A core–shell cathode substrate for developing high-loading, high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries
Abstract
Lithium–sulfur batteries with a high theoretical energy density would be a promising next-generation energy-storage system if their cell-fabrication parameters (e.g., sulfur loading/content and the electrolyte/sulfur ratio) are improved to a practically necessary level. In this article, we report the design of a three-dimensional core–shell carbon substrate, integrating a porous internal core with a conductive external carbon nanofiber shell. Such a carbon substrate encapsulates a high amount of sulfur as the active material core to form a high-loading core–shell cathode, attaining an ultra-high sulfur loading and content of, respectively, 23 mg cm-2 and 75 wt%. With distinguishable internal and external regions, the carbon substrate facilitates the redox reactions and hinders the polysulfide diffusion. Therefore, the core–shell cathodes exhibit a high areal capacity and energy density of, respectively, 14 mA h cm-2 and 27 mW h cm-2 during cycling. During resting, they achieve a long shelf-life of one month with a low capacity-fade rate of 0.25% per day.
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- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Materials Science and Engineering Program & Texas Materials Institute; Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China)
- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Materials Science and Engineering Program & Texas Materials Institute
- Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China)
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- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; China Scholarship Council
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1598248
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1483703
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0005397; 201706340107
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Materials Chemistry. A
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 48; Journal ID: ISSN 2050-7488
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 25 ENERGY STORAGE
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Yu, Ran, Chung, Sheng-Heng, Chen, Chun-Hua, and Manthiram, Arumugam. A core–shell cathode substrate for developing high-loading, high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1039/C8TA09059A.
Yu, Ran, Chung, Sheng-Heng, Chen, Chun-Hua, & Manthiram, Arumugam. A core–shell cathode substrate for developing high-loading, high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TA09059A
Yu, Ran, Chung, Sheng-Heng, Chen, Chun-Hua, and Manthiram, Arumugam. Wed .
"A core–shell cathode substrate for developing high-loading, high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TA09059A. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1598248.
@article{osti_1598248,
title = {A core–shell cathode substrate for developing high-loading, high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries},
author = {Yu, Ran and Chung, Sheng-Heng and Chen, Chun-Hua and Manthiram, Arumugam},
abstractNote = {Lithium–sulfur batteries with a high theoretical energy density would be a promising next-generation energy-storage system if their cell-fabrication parameters (e.g., sulfur loading/content and the electrolyte/sulfur ratio) are improved to a practically necessary level. In this article, we report the design of a three-dimensional core–shell carbon substrate, integrating a porous internal core with a conductive external carbon nanofiber shell. Such a carbon substrate encapsulates a high amount of sulfur as the active material core to form a high-loading core–shell cathode, attaining an ultra-high sulfur loading and content of, respectively, 23 mg cm-2 and 75 wt%. With distinguishable internal and external regions, the carbon substrate facilitates the redox reactions and hinders the polysulfide diffusion. Therefore, the core–shell cathodes exhibit a high areal capacity and energy density of, respectively, 14 mA h cm-2 and 27 mW h cm-2 during cycling. During resting, they achieve a long shelf-life of one month with a low capacity-fade rate of 0.25% per day.},
doi = {10.1039/C8TA09059A},
journal = {Journal of Materials Chemistry. A},
number = 48,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Nov 28 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Wed Nov 28 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}
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