A high performance lithium–sulfur battery enabled by a fish-scale porous carbon/sulfur composite and symmetric fluorinated diethoxyethane electrolyte

Gao, Mengyao; Su, ChiCheung; He, Meinan; Glossmann, Tobias; Hintennach, Andreas; Feng, Zhenxing; Huang, Yaqin; Zhang, Zhengcheng

doi:10.1039/C7TA01057E

A high performance lithium–sulfur battery enabled by a fish-scale porous carbon/sulfur composite and symmetric fluorinated diethoxyethane electrolyte

Journal Article · Tue Mar 07 04:00:00 EST 2017 · Journal of Materials Chemistry. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TA01057E· OSTI ID:1367284

Gao, Mengyao ^[1]; Su, ChiCheung ^[2]; He, Meinan ^[2]; ^[3]; Hintennach, Andreas ^[4]; ^[5]; ^[6]; ^[2]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Beijing Univ. of Chemical Technology, Beijing (China)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc., Redford, MI (United States)
Daimler AG (Mercedes-Benz Cars), Boeblingen (Germany)
Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States)
Beijing Univ. of Chemical Technology, Beijing (China)

A high performance lithium–sulfur (Li–S) battery comprising a symmetric fluorinated diethoxyethane electrolyte coupled with a fish-scale porous carbon/S composite electrode was demonstrated. 1,2-Bis(1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethoxy)ethane (TFEE) was first studied as a new electrolyte solvent for Li–S chemistry. When co-mixed with 1,3-dioxolane (DOL), the DOL/TFEE electrolyte suppressed the polysulfide dissolution and shuttling reaction. Lastly, when coupled with a fish-scale porous carbon/S composite electrode, the Li–S cell exhibited a significantly high capacity retention of 99.5% per cycle for 100 cycles, which is far superior to the reported numerous systems.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: Daimler AG - Mercedes-Benz; Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1367284

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A, Journal Name: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A Journal Issue: 14 Vol. 5; ISSN JMCAET; ISSN 2050-7488

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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