ZIF-8 derived hollow carbon to trap polysulfides for high performance lithium-sulfur batteries.

Nanoscale ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Masud Rana ◽  
Yusuke Yamauchi ◽  
Ian Gentle ◽  
Md. Shahriar A. Hossain ◽  
Mohammad Rejaul Kaiser ◽  
...  

Lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) have been considered very promising due to their high theoretical energy density and low cost. However, the undesirable shuttle effect with solid discharge product Li2S, greatly impedes...

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.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamza Dunya ◽  
Maziar Ashuri ◽  
Dana Alramahi ◽  
Zheng Yue ◽  
Kamil Kucuk ◽  
...  

The emerging need for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries has motivated many researchers to investigate different designs. However, the polysulfide shuttle effect, which is the result of dissolution of many intermediate polysulfides in electrolyte, has still remained unsolved. In this study, we have designed a sulfur-filled dual core–shell spindle-like nanorod structure coated with manganese oxide (S@HCNR@MnO2) to achieve a high-performance cathode for lithium–sulfur batteries. The cathode showed an initial discharge capacity of 1661 mA h g−1 with 80% retention of capacity over 70 cycles at a 0.2C rate. Furthermore, compared with the nanorods without any coating (S@HCNR), the MnO2-coated material displayed superior rate capability, cycling stability, and Coulombic efficiency. The synergistic effects of the nitrogen-doped hollow carbon host and the MnO2 second shell are responsible for the improved electrochemical performance of this nanostructure.


Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 1946 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zengyao Zhang ◽  
Shun Yi ◽  
Yuejia Wei ◽  
Huiyang Bian ◽  
Ruibin Wang ◽  
...  

Tremendous efforts have been made toward the development of lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries as one of the most reasonable solutions to the rapidly increasing demand for portable electronic devices and electric vehicles, owing to their high cost-efficiency and theoretical energy density. However, the shuttle effect caused by soluble polysulfides is generally considered to be an insurmountable challenge, which can significantly reduce the battery lifecycle and sulfur utilization. Here, we report a lignin nanoparticle-coated Celgard (LC) separator to alleviate this problem. The LC separator enables abundant electron-donating groups and is expected to induce chemical binding of polysulfides to hinder the shuttle effect. When a sulfur-containing commercially available acetylene black (approximately 73.8 wt% sulfur content) was used as the cathode without modification, the Li–S battery with the LC separator presented much enhanced cycling stability over that with the Celgard separator for over 500 cycles at a current density of 1 C. The strategy demonstrated in this study is expected to provide more possibilities for the utilization of low-cost biomass-derived nanomaterials as separators for high-performance Li–S batteries.


Author(s):  
Chenhui WANG ◽  
Nobuyuki Sakai ◽  
Yasuo Ebina ◽  
Takayuki KIKUCHI ◽  
Monika Snowdon ◽  
...  

Lithium-sulfur batteries have high promise for application in next-generation energy storage. However, further advances have been hindered by various intractable challenges, particularly three notorious problems: the “shuttle effect”, sluggish kinetics...


Author(s):  
Xiaohui Zhao ◽  
Chonglong Wang ◽  
Ziwei Li ◽  
Xuechun Hu ◽  
Amir A. Razzaq ◽  
...  

The lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries have a high theoretical specific capacity (1675 mAh g-1) and energy density (2600 Wh kg-1), exerting a high perspective as the next-generation rechargeable batteries for...


Author(s):  
Wenhao Sun ◽  
Yi-Chun Lu ◽  
Yaqin Huang

Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries promise high theoretical specific energy density (2600 Wh kg-1), low cost and eco-friendliness. However, their practical development is limited by the shuttle of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) and...


Author(s):  
Longtao Ren ◽  
Qian Wang ◽  
Yajie Li ◽  
Cejun Hu ◽  
Yajun Zhao ◽  
...  

Rechargeable lithium-sulfur (Li–S) batteries are considered one of the most promising next-generation energy storage devices because of their high theoretical energy density. However, the dissolution of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) in...


Nanoscale ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fanglei Zeng ◽  
Fang Wang ◽  
Ning Li ◽  
Ke Meng Song ◽  
Shi-Ye Chang ◽  
...  

Li-S battery is considered as one of the most promising battery system because of its large theoretical capacity and high energy density. However, the “shuttle effect” of soluble polysulfides and...


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongke Zhang ◽  
Ting Huang ◽  
Pengfei Zhao ◽  
Ze Zhang ◽  
Xingtao Qi ◽  
...  

Abstract Due to the low conductivity of sulfur and the dissolution of polysulfides, the research and application of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have encountered certain resistance. Increasing conductivity and introducing polarity into the sulfur host can effectively overcome these long-standing problems. Herein, We first prepared Co3W3C@ C@ CNTs / S material and used it in the cathode of lithium-sulfur batteries, The existence of carboxylated CNTs can form a conductive network, accelerate the transmission of electrons and improve the rate performance, and polar Co3W3C can form a strong interaction with polysulfide intermediates, effectively inhibiting its shuttle effect, improving the utilization of sulfur cathode electrodes, and improving the capacity and cycle stability. The Co3W3C@C@CNTs / S electrode material has a capacity of 1,093 mA h g-1 at a 0.1 A g− 1 and 482 mA h g-1 at 5 A g− 1. Even after 500 cycles of 2 A g− 1, the capacity of each cycle is only reduced by 0.08%. The excellent stability of this material can provide a new idea for the future development of lithium-sulfur batteries.


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