X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Characterization of a Li/S Cell

Ye, Yifan; Kawase, Ayako; Song, Min-Kyu; Feng, Bingmei; Liu, Yi-Sheng; Marcus, Matthew A.; Feng, Jun; Cairns, Elton J.; Guo, Jinghua; Zhu, Junfa

doi:10.3390/nano6010014

Title: X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Characterization of a Li/S Cell

Journal Article · 10 January 2016 · Nanomaterials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/nano6010014 · OSTI ID:1254009

Ye, Yifan ^[1]; Kawase, Ayako ^[2]; Song, Min-Kyu ^[3]; Feng, Bingmei ^[4]; Liu, Yi-Sheng ^[5]; Marcus, Matthew A. ^[5]; Feng, Jun ^[5]; Cairns, Elton J. ^[2]; Guo, Jinghua ^[6]; Zhu, Junfa ^[7]

Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Environmental Energy Technologies Division; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS); Harbin Inst. of Technology (China)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS); Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA (United States)
Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China)

The X-ray absorption spectroscopy technique has been applied to study different stages of the lithium/sulfur (Li/S) cell life cycle. We investigated how speciation of S in Li/S cathodes changes upon the introduction of CTAB (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, CH₃(CH₂)₁₅N+(CH₃)₃Br₋) and with charge/discharge cycling. The introduction of CTAB changes the synthesis reaction pathway dramatically due to the interaction of CTAB with the terminal S atoms of the polysulfide ions in the Na₂S_x solution. For the cycled Li/S cell, the loss of electrochemically active sulfur and the accumulation of a compact blocking insulating layer of unexpected sulfur reaction products on the cathode surface during the charge/discharge processes make the capacity decay. Lastly, a modified coin cell and a vacuum-compatible three-electrode electro-chemical cell have been introduced for further in-situ/in-operando studies.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1254009

Journal Information:: Nanomaterials, Journal Name: Nanomaterials Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 6; ISSN 2079-4991; ISSN NANOKO

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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