Amorphous MoS 3 as the sulfur-equivalent cathode material for room-temperature Li–S and Na–S batteries
Abstract
Many problems associated with Li-S and Na-S batteries essentially root in the generation of their soluble polysulfide intermediates. While conventional wisdom mainly focuses on trapping polysulfides at the cathode using various functional materials, few strategies are available at present to fully resolve or circumvent this long-standing issue. In this study, we propose the concept of sulfur-equivalent cathode materials, and demonstrate the great potential of amorphous MoS3 as such a material for room-temperature Li-S and Na-S batteries. In Li-S batteries, MoS3 exhibits sulfur-like behavior with large reversible specific capacity, excellent cycle life, and the possibility to achieve high areal capacity. Most remarkably, it is also fully cyclable in the carbonate electrolyte under a relatively high temperature of 55 degrees C. MoS3 can also be used as the cathode material of even more challenging Na-S batteries to enable decent capacity and good cycle life. Operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) experiments are carried out to track the structural evolution of MoS3. It largely preserves its chain-like structure during repetitive battery cycling without generating any free polysulfide intermediates.
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China,
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439
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- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
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- USDOE; Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); National Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province; Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology (NANO-CIC); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V)
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- 1523292
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- OSTI ID: 1461311
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- AC02-06CH11357
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- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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- Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Volume: 114 Journal Issue: 50; Journal ID: ISSN 0027-8424
- Publisher:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; Li-S battery; Na-S battery; amorphous MoS3; carbonate
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Ye, Hualin, Ma, Lu, Zhou, Yu, Wang, Lu, Han, Na, Zhao, Feipeng, Deng, Jun, Wu, Tianpin, Li, Yanguang, and Lu, Jun. Amorphous MoS 3 as the sulfur-equivalent cathode material for room-temperature Li–S and Na–S batteries. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1073/pnas.1711917114.
Ye, Hualin, Ma, Lu, Zhou, Yu, Wang, Lu, Han, Na, Zhao, Feipeng, Deng, Jun, Wu, Tianpin, Li, Yanguang, & Lu, Jun. Amorphous MoS 3 as the sulfur-equivalent cathode material for room-temperature Li–S and Na–S batteries. United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1711917114
Ye, Hualin, Ma, Lu, Zhou, Yu, Wang, Lu, Han, Na, Zhao, Feipeng, Deng, Jun, Wu, Tianpin, Li, Yanguang, and Lu, Jun. Mon .
"Amorphous MoS 3 as the sulfur-equivalent cathode material for room-temperature Li–S and Na–S batteries". United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1711917114.
@article{osti_1523292,
title = {Amorphous MoS 3 as the sulfur-equivalent cathode material for room-temperature Li–S and Na–S batteries},
author = {Ye, Hualin and Ma, Lu and Zhou, Yu and Wang, Lu and Han, Na and Zhao, Feipeng and Deng, Jun and Wu, Tianpin and Li, Yanguang and Lu, Jun},
abstractNote = {Many problems associated with Li-S and Na-S batteries essentially root in the generation of their soluble polysulfide intermediates. While conventional wisdom mainly focuses on trapping polysulfides at the cathode using various functional materials, few strategies are available at present to fully resolve or circumvent this long-standing issue. In this study, we propose the concept of sulfur-equivalent cathode materials, and demonstrate the great potential of amorphous MoS3 as such a material for room-temperature Li-S and Na-S batteries. In Li-S batteries, MoS3 exhibits sulfur-like behavior with large reversible specific capacity, excellent cycle life, and the possibility to achieve high areal capacity. Most remarkably, it is also fully cyclable in the carbonate electrolyte under a relatively high temperature of 55 degrees C. MoS3 can also be used as the cathode material of even more challenging Na-S batteries to enable decent capacity and good cycle life. Operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) experiments are carried out to track the structural evolution of MoS3. It largely preserves its chain-like structure during repetitive battery cycling without generating any free polysulfide intermediates.},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.1711917114},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
number = 50,
volume = 114,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 27 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Mon Nov 27 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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