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

Abstract

Rechargeable magnesium/sulfur (Mg/S) batteries are widely regarded as one of the alternatives to lithium-ion batteries. However, 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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  1. School of Nano‐Tech and Nano‐Bionics University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 China, i‐labSuzhou Institute of Nano‐Tech and Nano‐BionicsChinese Academy of Science Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 China
  2. Department of Materials Science and EngineeringStanford University Stanford CA 94305 USA
  3. Laboratory for Computational Materials EngineeringShenzhen Tsinghua University Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
  4. School of ChemistryBiology and Material EngineeringSuzhou University of Science and Technology Suzhou 215009 China
  5. Advanced Light SourceLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
  6. Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy SciencesSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory 2575 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park CA 94025 USA
  7. Department of Materials Science and EngineeringStanford University Stanford CA 94305 USA, Department of PhysicsTsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
  8. i‐labSuzhou Institute of Nano‐Tech and Nano‐BionicsChinese Academy of Science Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 China, Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy SciencesSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory 2575 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park CA 94025 USA
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SLAC National Accelerator Lab. (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division
OSTI Identifier:
1485695
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1485696; OSTI ID: 1506232; OSTI ID: 1559800
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02‐05CH11231; AC02-76SF00515; 21433013; AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Advanced Science
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Advanced Science; Journal ID: ISSN 2198-3844
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 25 ENERGY STORAGE; electrolyte additives; magnesium polysulfide cathodes; magnesium/sulfur batteries

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Xu, Yan, Zhou, Guangmin, Zhao, Shuyang, Li, Wanfei, Shi, Feifei, Li, Jia, Feng, Jun, Zhao, Yuxing, Wu, Yang, Guo, Jinghua, Cui, Yi, and Zhang, Yuegang. Improving a Mg/S Battery with YCl 3 Additive and Magnesium Polysulfide. Germany: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1002/advs.201800981.
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Xu, Yan, Zhou, Guangmin, Zhao, Shuyang, Li, Wanfei, Shi, Feifei, Li, Jia, Feng, Jun, Zhao, Yuxing, Wu, Yang, Guo, Jinghua, Cui, Yi, & Zhang, Yuegang. Improving a Mg/S Battery with YCl 3 Additive and Magnesium Polysulfide. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201800981
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Xu, Yan, Zhou, Guangmin, Zhao, Shuyang, Li, Wanfei, Shi, Feifei, Li, Jia, Feng, Jun, Zhao, Yuxing, Wu, Yang, Guo, Jinghua, Cui, Yi, and Zhang, Yuegang. Wed . "Improving a Mg/S Battery with YCl 3 Additive and Magnesium Polysulfide". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201800981.
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@article{osti_1485695,
title = {Improving a Mg/S Battery with YCl 3 Additive and Magnesium Polysulfide},
author = {Xu, Yan and Zhou, Guangmin and Zhao, Shuyang and Li, Wanfei and Shi, Feifei and Li, Jia and Feng, Jun and Zhao, Yuxing and Wu, Yang and Guo, Jinghua and Cui, Yi and Zhang, Yuegang},
abstractNote = {Rechargeable magnesium/sulfur (Mg/S) batteries are widely regarded as one of the alternatives to lithium-ion batteries. However, 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.},
doi = {10.1002/advs.201800981},
journal = {Advanced Science},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {Germany},
year = {2018},
month = {12}
}
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Figure 1 Figure 1: a) EDS of the deposited Mg on Pt electrode under a current density of 0.5 mA cm−2. b) Linear sweep voltammetry of the Y-based electrolyte (IL:DG = 1:1). The working electrode is Pt while the counter and reference electrodes are Mg metal. Measurements are obtained at 25 mVmore » s−1 under ambient conditions. c) Cycling behavior of a symmetrical cell with the Y-based electrolyte (IL:DG = 1:1) at a current density of 0.5 mA cm−2. d) Cyclic voltammogram of the Y-based electrolyte at 25 mV s−1. The working electrode is Pt while the counter and reference electrodes are Mg metals. The inset shows the plot of charge over time of Mg deposition and stripping.« less
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