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Title: High performance sodium-sulfur batteries at low temperature enabled by superior molten Na wettability

Abstract

Raising the surface treatment temperature, ceramic solid-state electrolyte β′′-Al 2 O 3 decorated with now highly metallic lead microspheres improves surface wetting of molten sodium and thus the performance of sodium-sulfur batteries.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [4];  [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Electrochemical Materials and Systems Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, USA
  2. Department of Applied Engineering Technology, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina 27411, USA
  3. College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei, P. R. China
  4. Materials Research Division, Research Institute of Industrial Science & Technology, Pohang, South Korea
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Electricity (OE)
OSTI Identifier:
1755802
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC06- 76LO1830; 70247; AC05- 76RL01830
Resource Type:
Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
ChemComm
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: ChemComm Journal Volume: 57 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1359-7345
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Li, Minyuan M., Lu, Xiaochuan, Zhan, Xiaowen, Engelhard, Mark H., Bonnett, Jeffrey F., Polikarpov, Evgueni, Jung, Keeyoung, Reed, David M., Sprenkle, Vincent L., and Li, Guosheng. High performance sodium-sulfur batteries at low temperature enabled by superior molten Na wettability. United Kingdom: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1039/D0CC06987F.
Li, Minyuan M., Lu, Xiaochuan, Zhan, Xiaowen, Engelhard, Mark H., Bonnett, Jeffrey F., Polikarpov, Evgueni, Jung, Keeyoung, Reed, David M., Sprenkle, Vincent L., & Li, Guosheng. High performance sodium-sulfur batteries at low temperature enabled by superior molten Na wettability. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CC06987F
Li, Minyuan M., Lu, Xiaochuan, Zhan, Xiaowen, Engelhard, Mark H., Bonnett, Jeffrey F., Polikarpov, Evgueni, Jung, Keeyoung, Reed, David M., Sprenkle, Vincent L., and Li, Guosheng. Tue . "High performance sodium-sulfur batteries at low temperature enabled by superior molten Na wettability". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CC06987F.
@article{osti_1755802,
title = {High performance sodium-sulfur batteries at low temperature enabled by superior molten Na wettability},
author = {Li, Minyuan M. and Lu, Xiaochuan and Zhan, Xiaowen and Engelhard, Mark H. and Bonnett, Jeffrey F. and Polikarpov, Evgueni and Jung, Keeyoung and Reed, David M. and Sprenkle, Vincent L. and Li, Guosheng},
abstractNote = {Raising the surface treatment temperature, ceramic solid-state electrolyte β′′-Al 2 O 3 decorated with now highly metallic lead microspheres improves surface wetting of molten sodium and thus the performance of sodium-sulfur batteries.},
doi = {10.1039/D0CC06987F},
journal = {ChemComm},
number = 1,
volume = 57,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Tue Jan 05 00:00:00 EST 2021},
month = {Tue Jan 05 00:00:00 EST 2021}
}

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