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Title: Nitrogen-sulfur-carbon nanocomposites and their application as cathode materials in lithium-sulfur batteries

Abstract

The invention is directed in a first aspect to electron-conducting porous compositions comprising an organic polymer matrix doped with nitrogen atoms and having elemental sulfur dispersed therein, particularly such compositions having an ordered framework structure. The invention is also directed to composites of such S/N-doped electron-conducting porous aromatic framework (PAF) compositions, or composites of an S/N-doped mesoporous carbon composition, which includes the S/N-doped composition in admixture with a binder, and optionally, conductive carbon. The invention is further directed to cathodes for a lithium-sulfur battery in which such composites are incorporated.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1469117
Patent Number(s):
10044039
Application Number:
15/248,349
Assignee:
UT-Batelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01M - PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2016 Aug 26
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 25 ENERGY STORAGE

Citation Formats

Dai, Sheng, Sun, Xiao-Guang, Guo, Bingkun, Wang, Xiqing, Mayes, Richard T., Ben, Teng, and Qiu, Shilun. Nitrogen-sulfur-carbon nanocomposites and their application as cathode materials in lithium-sulfur batteries. United States: N. p., 2018. Web.
Dai, Sheng, Sun, Xiao-Guang, Guo, Bingkun, Wang, Xiqing, Mayes, Richard T., Ben, Teng, & Qiu, Shilun. Nitrogen-sulfur-carbon nanocomposites and their application as cathode materials in lithium-sulfur batteries. United States.
Dai, Sheng, Sun, Xiao-Guang, Guo, Bingkun, Wang, Xiqing, Mayes, Richard T., Ben, Teng, and Qiu, Shilun. Tue . "Nitrogen-sulfur-carbon nanocomposites and their application as cathode materials in lithium-sulfur batteries". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1469117.
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