TiS2–Polysulfide Hybrid Cathode with High Sulfur Loading and Low Electrolyte Consumption for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

Chung, Sheng -Heng; Luo, Liu; Manthiram, Arumugam

doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.7b01321

Title: TiS₂–Polysulfide Hybrid Cathode with High Sulfur Loading and Low Electrolyte Consumption for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

Journal Article · Wed Feb 07 00:00:00 EST 2018 · ACS Energy Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.7b01321· OSTI ID:1488315

Chung, Sheng -Heng ^[1]; Luo, Liu ^[1];

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Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (United States)

Sulfur cathodes have a high theoretical capacity of 1675 mAh g^–1, making the lithium–sulfur batteries a promising technology for future energy-storage devices. However, their commercial viability is faced with challenges arising from intrinsic electrochemical instabilities and inappropriate cell fabrication parameters. We report here the feasibility of employing TiS₂ as a conductive polysulfide adsorbent, which allows the use of a high amount of electrochemically active polysulfides in building a TiS₂–polysulfide hybrid cathode. The hybrid cathode exhibits long cycle stability at a C/5 rate over 200 cycles with a high areal capacity and energy density of, respectively, 10 mAh cm^–2 and 20 mWh cm^–2, exceeding those of commercial LiCoO₂. Furthermore, such an enhanced electrochemical performance is obtained in cells with a high sulfur content (65 wt %), high sulfur loading (12 mg cm^–2), high sulfur mass (12 mg/cathode), and a low electrolyte/sulfur ratio of just 5 μL mg^–1.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

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OSTI ID:: 1488315

Journal Information:: ACS Energy Letters, Vol. 3, Issue 3; ISSN 2380-8195

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