Tubular titanium oxide/reduced graphene oxide-sulfur composite for improved performance of lithium sulfur batteries
Abstract
Lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries are promising alternatives to conventional Li-ion batteries in terms of specific capacity and energy. However, the technical challenges raised from the soluble polysulfide (PS) in organic electrolyte deter their implementation in practical applications. Nanoengineered structure and chemical adsorptive materials hold great promise in mitigating the PS migration problem. Here, we develop a tubular titanium oxide (TiO2)/reduced graphene oxide (rGO) composite structure (TG) as a sulfur hosting material for constructing better performed Li-S batteries. The TG/sulfur cathode (TG/S) is able to deliver ~1200 mAh g-1 specific capacity with stable operation for over 550 cycles. Moreover, the TG/S composite cathode shows stable Coulombic efficiencies of over ~95% at various C rates, which are ~10% higher than those of the rGO/sulfur (G/S) counterparts. The superior electrochemical performances of TG/S could be ascribed to the synergistic effects between the conductive rGO support and the physically/chemically absorptive TiO2, that is, the spatial tubular structure of TiO2 provides intimate contact and physical confinement for sulfur, while the polar TiO2 in TG/S shows strong chemical interaction towards the sulfur species.
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[3]
- Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States). School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering; Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States
- Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States). School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
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- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1413462
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1576052; OSTI ID: 1770996
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-130449
Journal ID: ISSN 0008-6223; PII: S0008622317311569
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Carbon
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 128; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0008-6223
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Song, Junhua, Zheng, Jianming, Feng, Shuo, Zhu, Chengzhou, Fu, Shaofang, Zhao, Wengao, Du, Dan, and Lin, Yuehe. Tubular titanium oxide/reduced graphene oxide-sulfur composite for improved performance of lithium sulfur batteries. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1016/J.CARBON.2017.11.042.
Song, Junhua, Zheng, Jianming, Feng, Shuo, Zhu, Chengzhou, Fu, Shaofang, Zhao, Wengao, Du, Dan, & Lin, Yuehe. Tubular titanium oxide/reduced graphene oxide-sulfur composite for improved performance of lithium sulfur batteries. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CARBON.2017.11.042
Song, Junhua, Zheng, Jianming, Feng, Shuo, Zhu, Chengzhou, Fu, Shaofang, Zhao, Wengao, Du, Dan, and Lin, Yuehe. Mon .
"Tubular titanium oxide/reduced graphene oxide-sulfur composite for improved performance of lithium sulfur batteries". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CARBON.2017.11.042. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1413462.
@article{osti_1413462,
title = {Tubular titanium oxide/reduced graphene oxide-sulfur composite for improved performance of lithium sulfur batteries},
author = {Song, Junhua and Zheng, Jianming and Feng, Shuo and Zhu, Chengzhou and Fu, Shaofang and Zhao, Wengao and Du, Dan and Lin, Yuehe},
abstractNote = {Lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries are promising alternatives to conventional Li-ion batteries in terms of specific capacity and energy. However, the technical challenges raised from the soluble polysulfide (PS) in organic electrolyte deter their implementation in practical applications. Nanoengineered structure and chemical adsorptive materials hold great promise in mitigating the PS migration problem. Here, we develop a tubular titanium oxide (TiO2)/reduced graphene oxide (rGO) composite structure (TG) as a sulfur hosting material for constructing better performed Li-S batteries. The TG/sulfur cathode (TG/S) is able to deliver ~1200 mAh g-1 specific capacity with stable operation for over 550 cycles. Moreover, the TG/S composite cathode shows stable Coulombic efficiencies of over ~95% at various C rates, which are ~10% higher than those of the rGO/sulfur (G/S) counterparts. The superior electrochemical performances of TG/S could be ascribed to the synergistic effects between the conductive rGO support and the physically/chemically absorptive TiO2, that is, the spatial tubular structure of TiO2 provides intimate contact and physical confinement for sulfur, while the polar TiO2 in TG/S shows strong chemical interaction towards the sulfur species.},
doi = {10.1016/J.CARBON.2017.11.042},
journal = {Carbon},
number = C,
volume = 128,
place = {United States},
year = {2017},
month = {11}
}
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