Exploring reaction dynamics in lithium–sulfur batteries by time-resolved operando sulfur K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Zhao, Enyue; Wang, Junyang; Li, Feng; Jiang, Zheng; Yang, Xiao-Qing; Wang, Fangwei; Li, Hong; Yu, Xiqian

doi:10.1039/C9CC00485H

Title: Exploring reaction dynamics in lithium–sulfur batteries by time-resolved operando sulfur K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Journal Article · Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · ChemComm

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CC00485H· OSTI ID:1507701

Zhao, Enyue ^[1];

^[1];

^[2]; Jiang, Zheng ^[3]; Yang, Xiao-Qing ^[4]; Wang, Fangwei ^[1]; Li, Hong ^[1];

^[1]

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Beijing National Lab. for Condensed Matter Physics, Inst. of Physics; Univ. of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China); Songshan Lake Materials Lab., Dongguan, Guangdong (China)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shenyang (China). Advanced Carbon Division, Shenyang National Lab. for Materials Science, Inst. of Metal Research
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai (China). Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Inst. of Applied Physics
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Chemistry Division

A time-resolved operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy experiment was successfully designed to explore the sulfur reaction dynamics in lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries. It presents direct real-time experimental evidence for the distinct sulfur dynamics at different discharge rates, deepening the understanding of reaction mechanisms in Li–S batteries.

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

Cite

Export

Save

Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; 11675255; 51502334; 51822211

OSTI ID:: 1507701

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1506138

Report Number(s):: BNL-211559-2019-JAAM; CHCOFS

Journal Information:: ChemComm, Vol. 55, Issue 34; ISSN 1359-7345

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Citation Metrics:

Cited by: 9 works

Citation information provided by
Web of Science

References (36)

In situ / operando characterization techniques for rechargeable lithium–sulfur batteries: a review Tan, Jian; Liu, Dongna; Xu, Xu Nanoscale, Vol. 9, Issue 48 https://doi.org/10.1039/C7NR06819K	journal	January 2017
Synchrotron X-ray Analytical Techniques for Studying Materials Electrochemistry in Rechargeable Batteries Lin, Feng; Liu, Yijin; Yu, Xiqian Chemical Reviews, Vol. 117, Issue 21 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00007	journal	September 2017
Revealing the Electrochemical Charging Mechanism of Nanosized Li ₂ S by in Situ and Operando X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Zhang, Liang; Sun, Dan; Feng, Jun Nano Letters, Vol. 17, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b02381	journal	July 2017
Kinetically Enhanced Electrochemical Redox of Polysulfides on Polymeric Carbon Nitrides for Improved Lithium–Sulfur Batteries Liang, Ji; Yin, Lichang; Tang, Xiaonan ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 8, Issue 38 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b05647	journal	September 2016
Anode Improvement in Rechargeable Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Tao, Tao; Lu, Shengguo; Fan, Ye Advanced Materials, Vol. 29, Issue 48 https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201700542	journal	June 2017
In Operando X-ray Diffraction and Transmission X-ray Microscopy of Lithium Sulfur Batteries Nelson, Johanna; Misra, Sumohan; Yang, Yuan Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 134, Issue 14 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja2121926	journal	March 2012
Fingerprinting Lithium-Sulfur Battery Reaction Products by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Wujcik, Kevin H.; Velasco-Velez, Juan; Wu, Cheng Hao Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Vol. 161, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1149/2.078406jes	journal	January 2014
Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: Progress and Prospects Manthiram, Arumugam; Chung, Sheng-Heng; Zu, Chenxi Advanced Materials, Vol. 27, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201405115	journal	February 2015
Operando Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering: An Appropriate Tool to Characterize Sulfur in Li–S Batteries Kavčič, M.; Bučar, K.; Petric, M. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 120, Issue 43 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b06705	journal	October 2016
In Situ X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Studies of Discharge Reactions in a Thick Cathode of a Lithium Sulfur Battery Wujcik, Kevin H.; Wang, Dunyang Rita; Pascal, Tod A. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Vol. 164, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1441614jes	journal	December 2016
Enhancing lithium–sulphur battery performance by strongly binding the discharge products on amino-functionalized reduced graphene oxide Wang, Zhiyu; Dong, Yanfeng; Li, Hongjiang Nature Communications, Vol. 5, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms6002	journal	September 2014
Lithium sulfur batteries, a mechanistic review Wild, M.; O'Neill, L.; Zhang, T. Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 8, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1039/C5EE01388G	journal	January 2015
Carbon–sulfur composites for Li–S batteries: status and prospects Wang, Da-Wei; Zeng, Qingcong; Zhou, Guangmin Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 1, Issue 33 https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ta11045a	journal	January 2013
High capacity vertical aligned carbon nanotube/sulfur composite cathodes for lithium–sulfur batteries Dörfler, Susanne; Hagen, Markus; Althues, Holger Chemical Communications, Vol. 48, Issue 34 https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cc17925c	journal	January 2012
Challenges and Prospects of Lithium–Sulfur Batteries Manthiram, Arumugam; Fu, Yongzhu; Su, Yu-Sheng Accounts of Chemical Research, Vol. 46, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1021/ar300179v	journal	June 2012
A Flexible Sulfur-Graphene-Polypropylene Separator Integrated Electrode for Advanced Li-S Batteries Zhou, Guangmin; Li, Lu; Wang, Da-Wei Advanced Materials, Vol. 27, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201404210	journal	November 2014
Revisit Carbon/Sulfur Composite for Li-S Batteries Zheng, Jianming; Gu, Meng; Wagner, Michael J. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Vol. 160, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1149/2.013310jes	journal	January 2013
More Reliable Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: Status, Solutions and Prospects Fang, Ruopian; Zhao, Shiyong; Sun, Zhenhua Advanced Materials, Vol. 29, Issue 48 https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201606823	journal	April 2017
Polysulfide immobilization and conversion on a conductive polar MoC@MoOx material for lithium-sulfur batteries Fang, Ruopian; Zhao, Shiyong; Sun, Zhenhua Energy Storage Materials, Vol. 10 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2017.08.005	journal	January 2018
Unique behaviour of nonsolvents for polysulphides in lithium–sulphur batteries Cuisinier, M.; Cabelguen, P. -E.; Adams, B. D. Energy Environ. Sci., Vol. 7, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1039/C4EE00372A	journal	January 2014
Porous Hollow Carbon@Sulfur Composites for High-Power Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Jayaprakash, N.; Shen, J.; Moganty, Surya S. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 50, Issue 26, p. 5904-5908 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201100637	journal	May 2011
Mechanistic insights into operational lithium–sulfur batteries by in situ X-ray diffraction and absorption spectroscopy Lowe, Michael A.; Gao, Jie; Abruña, Héctor D. RSC Advances, Vol. 4, Issue 35 https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ra01388c	journal	January 2014
Rechargeable Lithium–Sulfur Batteries Manthiram, Arumugam; Fu, Yongzhu; Chung, Sheng-Heng Chemical Reviews, Vol. 114, Issue 23 https://doi.org/10.1021/cr500062v	journal	July 2014
Ionic shield for polysulfides towards highly-stable lithium–sulfur batteries Huang, Jia-Qi; Zhang, Qiang; Peng, Hong-Jie Energy Environ. Sci., Vol. 7, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1039/C3EE42223B	journal	January 2014
Understanding the Charging Mechanism of Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Using Spatially Resolved Operando X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Gorlin, Yelena; Patel, Manu U. M.; Freiberg, Anna Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Vol. 163, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0631606jes	journal	January 2016
In situ/operando synchrotron-based X-ray techniques for lithium-ion battery research Bak, Seong-Min; Shadike, Zulipiya; Lin, Ruoqian NPG Asia Materials, Vol. 10, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41427-018-0056-z	journal	July 2018
Designing high-energy lithium–sulfur batteries Seh, Zhi Wei; Sun, Yongming; Zhang, Qianfan Chemical Society Reviews, Vol. 45, Issue 20 https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CS00410A	journal	January 2016
Conductive porous vanadium nitride/graphene composite as chemical anchor of polysulfides for lithium-sulfur batteries Sun, Zhenhua; Zhang, Jingqi; Yin, Lichang Nature Communications, Vol. 8, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14627	journal	March 2017
Characterization of Polysulfide Radicals Present in an Ether-Based Electrolyte of a Lithium-Sulfur Battery During Initial Discharge Using In Situ X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Experiments and First-Principles Calculations Wujcik, Kevin H.; Pascal, Tod A.; Pemmaraju, C. D. Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 5, Issue 16 https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201500285	journal	June 2015
Stabilizing sulfur cathodes using nitrogen-doped graphene as a chemical immobilizer for Li S batteries Li, Lu; Zhou, Guangmin; Yin, Lichang Carbon, Vol. 108 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2016.07.008	journal	November 2016
A new insight into the lithium storage mechanism of sulfurized polyacrylonitrile with no soluble intermediates Jin, Zhao-Qing; Liu, Yong-Gang; Wang, Wei-Kun Energy Storage Materials, Vol. 14 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2018.04.013	journal	September 2018
Carbon materials for Li–S batteries: Functional evolution and performance improvement Liang, Ji; Sun, Zhen-Hua; Li, Feng Energy Storage Materials, Vol. 2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2015.09.007	journal	January 2016
Advanced Characterization Techniques in Promoting Mechanism Understanding for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Zhao, Enyue; Nie, Kaihui; Yu, Xiqian Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 28, Issue 38 https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201707543	journal	March 2018
A highly ordered nanostructured carbon–sulphur cathode for lithium–sulphur batteries Ji, Xiulei; Lee, Kyu Tae; Nazar, Linda F. Nature Materials, Vol. 8, Issue 6, p. 500-506 https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2460	journal	May 2009
High-rate lithium–sulfur batteries promoted by reduced graphene oxide coating Li, Nianwu; Zheng, Mingbo; Lu, Hongling Chemical Communications, Vol. 48, Issue 34 https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cc17912a	journal	January 2012
Porous Hollow Carbon@Sulfur Composites for High-Power Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Jayaprakash, N.; Shen, J.; Moganty, Surya S. Angewandte Chemie, Vol. 123, Issue 26, p. 6026-6030 https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201100637	journal	May 2011

Similar Records

Insights into the Interconnection of the Electrodes and Electrolyte Species in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries Using Spatially Resolved Operando X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and X-ray Fluorescence Mapping

Journal Article · Thu Feb 08 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Journal of Physical Chemistry. C · OSTI ID:1507701

Freiberg, Anna T. S.; Siebel, Armin; Berger, Anne; +4 more

Understanding the Reaction Mechanism of Lithium–Sulfur Batteries by In Situ/Operando X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

Journal Article · Thu Mar 21 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering · OSTI ID:1507701

Zhang, Liang; Guo, Jinghua

Deciphering the Reaction Mechanism of Lithium–Sulfur Batteries by In Situ/Operando Synchrotron-Based Characterization Techniques

Journal Article · Mon Mar 18 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Advanced Energy Materials · OSTI ID:1507701

Yan, Yingying; Cheng, Chen; Zhang, Liang; +2 more

Related Subjects

25 ENERGY STORAGE
Li-Sulfur cathode
Li batteries

Title: Exploring reaction dynamics in lithium–sulfur batteries by time-resolved operando sulfur K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Citation Formats

References (36)

Similar Records

Related Subjects