Toward Environmentally Friendly Lithium Sulfur Batteries: Probing the Role of Electrode Design in MoS2-Containing Li–S Batteries with a Green Electrolyte
Abstract
While lithium sulfur batteries (Li-S) hold promise as future high energy density low cost energy storage systems, barriers to implementation include low sulfur loading, limited cycle life, and the use of toxic electrolyte solvents. A comprehensive study of Li-S cells in the environmentally benign di(propylene glycol) dimethyl ether (DPGDME)-based electrolyte, using as-prepared MoS2 nanosheets derived from a facile aqueous microwave synthesis as polysulfide trapping agents, is reported herein for the first time. Conventional coated foil electrodes and binder-free electrodes (BFEs) with various structures are systematically generated and tested to correlate electrode design with the resulting electrochemical behavior. Significantly improved Li-S electrochemistry is demonstrated through the synergy of MoS2 chemistry and binder-free electrode engineering. In the coating configuration, the MoS2-containing cell evinced better rate performance and more stable cyclability than cell without MoS2. In comparison with the coating counterparts, the BFE cells exhibited excellent cycle stability and superior rate capability (10- fold capacties and energy density per electrode weight with 20% higher retention rate) despite 2X higher areal sulfur loading. The BFE cell improvement can be attributed to the synergistic effect of the i) interconnected macroporous structure of CNT interlayers, providing a conductive framework; and ii) the efficient polysulfide trapping bymore »
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- State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY (United States)
- State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
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- Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1496231
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- OSTI ID: 1503512
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- BNL-211467-2019-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 2168-0485
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- EE0008208; SC0012704
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- Journal Name:
- ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2168-0485
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; Electrode design; Green electrolyte; Li−S battery; MoS2 nanosheet; Polysulfide; Sulfur
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Wang, Lei, Abraham, Alyson, Lutz, Diana M., Quilty, Calvin D., Takeuchi, Esther S., Takeuchi, Kenneth J., and Marschilok, Amy C. Toward Environmentally Friendly Lithium Sulfur Batteries: Probing the Role of Electrode Design in MoS2-Containing Li–S Batteries with a Green Electrolyte. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b06141.
Wang, Lei, Abraham, Alyson, Lutz, Diana M., Quilty, Calvin D., Takeuchi, Esther S., Takeuchi, Kenneth J., & Marschilok, Amy C. Toward Environmentally Friendly Lithium Sulfur Batteries: Probing the Role of Electrode Design in MoS2-Containing Li–S Batteries with a Green Electrolyte. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b06141
Wang, Lei, Abraham, Alyson, Lutz, Diana M., Quilty, Calvin D., Takeuchi, Esther S., Takeuchi, Kenneth J., and Marschilok, Amy C. Mon .
"Toward Environmentally Friendly Lithium Sulfur Batteries: Probing the Role of Electrode Design in MoS2-Containing Li–S Batteries with a Green Electrolyte". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b06141. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1496231.
@article{osti_1496231,
title = {Toward Environmentally Friendly Lithium Sulfur Batteries: Probing the Role of Electrode Design in MoS2-Containing Li–S Batteries with a Green Electrolyte},
author = {Wang, Lei and Abraham, Alyson and Lutz, Diana M. and Quilty, Calvin D. and Takeuchi, Esther S. and Takeuchi, Kenneth J. and Marschilok, Amy C.},
abstractNote = {While lithium sulfur batteries (Li-S) hold promise as future high energy density low cost energy storage systems, barriers to implementation include low sulfur loading, limited cycle life, and the use of toxic electrolyte solvents. A comprehensive study of Li-S cells in the environmentally benign di(propylene glycol) dimethyl ether (DPGDME)-based electrolyte, using as-prepared MoS2 nanosheets derived from a facile aqueous microwave synthesis as polysulfide trapping agents, is reported herein for the first time. Conventional coated foil electrodes and binder-free electrodes (BFEs) with various structures are systematically generated and tested to correlate electrode design with the resulting electrochemical behavior. Significantly improved Li-S electrochemistry is demonstrated through the synergy of MoS2 chemistry and binder-free electrode engineering. In the coating configuration, the MoS2-containing cell evinced better rate performance and more stable cyclability than cell without MoS2. In comparison with the coating counterparts, the BFE cells exhibited excellent cycle stability and superior rate capability (10- fold capacties and energy density per electrode weight with 20% higher retention rate) despite 2X higher areal sulfur loading. The BFE cell improvement can be attributed to the synergistic effect of the i) interconnected macroporous structure of CNT interlayers, providing a conductive framework; and ii) the efficient polysulfide trapping by the MoS2 nanosheets.},
doi = {10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b06141},
journal = {ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering},
number = 5,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 04 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Mon Feb 04 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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