Highly flexible, freestanding tandem sulfur cathodes for foldable Li–S batteries with a high areal capacity

Chang, Chi-Hao; Chung, Sheng-Heng; Manthiram, Arumugam

doi:10.1039/c6mh00426a

Title: Highly flexible, freestanding tandem sulfur cathodes for foldable Li–S batteries with a high areal capacity

Journal Article · 05 January 2017 · Materials Horizons

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c6mh00426a · OSTI ID:1430181

Chang, Chi-Hao ^[1]; Chung, Sheng-Heng ^[1];

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Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Materials Science and Engineering Program & Texas Materials Inst.

Li–S batteries with a high theoretical capacity are considered as the most promising candidate to satisfy the increasing demand for batteries with a high areal capacity. However, the low sulfur loading (<2 mg cm^-2) and poor flexibility of current Li–S batteries limit their application in establishing foldable Li–S batteries with a high areal capacity. Here, to solve this problem, we employ here a free-standing flexible tandem sulfur cathode with a remarkably high sulfur loading to demonstrate foldable, high-areal-capacity Li–S batteries. The design of the tandem cathode readily increases the sulfur loading and effectively retards the migration of polysulfides. Therefore, the Li–S cell employing the tandem cathode exhibits a high initial areal capacity of 12.3 mA h cm^-2 with stable cycling stability even with a high sulfur loading of up to 16 mg cm^-2. These tandem cathodes are promising for foldable Li–S cells with a high areal capacity and energy density.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0007218

OSTI ID:: 1430181

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1429341; OSTI ID: 1487272

Journal Information:: Materials Horizons, Vol. 4, Issue 2; ISSN 2051-6347

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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