Improving a Mg/S Battery with YCl 3 Additive and Magnesium Polysulfide

Xu, Yan; Zhou, Guangmin; Zhao, Shuyang; Li, Wanfei; Shi, Feifei; Li, Jia; Feng, Jun; Zhao, Yuxing; Wu, Yang; Guo, Jinghua; Cui, Yi; Zhang, Yuegang

doi:10.1002/advs.201800981

Title: Improving a Mg/S Battery with YCl ₃ Additive and Magnesium Polysulfide

Journal Article · 12 December 2018 · Advanced Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201800981 · OSTI ID:1485695

Xu, Yan ^[1]; Zhou, Guangmin ^[2]; Zhao, Shuyang ^[3]; Li, Wanfei ^[4]; Shi, Feifei ^[2]; Li, Jia ^[5]; Feng, Jun ^[6]; Zhao, Yuxing ^[7]; Wu, Yang ^[7]; Guo, Jinghua ^[6]; Cui, Yi ^[8];

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Univ. of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Anhui (China). School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics; Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Jiangsu (China). Suzhou Inst. of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics
Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
Shenzhen Tsinghua Univ., Guangdong (China)
Suzhou Univ. of Science and Technology, Suzhou (China). School of Chemistry, Biology, and Material Engineering
Shenzhen Tsinghua Univ., Guangdong (China). Lab. for Computational Materials Engineering
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Jiangsu (China). Suzhou Inst. of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics; SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Rechargeable magnesium/sulfur (Mg/S) batteries are widely regarded as one of the alternatives to lithium-ion batteries. Yet, a key factor restricting their application is the lack of suitable electrolyte. Herein, an electrolyte additive that can reduce the polarization voltage is developed and 98.7% coulombic efficiency is realized. The as-prepared Mg-ion electrolyte exhibits excellent Mg plating/stripping performance with a low overpotential of 0.11 V for plating process, and high anodic stability up to 3.0 V (vs Mg/Mg²⁺). When it is coupled with magnesium polysulfide, which has high reactivity and is homogeneously distributed on carbon matrix, the Mg/S cells deliver a good cycling stability with a high discharge capacity over 1000 mAh g^-1 for more than 50 cycles.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab. (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; AC02‐05CH11231; 21433013; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1485695

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1485696; OSTI ID: 1506232; OSTI ID: 1559800

Journal Information:: Advanced Science, Vol. 6, Issue 4; ISSN 2198-3844

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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