Room-Temperature Aluminum-Sulfur Batteries with a Lithium-Ion-Mediated Ionic Liquid Electrolyte
Abstract
Aluminum-sulfur (Al-S) chemistry is attractive for the development of future-generation electrochemical energy storage technologies. Yet, to date, only limited reversible Al-S chemistry has been demonstrated. This report demonstrates a highly reversible room-temperature Al-S battery with a lithium-ion (Li+-ion)-mediated ionic liquid electrolyte. Mechanistic studies with electrochemical and spectroscopic methodologies revealed that the enhancement in reversibility by Li+-ion mediation is attributed to the chemical reactivation of aluminum polysulfides and/or sulfide by Li+ during electrochemical cycling. The results obtained with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations suggest the presence of a Li3AlS3-like product with a mixture of Li2S- and Al2S3-like phases in the discharged sulfur cathode. With Li+-ion mediation, the cycle life of room-temperature Al-S batteries is greatly improved. The cell delivers an initial capacity of ~1,000 mA hr g-1 and maintains a capacity of up to 600 mA hr g-1 after 50 cycles.
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- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; Robert A. Welch Foundation
- Contributing Org.:
- Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1548739
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1596650
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0005397
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Chem
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Chem Journal Volume: 4 Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2451-9294
- Publisher:
- Cell Press, Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; aluminum-sulfur battery; ionic liquid electrolyte; Li+-ion mediation; electrochemical mechanism; density functional theory calculation
Citation Formats
Yu, Xingwen, Boyer, Mathew J., Hwang, Gyeong S., and Manthiram, Arumugam. Room-Temperature Aluminum-Sulfur Batteries with a Lithium-Ion-Mediated Ionic Liquid Electrolyte. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.chempr.2017.12.029.
Yu, Xingwen, Boyer, Mathew J., Hwang, Gyeong S., & Manthiram, Arumugam. Room-Temperature Aluminum-Sulfur Batteries with a Lithium-Ion-Mediated Ionic Liquid Electrolyte. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2017.12.029
Yu, Xingwen, Boyer, Mathew J., Hwang, Gyeong S., and Manthiram, Arumugam. Thu .
"Room-Temperature Aluminum-Sulfur Batteries with a Lithium-Ion-Mediated Ionic Liquid Electrolyte". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2017.12.029.
@article{osti_1548739,
title = {Room-Temperature Aluminum-Sulfur Batteries with a Lithium-Ion-Mediated Ionic Liquid Electrolyte},
author = {Yu, Xingwen and Boyer, Mathew J. and Hwang, Gyeong S. and Manthiram, Arumugam},
abstractNote = {Aluminum-sulfur (Al-S) chemistry is attractive for the development of future-generation electrochemical energy storage technologies. Yet, to date, only limited reversible Al-S chemistry has been demonstrated. This report demonstrates a highly reversible room-temperature Al-S battery with a lithium-ion (Li+-ion)-mediated ionic liquid electrolyte. Mechanistic studies with electrochemical and spectroscopic methodologies revealed that the enhancement in reversibility by Li+-ion mediation is attributed to the chemical reactivation of aluminum polysulfides and/or sulfide by Li+ during electrochemical cycling. The results obtained with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations suggest the presence of a Li3AlS3-like product with a mixture of Li2S- and Al2S3-like phases in the discharged sulfur cathode. With Li+-ion mediation, the cycle life of room-temperature Al-S batteries is greatly improved. The cell delivers an initial capacity of ~1,000 mA hr g-1 and maintains a capacity of up to 600 mA hr g-1 after 50 cycles.},
doi = {10.1016/j.chempr.2017.12.029},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2018}
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2017.12.029
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