skip to main content
DOE PAGES title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Investigation of surface effects through the application of the functional binders in lithium sulfur batteries

Abstract

Sulfur species dissolution, precipitation and phase transformation during the charge and discharge process strongly affect the performance of lithium sulfur (Li–S) batteries. Interface properties between electrode and electrolyte play an important role in these batteries. Four kinds of binders with different functionalities, which differs both in chemical and electrical properties, are employed to study how the interface properties affect the battery reaction mechanism. The phase transformation of sulfur species is studied in detail. Remarkable differences are observed among sulfur cathodes with different binders. More solid-phase sulfur species precipitation is observed with binders that have carbonyl functional groups, like poly(9, 9-dioctylfluorene-co-fluorenone-co-methylbenzoic ester) (PFM) and poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP), in both fully charged and discharged states. Also, the improved conductivity from introducing conductive binders greatly promotes sulfur species precipitation. These findings suggest that the contributions from functional groups affinity and binder conductivity lead to more sulfur transformation into the solid phase, so the shuttle effect can be greatly reduced, and a better cell performance can be obtained.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [4];  [2];  [2];  [5];  [2];  [2]
+ Show Author Affiliations
  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division. Energy Technologies Area; Electronic Research Inst. of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Guangzhou (China). Science and Technology on Reliability Physics and Application of Electronic Component Lab.
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division. Energy Technologies Area
  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source; Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China). National Synchrotron Radiation Lab. Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology
  4. Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China). National Synchrotron Radiation Lab. Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology
  5. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC); China Scholarship Council; USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1512241
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1356704
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; U1232102
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nano Energy
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 16; Journal ID: ISSN 2211-2855
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE; Li–S batteries; conductive binder; surface effect; self-discharge; binding energy; cell failure

Citation Formats

Ai, Guo, Dai, Yiling, Ye, Yifan, Mao, Wenfeng, Wang, Zhihui, Zhao, Hui, Chen, Yulin, Zhu, Junfa, Fu, Yanbao, Battaglia, Vincent, Guo, Jinghua, Srinivasan, Venkat, and Liu, Gao. Investigation of surface effects through the application of the functional binders in lithium sulfur batteries. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.05.036.
Copy to clipboard
Ai, Guo, Dai, Yiling, Ye, Yifan, Mao, Wenfeng, Wang, Zhihui, Zhao, Hui, Chen, Yulin, Zhu, Junfa, Fu, Yanbao, Battaglia, Vincent, Guo, Jinghua, Srinivasan, Venkat, & Liu, Gao. Investigation of surface effects through the application of the functional binders in lithium sulfur batteries. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.05.036
Copy to clipboard
Ai, Guo, Dai, Yiling, Ye, Yifan, Mao, Wenfeng, Wang, Zhihui, Zhao, Hui, Chen, Yulin, Zhu, Junfa, Fu, Yanbao, Battaglia, Vincent, Guo, Jinghua, Srinivasan, Venkat, and Liu, Gao. Thu . "Investigation of surface effects through the application of the functional binders in lithium sulfur batteries". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.05.036. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1512241.
Copy to clipboard
@article{osti_1512241,
title = {Investigation of surface effects through the application of the functional binders in lithium sulfur batteries},
author = {Ai, Guo and Dai, Yiling and Ye, Yifan and Mao, Wenfeng and Wang, Zhihui and Zhao, Hui and Chen, Yulin and Zhu, Junfa and Fu, Yanbao and Battaglia, Vincent and Guo, Jinghua and Srinivasan, Venkat and Liu, Gao},
abstractNote = {Sulfur species dissolution, precipitation and phase transformation during the charge and discharge process strongly affect the performance of lithium sulfur (Li–S) batteries. Interface properties between electrode and electrolyte play an important role in these batteries. Four kinds of binders with different functionalities, which differs both in chemical and electrical properties, are employed to study how the interface properties affect the battery reaction mechanism. The phase transformation of sulfur species is studied in detail. Remarkable differences are observed among sulfur cathodes with different binders. More solid-phase sulfur species precipitation is observed with binders that have carbonyl functional groups, like poly(9, 9-dioctylfluorene-co-fluorenone-co-methylbenzoic ester) (PFM) and poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP), in both fully charged and discharged states. Also, the improved conductivity from introducing conductive binders greatly promotes sulfur species precipitation. These findings suggest that the contributions from functional groups affinity and binder conductivity lead to more sulfur transformation into the solid phase, so the shuttle effect can be greatly reduced, and a better cell performance can be obtained.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.05.036},
journal = {Nano Energy},
number = ,
volume = 16,
place = {United States},
year = {2015},
month = {6}
}
Copy to clipboard
Journal Article:
Free Publicly Available Full Text
Publisher's Version of Record
DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.05.036
Copyright Statement
Other availability
Search WorldCat Search WorldCat to find libraries that may hold this journal
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 36 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

Figures / Tables:

Figure 1 Figure 1: (a) Chemical structures of the four different binders: PFM, PEDOT, PVP, and PVDF. (b) Cycling performance at C/10 and self-discharge performance of cathodes with different binders. (c) The open circuit voltage change vs. rest time during the third self-discharge rest of 240 hours for the PFM-S, PEDOT-S, PVP-S,more » and PVDF-S cathodes. The self-discharge capacity retention ratio (d) and irreversible capacity retention ratio (e) for cathodes with different binders during the self-discharge test.« less
All figures and tables (6 total)
Save / Share:
Export Metadata
Save to My Library
You must Sign In or Create an Account in order to save documents to your library.

Works referencing / citing this record:

Understanding the Reaction Mechanism of Lithium–Sulfur Batteries by In Situ/Operando X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
journal, March 2019

Understanding the Reaction Mechanism of Lithium–Sulfur Batteries by In Situ/Operando X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
journal, March 2019

X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Characterization of a Li/S Cell
journal, January 2016

  • Ye, Yifan; Kawase, Ayako; Song, Min-Kyu
  • Nanomaterials, Vol. 6, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.3390/nano6010014

Rational Design of Binders for Stable Li‐S and Na‐S Batteries
journal, December 2019

A Review of Functional Binders in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
journal, October 2018

  • Yuan, Hong; Huang, Jia-Qi; Peng, Hong-Jie
  • Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 8, Issue 31
  • DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201802107

A Robust, Water-Based, Functional Binder Framework for High-Energy Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
journal, June 2017

  • Lacey, Matthew J.; Österlund, Viking; Bergfelt, Andreas
  • ChemSusChem, Vol. 10, Issue 13
  • DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201700743

Electrochemical Thermoelectric Conversion with Polysulfide as Redox Species
journal, August 2019

  • Liang, Yimin; Hui, Joseph K. ‐H.; Yamada, Teppei
  • ChemSusChem, Vol. 12, Issue 17
  • DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201901566

The use of polymers in Li-S batteries: A review
journal, March 2017

  • Dirlam, Philip T.; Glass, Richard S.; Char, Kookheon
  • Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 55, Issue 10
  • DOI: 10.1002/pola.28551

Sulfur Hosts against the Shuttle Effect
journal, April 2018

Chemical Confinement and Utility of Lithium Polysulfides in Lithium Sulfur Batteries
journal, April 2019

Housing Sulfur in Polymer Composite Frameworks for Li–S Batteries
journal, February 2019

Molecular understanding of polyelectrolyte binders that actively regulate ion transport in sulfur cathodes
journal, December 2017

Cathode porosity is a missing key parameter to optimize lithium-sulfur battery energy density
journal, October 2019

Exploiting a robust biopolymer network binder for an ultrahigh-areal-capacity Li–S battery
journal, January 2017

  • Liu, Jie; Galpaya, Dilini G. D.; Yan, Lijing
  • Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 10, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1039/c6ee03033e

Advances and challenges of nanostructured electrodes for Li–Se batteries
journal, January 2017

  • Jin, Jun; Tian, Xiaocong; Srikanth, Narasimalu
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 5, Issue 21
  • DOI: 10.1039/c7ta01384a

Cationic polymer binder inhibit shuttle effects through electrostatic confinement in lithium sulfur batteries
journal, January 2018

  • Wang, Huali; Ling, Min; Bai, Ying
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 6, Issue 16
  • DOI: 10.1039/c7ta10239a

Ionically cross-linked PEDOT:PSS as a multi-functional conductive binder for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries
journal, January 2018

  • Yan, Longlong; Gao, Xiguang; Thomas, Joseph Palathinkal
  • Sustainable Energy & Fuels, Vol. 2, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8se00167g

Aqueous-processable polymer binder with strong mechanical and polysulfide-trapping properties for high performance of lithium–sulfur batteries
journal, January 2018

  • Yi, Huan; Lan, Tu; Yang, Yu
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 6, Issue 38
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8ta07194b

Recent advances in polysulfide mediation of lithium-sulfur batteries via facile cathode and electrolyte modification
journal, August 2019

  • Fang, Chen; Zhang, Guangzhao; Lau, Jonathan
  • APL Materials, Vol. 7, Issue 8
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.5110525

Ultrathin dendrimer–graphene oxide composite film for stable cycling lithium–sulfur batteries
journal, March 2017

  • Liu, Wen; Jiang, Jianbing; Yang, Ke R.
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 114, Issue 14
  • DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1620809114

Hydrogen Bond-Assisted Poly (ethyl oxazoline) Polymer as a Functional Binder to Stabilize the Electrochemical Performance of Sulfur Cathodes
journal, January 2019

  • Yu, Yu; Huang, Wenlong; Liu, Huitian
  • Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Vol. 166, Issue 16
  • DOI: 10.1149/2.0401916jes

Synergistic Effect between Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrene sulfonate) Coated Sulfur Nano-Composites and Poly(vinylidene difluoride) on Lithium-Sulfur Battery
journal, January 2018

  • Liu, Jianchao; Li, Ruhong; Chen, Tianrui
  • Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Vol. 165, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1149/2.0551803jes
    [ × clear filter / sort ]

    Figures / Tables found in this record:

    Figure 1 (p. 6)figure
    Figure 2 (p. 8)figure
    Figure 3 (p. 9)figure
    Figure 4 (p. 10)figure
    Figure 5 (p. 11)figure
    Figure S1 (p. 15)figure
      [ × clear filter / sort ]
      Figures/Tables have been extracted from DOE-funded journal article accepted manuscripts.

      Similar Records in DOE PAGES and OSTI.GOV collections: