Quantitative Chromatographic Determination of Dissolved Elemental Sulfur in the Non-aqueous Electrolyte for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Abstract
A fast and reliable analytical method is reported for the quantitative determination of dissolved elemental sulfur in non-aqueous electrolytes for Li-S batteries. By using high performance liquid chromatography with a UV detector, the solubility of S in 12 different pure solvents and in 22 different electrolytes was determined. It was found that the solubility of elemental sulfur is dependent on the Lewis basicity, the polarity of solvents and the salt concentration in the electrolytes. In addition, the S content in the electrolyte recovered from a discharged Li-S battery was successfully determined by the proposed HPLC/UV method. Thus, the feasibility of the method to the online analysis for a Li-S battery is demonstrated. Interestingly, the S was found super-saturated in the electrolyte recovered from a discharged Li-S cell.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Chemistry Dept.
- Wuhan Univ. of Technology, Hubei (China); Dept. of Chemistry
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1172108
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-107588-2015-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 0013-4651; R&D Project: MA453MAEA; VT1201000
- Grant/Contract Number:
- DE-SC00112704
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of the Electrochemical Society
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 162; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0013-4651
- Publisher:
- The Electrochemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE
Citation Formats
Zheng, Dong, Yang, Xiao-Qing, Zhang, Xuran, Li, Chao, McKinnon, Meaghan E., Sadok, Rachel G., Qu, Deyu, Yu, Xiqian, Lee, Hung-Sui, and Qu, Deyang. Quantitative Chromatographic Determination of Dissolved Elemental Sulfur in the Non-aqueous Electrolyte for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1149/2.1011501jes.
Zheng, Dong, Yang, Xiao-Qing, Zhang, Xuran, Li, Chao, McKinnon, Meaghan E., Sadok, Rachel G., Qu, Deyu, Yu, Xiqian, Lee, Hung-Sui, & Qu, Deyang. Quantitative Chromatographic Determination of Dissolved Elemental Sulfur in the Non-aqueous Electrolyte for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. United States. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1011501jes
Zheng, Dong, Yang, Xiao-Qing, Zhang, Xuran, Li, Chao, McKinnon, Meaghan E., Sadok, Rachel G., Qu, Deyu, Yu, Xiqian, Lee, Hung-Sui, and Qu, Deyang. Tue .
"Quantitative Chromatographic Determination of Dissolved Elemental Sulfur in the Non-aqueous Electrolyte for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries". United States. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1011501jes. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1172108.
@article{osti_1172108,
title = {Quantitative Chromatographic Determination of Dissolved Elemental Sulfur in the Non-aqueous Electrolyte for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries},
author = {Zheng, Dong and Yang, Xiao-Qing and Zhang, Xuran and Li, Chao and McKinnon, Meaghan E. and Sadok, Rachel G. and Qu, Deyu and Yu, Xiqian and Lee, Hung-Sui and Qu, Deyang},
abstractNote = {A fast and reliable analytical method is reported for the quantitative determination of dissolved elemental sulfur in non-aqueous electrolytes for Li-S batteries. By using high performance liquid chromatography with a UV detector, the solubility of S in 12 different pure solvents and in 22 different electrolytes was determined. It was found that the solubility of elemental sulfur is dependent on the Lewis basicity, the polarity of solvents and the salt concentration in the electrolytes. In addition, the S content in the electrolyte recovered from a discharged Li-S battery was successfully determined by the proposed HPLC/UV method. Thus, the feasibility of the method to the online analysis for a Li-S battery is demonstrated. Interestingly, the S was found super-saturated in the electrolyte recovered from a discharged Li-S cell.},
doi = {10.1149/2.1011501jes},
journal = {Journal of the Electrochemical Society},
number = 1,
volume = 162,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}
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