Sulfur redox reactions on nanostructured highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) electrodes: Direct evidence for superior electrocatalytic performance on defect sites

Wang, Gongwei; Zheng, Dong; Liu, Dan; Yang, Xiao-Qing; Qu, Deyang

doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2017.04.066

Title: Sulfur redox reactions on nanostructured highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) electrodes: Direct evidence for superior electrocatalytic performance on defect sites

Journal Article · Fri Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Carbon

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2017.04.066· OSTI ID:1439794

Wang, Gongwei ^[1]; Zheng, Dong ^[1]; Liu, Dan ^[1]; Yang, Xiao-Qing ^[2]; Qu, Deyang ^[1]

Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. College of Engineering and Applied Science
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Chemistry Dept.

Fundamental research of sulfur redox reactions on well-defined controlled model electrode surfaces can provide new information to design high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries. In this paper, we study the electrochemical reduction and oxidation of sulfur on the nanostructured HOPG electrodes with pure basal planes, step plans, and pure edge planes. Finally, our results directly indicate that electrochemical reduction and oxidation of sulfur is significantly affected by the carbon surface structure, namely, the electrochemical reversibility of sulfur redox reaction is much better on edge plane, compared with basal plane and step plane.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1439794

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1396921

Report Number(s):: BNL-113879-2017-JAAM

Journal Information:: Carbon, Vol. 119; ISSN 0008-6223

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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