Electrochemical Energy Storage with a Reversible Nonaqueous Room-Temperature Aluminum-Sulfur Chemistry
Abstract
A reversible room‐temperature aluminum–sulfur (Al‐S) battery is demonstrated with a strategically designed cathode structure and an ionic liquid electrolyte. Discharge–charge mechanism of the Al‐S battery is proposed based on a sequence of electrochemical, microscopic, and spectroscopic analyses. The electrochemical process of the Al‐S battery involves the formation of a series of polysulfides and sulfide. The high‐order polysulfides (S x 2− , x ≥ 6) are soluble in the ionic liquid electrolyte. Electrochemical transitions between S 6 2− and the insoluble low‐order polysulfides or sulfide (S x 2− , 1 ≤ x < 6) are reversible. A single‐wall carbon nanotube coating applied to the battery separator helps alleviate the diffusion of the polysulfide species and reduces the polarization behavior of the Al‐S batteries.
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- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1533078
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1393305
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0005397; DE‐SC0005397
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Energy Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 18; Journal ID: ISSN 1614-6832
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; chemistry; energy & fuels; materials science; physics; aluminum–sulfur batteries; electrochemistry; energy storage; ionic liquids; polysulfides
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Yu, Xingwen, and Manthiram, Arumugam. Electrochemical Energy Storage with a Reversible Nonaqueous Room-Temperature Aluminum-Sulfur Chemistry. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1002/aenm.201700561.
Yu, Xingwen, & Manthiram, Arumugam. Electrochemical Energy Storage with a Reversible Nonaqueous Room-Temperature Aluminum-Sulfur Chemistry. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201700561
Yu, Xingwen, and Manthiram, Arumugam. Tue .
"Electrochemical Energy Storage with a Reversible Nonaqueous Room-Temperature Aluminum-Sulfur Chemistry". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201700561. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1533078.
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title = {Electrochemical Energy Storage with a Reversible Nonaqueous Room-Temperature Aluminum-Sulfur Chemistry},
author = {Yu, Xingwen and Manthiram, Arumugam},
abstractNote = {A reversible room‐temperature aluminum–sulfur (Al‐S) battery is demonstrated with a strategically designed cathode structure and an ionic liquid electrolyte. Discharge–charge mechanism of the Al‐S battery is proposed based on a sequence of electrochemical, microscopic, and spectroscopic analyses. The electrochemical process of the Al‐S battery involves the formation of a series of polysulfides and sulfide. The high‐order polysulfides (S x 2− , x ≥ 6) are soluble in the ionic liquid electrolyte. Electrochemical transitions between S 6 2− and the insoluble low‐order polysulfides or sulfide (S x 2− , 1 ≤ x < 6) are reversible. A single‐wall carbon nanotube coating applied to the battery separator helps alleviate the diffusion of the polysulfide species and reduces the polarization behavior of the Al‐S batteries.},
doi = {10.1002/aenm.201700561},
journal = {Advanced Energy Materials},
number = 18,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 23 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Tue May 23 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
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