost are challenged by the polysulfide shuttle effect and sluggish reaction kinetics.


2016 ◽  
Vol 210 ◽  
pp. 415-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyu Xie ◽  
Kun Zhang ◽  
Yunzhao Han ◽  
Kai Yuan ◽  
Qiang Song ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (48) ◽  
pp. 24841-24847 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ran Yu ◽  
Sheng-Heng Chung ◽  
Chun-Hua Chen ◽  
Arumugam Manthiram

The internal porous core and external dense shell of the three-dimensional cathode substrate, respectively, accommodate and encapsulate a large amount of active material.


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