Graphene oxide-polypyrrole composite as sulfur hosts for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (06) ◽  
pp. 1840007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qian Wang ◽  
Chengkai Yang ◽  
Hui Tang ◽  
Kai Wu ◽  
Henghui Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Graphene Oxide ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Specific Capacity ◽  
High Energy ◽  
High Energy Density ◽  
Composite Cathodes ◽  
Lithium Sulfur Batteries ◽  
Lithium Sulfur ◽  
Capacity Decay

Lithium-sulfur batteries are considered as a promising candidate for the next-generation high energy density storage devices. However, they are still hindered by serious capacity decay on cycling caused by the dissolution of redox intermediates. Here, we designed a unique structure with polypyrrole (ppy) inserting into the graphene oxide (GO) sheet for accommodating sulfur. Such a sulfur host not only exhibits a good electronic and ionic conductivity, but also can suppress polysulfide dissolution effectively. With this advanced design, the composite cathode showed a high specific capacity of 548.4[Formula: see text]mA[Formula: see text]h[Formula: see text]g[Formula: see text] at 5.0 C. A stable Coulombic efficiency of [Formula: see text]99.5% and a capacity decay rate as low as 0.089% per cycle along with 300 cycles at 1.0 C were achieved for composite cathodes with 78[Formula: see text]wt.% of S. Besides, the interaction mechanism between PPy and lithium polysulfides (LPS) was investigated by density-functional theory (DFT), suggesting that only the polymerization of N atoms can bind strongly to Li ions of LPS rather than single N atoms. The 3D structure GO-PPy host with high conductivity and excellent trapping ability to LPS offered a viable strategy to design high-performance cathodes for Li–S batteries.

scholarly journals Confine sulfur in double-hollow carbon sphere integrated with carbon nanotubes for advanced lithium–sulfur batteries

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maru Dessie Walle ◽  
You-Nian Liu
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Coulombic Efficiency ◽  
Specific Capacity ◽  
High Energy ◽  
High Energy Density ◽  
Carbon Sphere ◽  
Hollow Carbon Sphere ◽  
Lithium Sulfur Batteries ◽  
Hollow Carbon ◽  
Lithium Sulfur

AbstractThe lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries are promising because of the high energy density, low cost, and natural abundance of sulfur material. Li–S batteries have suffered from severe capacity fading and poor cyclability, resulting in low sulfur utilization. Herein, S-DHCS/CNTs are synthesized by integration of a double-hollow carbon sphere (DHCS) with carbon nanotubes (CNTs), and the addition of sulfur in DHCS by melt impregnations. The proposed S-DHCS/CNTs can effectively confine sulfur and physically suppress the diffusion of polysulfides within the double-hollow structures. CNTs act as a conductive agent. S-DHCS/CNTs maintain the volume variations and accommodate high sulfur content 73 wt%. The designed S-DHCS/CNTs electrode with high sulfur loading (3.3 mg cm−2) and high areal capacity (5.6 mAh mg cm−2) shows a high initial specific capacity of 1709 mAh g−1 and maintains a reversible capacity of 730 mAh g−1 after 48 cycles at 0.2 C with high coulombic efficiency (100%). This work offers a fascinating strategy to design carbon-based material for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries.

Nitrogen-Doped Multi-Channel Carbon Nanofibers Incorporated with Nickel Nanoparticles as Multifunctional Modification of Separator for Ultra Stable Li-S Batteries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhikang Wang ◽  
Guiqiang Cao ◽  
Da Bi ◽  
Tian-Xiong Tan ◽  
Qingxue Lai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nickel Nanoparticles ◽  
Specific Capacity ◽  
High Energy ◽  
High Energy Density ◽  
Storage Device ◽  
Energy Storage Device ◽  
High Specific Capacity ◽  
Nitrogen Doped ◽  
Lithium Sulfur Batteries ◽  
Lithium Sulfur

Lithium-Sulfur batteries have been regarded as the most promising electrochemical energy storage device in consideration of their satisfactory high specific capacity and high energy density. However, the inferior conversion efficiency...

Facile Synthesis of Uniform Carbon Coated Li2S/rGO cathode for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

MRS Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (60) ◽  
pp. 3501-3506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaind P. Pandey ◽  
Joshua Adkins ◽  
Lamartine Meda
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Active Material ◽  
Cycling Performance ◽  
High Energy ◽  
High Energy Density ◽  
Shell Nanostructures ◽  
Lithium Sulfur Batteries ◽  
Carbon Coated ◽  
Co Precipitation ◽  
Lithium Sulfur

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.

scholarly journals MoO2 nanoparticles embedded in N-doped hydrangea-like carbon as a sulfur host for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries

RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (34) ◽  
pp. 20173-20183
Author(s):  
Yasai Wang ◽  
Guilin Feng ◽  
Yang Wang ◽  
Zhenguo Wu ◽  
Yanxiao Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Energy Density ◽  
High Performance ◽  
High Energy ◽  
High Energy Density ◽  
Energy Storage Devices ◽  
Storage Devices ◽  
Lithium Sulfur Batteries ◽  
Sulfur Host ◽  
Lithium Sulfur

Lithium–sulfur batteries are considered to be promising energy storage devices owing to their high energy density, relatively low price and abundant resources.

scholarly journals A nitrogen–sulfur co-doped porous graphene matrix as a sulfur immobilizer for high performance lithium–sulfur batteries

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (44) ◽  
pp. 17381-17393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Xu ◽  
Dawei Su ◽  
Wenxue Zhang ◽  
Weizhai Bao ◽  
Guoxiu Wang
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Physical Adsorption ◽  
High Energy ◽  
High Energy Density ◽  
Chemical Binding ◽  
Porous Graphene ◽  
Long Cycle Life ◽  
Lithium Sulfur Batteries ◽  
Co Doped ◽  
Lithium Sulfur

The combination of the physical adsorption of lithium polysulfides onto porous graphene and the chemical binding of polysulfides to N and S sites promotes reversible Li2S/polysulfide/S conversion, realizing high performance Li–S batteries with long cycle life and high-energy density.

Strategies for inhibiting anode dendrite growth in lithium–sulfur batteries

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 4629-4646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaqiu Luo ◽  
Linli Guo ◽  
Min Xiao ◽  
Shuanjin Wang ◽  
Shan Ren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Density ◽  
Specific Capacity ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Dendrite Growth ◽  
High Energy Density ◽  
Lithium Anode ◽  
Lithium Sulfur Batteries ◽  
Theoretical Specific Capacity ◽  
Lithium Sulfur

Recently, lithium–sulfur batteries have attracted considerable attention due to their high theoretical specific capacity and high energy density. In this paper, we summarize the strategies of lithium anode improvement formulated in recent years.

Two-Dimensional Imine-Based Covalent-Organic-Framework Derived Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon Nanosheets for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaofei Guo ◽  
Jiaojiao Xu ◽  
Li-Ping Lv ◽  
Shuangqiang Chen ◽  
Weiwei Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Cycling Performance ◽  
High Energy ◽  
High Energy Density ◽  
Carbon Nanosheets ◽  
Nitrogen Doped ◽  
Lithium Sulfur Batteries ◽  
High Theoretical Capacity ◽  
Low Sulfur ◽  
Lithium Sulfur

Lithium-sulfur batteries are attracting more attention for high theoretical capacity and high energy density. And in order to overcome the problem of short cycling performance, low sulfur loading and shuttle...

Vanadium dioxide–reduced graphene oxide binary host as an efficient polysulfide plague for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1658-1668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sha Li ◽  
Yuan Cen ◽  
Qin Xiang ◽  
Muhammad Kashif Aslam ◽  
Bingbing Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graphene Oxide ◽  
Vanadium Dioxide ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Specific Capacity ◽  
Storage Technology ◽  
Energy Storage Technology ◽  
Reduced Graphene ◽  
Lithium Sulfur Batteries ◽  
Theoretical Specific Capacity ◽  
Lithium Sulfur

Lithium–sulfur batteries are strongly expected to be the next-generation energy storage technology due to their superior theoretical specific capacity and energy density.

scholarly journals Enhanced Potassium-Ion Storage of the 3D Carbon Superstructure by Manipulating the Nitrogen-Doped Species and Morphology

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanhua Li ◽  
Kui Xiao ◽  
Cong Huang ◽  
Jin Wang ◽  
Ming Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Specific Capacity ◽  
Rate Capability ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Potassium Ion ◽  
High Energy Density ◽  
Superior Performance

Abstract Potassium-ion batteries (PIBs) are attractive for grid-scale energy storage due to the abundant potassium resource and high energy density. The key to achieving high-performance and large-scale energy storage technology lies in seeking eco-efficient synthetic processes to the design of suitable anode materials. Herein, a spherical sponge-like carbon superstructure (NCS) assembled by 2D nanosheets is rationally and efficiently designed for K+ storage. The optimized NCS electrode exhibits an outstanding rate capability, high reversible specific capacity (250 mAh g−1 at 200 mA g−1 after 300 cycles), and promising cycling performance (205 mAh g−1 at 1000 mA g−1 after 2000 cycles). The superior performance can be attributed to the unique robust spherical structure and 3D electrical transfer network together with nitrogen-rich nanosheets. Moreover, the regulation of the nitrogen doping types and morphology of NCS-5 is also discussed in detail based on the experiments results and density functional theory calculations. This strategy for manipulating the structure and properties of 3D materials is expected to meet the grand challenges for advanced carbon materials as high-performance PIB anodes in practical applications.

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