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Title: Long-life Li/polysulphide batteries with high sulphur loading enabled by lightweight three-dimensional nitrogen/sulphur-codoped graphene sponge

Abstract

Lithium–sulphur batteries with a high theoretical energy density are regarded as promising energy storage devices for electric vehicles and large-scale electricity storage. However, the low active material utilization, low sulphur loading and poor cycling stability restrict their practical applications. Herein, we present an effective strategy to obtain Li/polysulphide batteries with high-energy density and long-cyclic life using three-dimensional nitrogen/sulphur codoped graphene sponge electrodes. The nitrogen/sulphur codoped graphene sponge electrode provides enough space for a high sulphur loading, facilitates fast charge transfer and better immobilization of polysulphide ions. The hetero-doped nitrogen/sulphur sites are demonstrated to show strong binding energy and be capable of anchoring polysulphides based on first-principles calculations. As a result, a high specific capacity of 1,200 mAh g–1 at 0.2C rate, a high-rate capacity of 430 mAh g–1 at 2C rate and excellent cycling stability for 500 cycles with ~0.078% capacity decay per cycle are achieved.

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  1. Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
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Research Org.:
Ceramatec, Inc., West Valley City, UT (United States
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E); Robert A. Welch Foundation
OSTI Identifier:
1623994
Grant/Contract Number:  
AR0000377; F-1535
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature Communications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 25 ENERGY STORAGE; science & technology - other topics; batteries; chemical physics; graphene

Citation Formats

Zhou, Guangmin, Paek, Eunsu, Hwang, Gyeong S., and Manthiram, Arumugam. Long-life Li/polysulphide batteries with high sulphur loading enabled by lightweight three-dimensional nitrogen/sulphur-codoped graphene sponge. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1038/ncomms8760.
Zhou, Guangmin, Paek, Eunsu, Hwang, Gyeong S., & Manthiram, Arumugam. Long-life Li/polysulphide batteries with high sulphur loading enabled by lightweight three-dimensional nitrogen/sulphur-codoped graphene sponge. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8760
Zhou, Guangmin, Paek, Eunsu, Hwang, Gyeong S., and Manthiram, Arumugam. Fri . "Long-life Li/polysulphide batteries with high sulphur loading enabled by lightweight three-dimensional nitrogen/sulphur-codoped graphene sponge". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8760. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1623994.
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title = {Long-life Li/polysulphide batteries with high sulphur loading enabled by lightweight three-dimensional nitrogen/sulphur-codoped graphene sponge},
author = {Zhou, Guangmin and Paek, Eunsu and Hwang, Gyeong S. and Manthiram, Arumugam},
abstractNote = {Lithium–sulphur batteries with a high theoretical energy density are regarded as promising energy storage devices for electric vehicles and large-scale electricity storage. However, the low active material utilization, low sulphur loading and poor cycling stability restrict their practical applications. Herein, we present an effective strategy to obtain Li/polysulphide batteries with high-energy density and long-cyclic life using three-dimensional nitrogen/sulphur codoped graphene sponge electrodes. The nitrogen/sulphur codoped graphene sponge electrode provides enough space for a high sulphur loading, facilitates fast charge transfer and better immobilization of polysulphide ions. The hetero-doped nitrogen/sulphur sites are demonstrated to show strong binding energy and be capable of anchoring polysulphides based on first-principles calculations. As a result, a high specific capacity of 1,200 mAh g–1 at 0.2C rate, a high-rate capacity of 430 mAh g–1 at 2C rate and excellent cycling stability for 500 cycles with ~0.078% capacity decay per cycle are achieved.},
doi = {10.1038/ncomms8760},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = 1,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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Hierarchical VS 2 Nano-Flowers as Sulfur Host for Lithium Sulfur Battery Cathodes
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Heterogeneous/Homogeneous Mediators for High-Energy-Density Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: Progress and Prospects
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Microemulsion Assisted Assembly of 3D Porous S/Graphene@g-C 3 N 4 Hybrid Sponge as Free-Standing Cathodes for High Energy Density Li-S Batteries
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Minimizing the Electrolyte Volume in Li-S Batteries: A Step Forward to High Gravimetric Energy Density
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Sulfiphilic Few‐Layered MoSe 2 Nanoflakes Decorated rGO as a Highly Efficient Sulfur Host for Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries
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A Rechargeable Al/S Battery with an Ionic-Liquid Electrolyte
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A PDDA functionalized nitrogen and sulphur doped graphene composite as the counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells
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An alkali metal–selenium battery with a wide temperature range and low self-discharge
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Long-Life Lithium-Sulfur Batteries with a Bifunctional Cathode Substrate Configured with Boron Carbide Nanowires
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Single Nickel Atoms on Nitrogen‐Doped Graphene Enabling Enhanced Kinetics of Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
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High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries with a Self-Supported, 3D Li 2 S-Doped Graphene Aerogel Cathodes
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3D-Mesoporous Carbon Infiltrated with Sulfur for High-Rate Stable Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
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Mesoporous N-doped graphene prepared by a soft-template method with high performance in Li–S batteries
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