Li2S encapsulated by nitrogen-doped carbon for lithium sulfur batteries

Chen, Lin; Liu, Yuzi; Ashuri, Maziar; Liu, Caihong; Shaw, Leon L.

doi:10.1039/C4TA04103H

Title: Li₂S encapsulated by nitrogen-doped carbon for lithium sulfur batteries

Journal Article · Fri Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Journal of Materials Chemistry. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C4TA04103H· OSTI ID:1237306

Chen, Lin ^[1]; Liu, Yuzi ^[2]; Ashuri, Maziar ^[1]; Liu, Caihong ^[1]; Shaw, Leon L. ^[1]

Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research, Chicago, IL (United States); Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)

Using high-energy ball milling of the Li₂S plus carbon black mixture followed by carbonization of pyrrole, we have established a facile approach to synthesize Li₂S-plus-C composite particles of average size 400 nm, encapsulated by a nitrogen-doped carbon shell. Such an engineered core–shell structure exhibits an ultrahigh initial discharge specific capacity (1029 mAh/g), reaching 88% of the theoretical capacity (1,166 mAh/g of Li₂S) and thus offering the highest utilization of Li₂S in the cathode among all of the reported works for the encapsulated Li₂S cathodes. This Li₂S/C composite core with a nitrogen-doped carbon shell can still retain 652 mAh/g after prolonged 100 cycles. These superior properties are attributed to the nitrogen-doped carbon shell that can improve the conductivity to enhance the utilization of Li₂S in the cathode. As a result, fine particle sizes and the presence of carbon black within the Li₂S core may also play a role in high utilization of Li₂S in the cathode.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1237306

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A, Vol. 2, Issue 42; ISSN 2050-7488

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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