A Lithium-Sulfur Battery using a 2D Current Collector Architecture with a Large-Sized Sulfur Host Operated under High Areal Loading and Low E/S Ratio

Li, Matthew; Zhang, Yining; Bai, Zhengyu; Liu, Wen Wen; Liu, Tongchao; Gim, Jihyeon; Jiang, Gaopeng; Yuan, Yifei; Luo, Dan; Feng, Kun; Yassar, Reza S.; Wang, Xiaolei; Chen, Zhongwei; Lu, Jun

doi:10.1002/adma.201804271

Title: A Lithium-Sulfur Battery using a 2D Current Collector Architecture with a Large-Sized Sulfur Host Operated under High Areal Loading and Low E/S Ratio

Journal Article · 04 October 2018 · Advanced Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201804271 · OSTI ID:1493731

Li, Matthew ^[1]; Zhang, Yining ^[2]; Bai, Zhengyu ^[3]; Liu, Wen Wen ^[2]; Liu, Tongchao ^[4]; Gim, Jihyeon ^[4]; Jiang, Gaopeng ^[2]; Yuan, Yifei ^[5]; Luo, Dan ^[2]; Feng, Kun ^[2]; Yassar, Reza S. ^[6]; Wang, Xiaolei ^[7]; Chen, Zhongwei ^[2];

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Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States); Univ. of Waterloo, ON (Canada)
Univ. of Waterloo, ON (Canada)
Henan Normal University, Xinxiang (China)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States); Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States)
Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States)
Concordia Univ., Montreal, QC (Canada)

Abstract While backless freestanding 3D electrode architectures for batteries with high loading sulfur have flourished in the recent years, the more traditional and industrially turnkey 2D architecture has not received the same amount of attention. This work reports a spray‐dried sulfur composite with large intrinsic internal pores, ensuring adequate local electrolyte availability. This material offers good performance with a electrolyte content of 7 µL mg ⁻¹ at high areal loadings (5–8 mg cm ⁻² ), while also offering the first reported 2.8 µL mg ⁻¹ (8 mg cm ⁻² ) to enter into the second plateau of discharge and continue to operate for 20 cycles. Moreover, evidence is provided that the high‐frequency semicircle (i.e., interfacial resistance) is mainly responsible for the often observed bypassing of the second plateau in lean electrolyte discharges.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V). Battery Materials Research (BMR) Program; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; DE‐AC02‐06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1493731

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1479579

Journal Information:: Advanced Materials, Vol. 30, Issue 46; ISSN 0935-9648

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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