A Four-Electron Sulfur Electrode Hosting a Cu2+/Cu+ Redox Charge Carrier
Abstract
The elemental sulfur electrode with Cu2+ as the charge carrier gives a four–electron sulfur electrode reaction through the sequential conversion of S↔CuS↔Cu2S. The Cu–S redox–ion electrode delivers a high specific capacity of 3044 mAh g–1 based on the sulfur mass or 609 mAh g–1 based on the mass of Cu2S, the completely discharged product, and displays an unprecedently high potential of sulfur/metal sulfide reduction at 0.5 V vs. SHE. The Cu–S electrode also exhibits an extremely low extent of polarization of 0.05 V and an outstanding cycle number of 1200 cycles retaining 72 % of the initial capacity at 12.5 A g–1. Here, the remarkable utility of this Cu–S cathode is further demonstrated in a hybrid cell that employs an Zn metal anode and an anion–exchange membrane as the separator, which yields an average cell discharge voltage of 1.15 V, the half–cell specific energy of 547 Wh kg–1 based on the mass of the Cu2S/carbon composite cathode, and stable cycling over 110 cycles.
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[1]
- Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
- Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL (United States). X-ray Science Div., Advanced Photon Sources
- Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL (United States). Chemical Sciences and Engineering Div.
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- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1574296
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1545651
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Angewandte Chemie (International Edition); Journal Volume: 58; Journal Issue: 36; Journal ID: ISSN 1433-7851
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; aqueous electrolytes; copper-sulfur chemistry; four-electron reaction; redox charge carriers; zinc battery
Citation Formats
Wu, Xianyong, Markir, Aaron, Ma, Lu, Xu, Yunkai, Jiang, Heng, Leonard, Daniel P., Shin, Woochul, Wu, Tianpin, Lu, Jun, and Ji, Xiulei. A Four-Electron Sulfur Electrode Hosting a Cu2+/Cu+ Redox Charge Carrier. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1002/anie.201905875.
Wu, Xianyong, Markir, Aaron, Ma, Lu, Xu, Yunkai, Jiang, Heng, Leonard, Daniel P., Shin, Woochul, Wu, Tianpin, Lu, Jun, & Ji, Xiulei. A Four-Electron Sulfur Electrode Hosting a Cu2+/Cu+ Redox Charge Carrier. United States. doi:10.1002/anie.201905875.
Wu, Xianyong, Markir, Aaron, Ma, Lu, Xu, Yunkai, Jiang, Heng, Leonard, Daniel P., Shin, Woochul, Wu, Tianpin, Lu, Jun, and Ji, Xiulei. Sat .
"A Four-Electron Sulfur Electrode Hosting a Cu2+/Cu+ Redox Charge Carrier". United States. doi:10.1002/anie.201905875. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1574296.
@article{osti_1574296,
title = {A Four-Electron Sulfur Electrode Hosting a Cu2+/Cu+ Redox Charge Carrier},
author = {Wu, Xianyong and Markir, Aaron and Ma, Lu and Xu, Yunkai and Jiang, Heng and Leonard, Daniel P. and Shin, Woochul and Wu, Tianpin and Lu, Jun and Ji, Xiulei},
abstractNote = {The elemental sulfur electrode with Cu2+ as the charge carrier gives a four–electron sulfur electrode reaction through the sequential conversion of S↔CuS↔Cu2S. The Cu–S redox–ion electrode delivers a high specific capacity of 3044 mAh g–1 based on the sulfur mass or 609 mAh g–1 based on the mass of Cu2S, the completely discharged product, and displays an unprecedently high potential of sulfur/metal sulfide reduction at 0.5 V vs. SHE. The Cu–S electrode also exhibits an extremely low extent of polarization of 0.05 V and an outstanding cycle number of 1200 cycles retaining 72 % of the initial capacity at 12.5 A g–1. Here, the remarkable utility of this Cu–S cathode is further demonstrated in a hybrid cell that employs an Zn metal anode and an anion–exchange membrane as the separator, which yields an average cell discharge voltage of 1.15 V, the half–cell specific energy of 547 Wh kg–1 based on the mass of the Cu2S/carbon composite cathode, and stable cycling over 110 cycles.},
doi = {10.1002/anie.201905875},
journal = {Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)},
number = 36,
volume = 58,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {7}
}
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