Reactivation of dead sulfide species in lithium polysulfide flow battery for grid scale energy storage

Jin, Yang; Zhou, Guangmin; Shi, Feifei; Zhuo, Denys; Zhao, Jie; Liu, Kai; Liu, Yayuan; Zu, Chenxi; Chen, Wei; Zhang, Rufan; Huang, Xuanyi; Cui, Yi

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00537-0

Title: Reactivation of dead sulfide species in lithium polysulfide flow battery for grid scale energy storage

Journal Article · Wed Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00537-0· OSTI ID:1380122

Jin, Yang ^[1]; Zhou, Guangmin ^[2]; Shi, Feifei ^[2]; Zhuo, Denys ^[2]; Zhao, Jie ^[2]; Liu, Kai ^[2];

^[2]; Zu, Chenxi ^[2]; Chen, Wei ^[2];

^[2]; Huang, Xuanyi ^[2]; Cui, Yi ^[3]

Stanford Univ., CA (United States); Zhengzhou Univ. (China); Xi'an Jiaotong Univ. (China)
Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

Lithium polysulfide batteries possess several favorable attributes including low cost and high energy density for grid energy storage. However, the precipitation of insoluble and irreversible sulfide species on the surface of carbon and lithium (called “dead” sulfide species) leads to continuous capacity degradation in high mass loading cells, which represents a great challenge. To address this problem, herein we propose a strategy to reactivate dead sulfide species by reacting them with sulfur powder with stirring and heating (70 °C) to recover the cell capacity, and further demonstrate a flow battery system based on the reactivation approach. As a result, ultrahigh mass loading (0.125 g cm^–3, 2g sulfur in a single cell), high volumetric energy density (135 Wh L^–1), good cycle life, and high single-cell capacity are achieved. The high volumetric energy density indicates its promising application for future grid energy storage.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1380122

Report Number(s):: SLAC-PUB-17011; PII: 537

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 8, Issue 1; ISSN 2041-1723

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