Interaction of TiS 2 and Sulfur in Li-S Battery System
Abstract
With the ability to adsorb polysulfide, electronically conductive and electrochemically active TiS2 is an effective multifunctional cathode additive to improve Li-S battery cycling performance. Furthermore, by using X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), direct evidence is obtained to demonstrate the strong interaction between Li-polysulfide and TiS2. The observation of Li signature on Li2S8 treated TiS2 proves that the TiS2 possesses the ability to adsorb Li-polysulfides species on its surface. An electron density transfer from Ti to Li and S is identified based on the positions of the peaks in the XPS spectrum before and after the interaction, which is consistent with the theoretically predicted polysulfide-TiS2 interaction models in the literature. TiS2 sample with 2.5x higher BET surface area is obtained by milling the raw TiS2 particles and used as cathode additive in the sulfur electrode. Furthermore, in the presence of TiS2 additive, long cycle life and improved sulfur utilization of Li-S cells under high rate discharge are demonstrated. In addition, we find that a uniform TiS2 distribution in the sulfur-TiS2 hybrid electrode is vital in determining its effectiveness in enhancing the performance of sulfur electrodes. Thus, by processing method and condition should be very important considerations in future development of sulfur electrodesmore »
- Authors:
-
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Sustainable Energy Technologies Dept.
- Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Energy Sciences Directorate
- Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
- Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering and Dept. of Chemistry
- Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering and Dept. of Chemistry; Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Energy Sciences Directorate
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1377018
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-114113-2017-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 0013-4651
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC00112704
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of the Electrochemical Society
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 164; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 0013-4651
- Publisher:
- The Electrochemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; Li-S battery; polysulfide-TiS2 interaction; process method; sulfur-TiS2 hybrid electrode; TiS2 additive; uniform distribution
Citation Formats
Sun, Ke, Zhang, Qing, Bock, David C., Tong, Xiao, Su, Dong, Marschilok, Amy C., Takeuchi, Kenneth J., Takeuchi, Esther S., and Gan, Hong. Interaction of TiS 2 and Sulfur in Li-S Battery System. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1149/2.1631706jes.
Sun, Ke, Zhang, Qing, Bock, David C., Tong, Xiao, Su, Dong, Marschilok, Amy C., Takeuchi, Kenneth J., Takeuchi, Esther S., & Gan, Hong. Interaction of TiS 2 and Sulfur in Li-S Battery System. United States. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1631706jes
Sun, Ke, Zhang, Qing, Bock, David C., Tong, Xiao, Su, Dong, Marschilok, Amy C., Takeuchi, Kenneth J., Takeuchi, Esther S., and Gan, Hong. Fri .
"Interaction of TiS 2 and Sulfur in Li-S Battery System". United States. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1631706jes. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1377018.
@article{osti_1377018,
title = {Interaction of TiS 2 and Sulfur in Li-S Battery System},
author = {Sun, Ke and Zhang, Qing and Bock, David C. and Tong, Xiao and Su, Dong and Marschilok, Amy C. and Takeuchi, Kenneth J. and Takeuchi, Esther S. and Gan, Hong},
abstractNote = {With the ability to adsorb polysulfide, electronically conductive and electrochemically active TiS2 is an effective multifunctional cathode additive to improve Li-S battery cycling performance. Furthermore, by using X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), direct evidence is obtained to demonstrate the strong interaction between Li-polysulfide and TiS2. The observation of Li signature on Li2S8 treated TiS2 proves that the TiS2 possesses the ability to adsorb Li-polysulfides species on its surface. An electron density transfer from Ti to Li and S is identified based on the positions of the peaks in the XPS spectrum before and after the interaction, which is consistent with the theoretically predicted polysulfide-TiS2 interaction models in the literature. TiS2 sample with 2.5x higher BET surface area is obtained by milling the raw TiS2 particles and used as cathode additive in the sulfur electrode. Furthermore, in the presence of TiS2 additive, long cycle life and improved sulfur utilization of Li-S cells under high rate discharge are demonstrated. In addition, we find that a uniform TiS2 distribution in the sulfur-TiS2 hybrid electrode is vital in determining its effectiveness in enhancing the performance of sulfur electrodes. Thus, by processing method and condition should be very important considerations in future development of sulfur electrodes with TiS2 additive.},
doi = {10.1149/2.1631706jes},
journal = {Journal of the Electrochemical Society},
number = 6,
volume = 164,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Apr 21 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Fri Apr 21 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
Free Publicly Available Full Text
Publisher's Version of Record
Other availability
Search WorldCat to find libraries that may hold this journal
Cited by: 56 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science
Web of Science
Save to My Library
You must Sign In or Create an Account in order to save documents to your library.
Works referenced in this record:
Titanium disulphide as a cathode material in lithium batteries — a review
journal, January 1981
- Frazer, E. J.; Phang, S.
- Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 6, Issue 4
Porous Hollow Carbon@Sulfur Composites for High-Power Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
journal, May 2011
- Jayaprakash, N.; Shen, J.; Moganty, Surya S.
- Angewandte Chemie, Vol. 123, Issue 26, p. 6026-6030
A Lithium-Sulfur Battery with a High Areal Energy Density
journal, June 2014
- Kim, Joo-Seong; Hwang, Tae Hoon; Kim, Byung Gon
- Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 24, Issue 34
Hybrid cathode architectures for lithium batteries based on TiS 2 and sulfur
journal, January 2015
- Ma, Lin; Wei, Shuya; Zhuang, Houlong L.
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 3, Issue 39
Metal Sulfide-Blended Sulfur Cathodes in High Energy Lithium-Sulfur Cells
journal, December 2016
- Bugga, Ratnakumar V.; Jones, Simon C.; Pasalic, Jasmina
- Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Vol. 164, Issue 2
Sulfur-Impregnated Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth as a Binder-Free Cathode for Rechargeable Li-S Batteries
journal, November 2011
- Elazari, Ran; Salitra, Gregory; Garsuch, Arnd
- Advanced Materials, Vol. 23, Issue 47, p. 5641-5644
Surface-enhanced redox chemistry of polysulphides on a metallic and polar host for lithium-sulphur batteries
journal, August 2014
- Pang, Quan; Kundu, Dipan; Cuisinier, Marine
- Nature Communications, Vol. 5, Issue 1
Improving lithium–sulphur batteries through spatial control of sulphur species deposition on a hybrid electrode surface
journal, May 2014
- Yao, Hongbin; Zheng, Guangyuan; Hsu, Po-Chun
- Nature Communications, Vol. 5, Issue 1
Powering Lithium–Sulfur Battery Performance by Propelling Polysulfide Redox at Sulfiphilic Hosts
journal, December 2015
- Yuan, Zhe; Peng, Hong-Jie; Hou, Ting-Zheng
- Nano Letters, Vol. 16, Issue 1
A facile in situ sulfur deposition route to obtain carbon-wrapped sulfur composite cathodes for lithium–sulfur batteries
journal, August 2012
- Su, Yu-Sheng; Manthiram, Arumugam
- Electrochimica Acta, Vol. 77
A highly efficient polysulfide mediator for lithium–sulfur batteries
journal, January 2015
- Liang, Xiao; Hart, Connor; Pang, Quan
- Nature Communications, Vol. 6, Issue 1
Stabilizing lithium–sulphur cathodes using polysulphide reservoirs
journal, May 2011
- Ji, Xiulei; Evers, Scott; Black, Robert
- Nature Communications, Vol. 2, Article No. 325
Enhancement of long stability of sulfur cathode by encapsulating sulfur into micropores of carbon spheres
journal, January 2010
- Zhang, B.; Qin, X.; Li, G. R.
- Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 3, Issue 10
Pyrite FeS 2 as an efficient adsorbent of lithium polysulphide for improved lithium–sulphur batteries
journal, January 2016
- Zhang, Sheng S.; Tran, Dat T.
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 4, Issue 12
Tethered Molecular Sorbents: Enabling Metal-Sulfur Battery Cathodes
journal, July 2014
- Ma, Lin; Zhuang, Houlong; Lu, Yingying
- Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 4, Issue 17
A lithium–sulfur cathode with high sulfur loading and high capacity per area: a binder-free carbon fiber cloth–sulfur material
journal, January 2014
- Miao, Lixiao; Wang, Weikun; Yuan, Keguo
- Chem. Commun., Vol. 50, Issue 87
Liquid electrolyte lithium/sulfur battery: Fundamental chemistry, problems, and solutions
journal, June 2013
- Zhang, Sheng S.
- Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 231, p. 153-162
Rechargeable Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
journal, July 2014
- Manthiram, Arumugam; Fu, Yongzhu; Chung, Sheng-Heng
- Chemical Reviews, Vol. 114, Issue 23
Thermal Reactions of Lithiated and Delithiated Sulfur Electrodes in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
journal, January 2014
- Song, J.; Lee, S. J.; Kim, Y.
- ECS Electrochemistry Letters, Vol. 3, Issue 4
Three-Dimensional Sulfur/Graphene Multifunctional Hybrid Sponges for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries with Large Areal Mass Loading
journal, April 2014
- Lu, Songtao; Chen, Yan; Wu, Xiaohong
- Scientific Reports, Vol. 4, Issue 1
Enhanced Li–S Batteries Using Amine-Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes in the Cathode
journal, December 2015
- Ma, Lin; Zhuang, Houlong L.; Wei, Shuya
- ACS Nano, Vol. 10, Issue 1
Li–O2 and Li–S batteries with high energy storage
journal, January 2012
- Bruce, Peter G.; Freunberger, Stefan A.; Hardwick, Laurence J.
- Nature Materials, Vol. 11, Issue 1, p. 19-29
Two-dimensional layered transition metal disulphides for effective encapsulation of high-capacity lithium sulphide cathodes
journal, September 2014
- Seh, Zhi Wei; Yu, Jung Ho; Li, Weiyang
- Nature Communications, Vol. 5, Issue 1
NIH Image to ImageJ: 25 years of image analysis
journal, June 2012
- Schneider, Caroline A.; Rasband, Wayne S.; Eliceiri, Kevin W.
- Nature Methods, Vol. 9, Issue 7
Tuning Transition Metal Oxide-Sulfur Interactions for Long Life Lithium Sulfur Batteries: The “Goldilocks” Principle
journal, December 2015
- Liang, Xiao; Kwok, Chun Yuen; Lodi-Marzano, Fernanda
- Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 6, Issue 6
Sulfur/lithium-insertion compound composite cathodes for Li–S batteries
journal, December 2014
- Su, Yu-Sheng; Manthiram, Arumugam
- Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 270
Amorphous oxysulfide thin films MOySz (M=W, Mo, Ti) XPS characterization: structural and electronic pecularities
journal, March 2001
- Dupin, J. C.; Gonbeau, D.; Martin-Litas, I.
- Applied Surface Science, Vol. 173, Issue 1-2
Works referencing / citing this record:
Rational Design of MXene/1T-2H MoS 2 -C Nanohybrids for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
journal, March 2018
- Zhang, Yelong; Mu, Zijie; Yang, Chao
- Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 28, Issue 38
TiS 2 as an Advanced Conversion Electrode for Sodium-Ion Batteries with Ultra-High Capacity and Long-Cycle Life
journal, September 2018
- Tao, Hongwei; Zhou, Min; Wang, Ruxing
- Advanced Science, Vol. 5, Issue 11
Ultrathin 2D TiS 2 Nanosheets for High Capacity and Long-Life Sodium Ion Batteries
journal, January 2019
- Hu, Zhe; Tai, Zhixin; Liu, Qiannan
- Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 9, Issue 8
A Li 2 S‐TiS 2 ‐Electrolyte Composite for Stable Li 2 S‐Based Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
journal, June 2019
- Chung, Sheng‐Heng; Manthiram, Arumugam
- Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 9, Issue 30
Sandwich‐Like Ultrathin TiS 2 Nanosheets Confined within N, S Codoped Porous Carbon as an Effective Polysulfide Promoter in Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries
journal, July 2019
- Huang, Xia; Tang, Jiayong; Luo, Bin
- Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 9, Issue 32
Hollow Multi‐Shelled Structural TiO 2− x with Multiple Spatial Confinement for Long‐Life Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
journal, May 2019
- Salhabi, Esmail Husein M.; Zhao, Jilu; Wang, Jiangyan
- Angewandte Chemie, Vol. 131, Issue 27
Hollow Multi-Shelled Structural TiO 2− x with Multiple Spatial Confinement for Long-Life Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
journal, May 2019
- Salhabi, Esmail Husein M.; Zhao, Jilu; Wang, Jiangyan
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 58, Issue 27
Graphene Oxide Induced Growth of Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon Nanotubes as a 1D/2D Composite for High‐Performance Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries
journal, January 2019
- Yang, He; Zhang, Xu; Zhu, Weili
- ChemElectroChem, Vol. 6, Issue 4
Defect Control in the Synthesis of 2 D MoS 2 Nanosheets: Polysulfide Trapping in Composite Sulfur Cathodes for Li–S Batteries
journal, March 2020
- Abraham, Alyson; Wang, Lei; Quilty, Calvin D.
- ChemSusChem, Vol. 13, Issue 6
Metal Chalcogenides: Paving the Way for High‐Performance Sodium/Potassium‐Ion Batteries
journal, October 2019
- Tan, Huiteng; Feng, Yuezhan; Rui, Xianhong
- Small Methods, Vol. 4, Issue 1
Pyrite-based mixtures as composite electrodes for lithium-sulfur batteries
journal, November 2018
- Belenkaya, I.; Menkin, S.; Mazor, H.
- Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, Vol. 23, Issue 2
Harnessing the unique properties of 2D materials for advanced lithium–sulfur batteries
journal, January 2019
- Li, Bin; Xu, Hongfei; Ma, Yang
- Nanoscale Horizons, Vol. 4, Issue 1
Vertically oriented TiS 2−x nanobelt arrays as binder- and carbon-free intercalation electrodes for Li- and Na-based energy storage devices
journal, January 2018
- Hawkins, Casey G.; Whittaker-Brooks, Luisa
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 6, Issue 44
A soluble single atom catalyst promotes lithium polysulfide conversion in lithium sulfur batteries
journal, January 2019
- Shi, Zhenpu; Wang, Lan; Xu, Huifang
- Chemical Communications, Vol. 55, Issue 80
Large-diameter and heteroatom-doped graphene nanotubes decorated with transition metals as carbon hosts for lithium–sulfur batteries
journal, January 2019
- Ogoke, Ogechi; Hwang, Sooyeon; Hultman, Benjamin
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 21
New insights into the phase evolution in CuS during lithiation and delithiation processes
journal, January 2019
- Nam, Jae Seok; Lee, Jung-Hun; Hwang, Soo Min
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 19
Effect of Electrolyte on High Sulfur Loading Li-S Batteries
journal, January 2018
- Sun, Ke; Matarasso, Avi K.; Epler, Ruby M.
- Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Vol. 165, Issue 2
Determination of Cyclability of Li/FeS 2 Batteries Based on Measurement of Coulombic Efficiency
journal, September 2018
- Maldonado Nogales, Paul; Song, Hee-Youb; Jeong, Soon-Ki
- Journal of Nanomaterials, Vol. 2018
Understanding the Li-ion storage mechanism in a carbon composited zinc sulfide electrode
text, January 2019
- Tian, Guiying; Zhao, Zijian; Sarapulova, Angelina
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Understanding the Li-ion storage mechanism in a carbon composited zinc sulfide electrode
journal, January 2019
- Tian, Guiying; Zhao, Zijian; Sarapulova, Angelina
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 26
Understanding the Li-ion storage mechanism in a carbon composited zinc sulfide electrode
text, January 2019
- Tian, Guiying; Zhao, Zijian; Sarapulova, Angelina
- Karlsruhe
Operando Multi-modal Synchrotron Investigation for Structural and Chemical Evolution of Cupric Sulfide (CuS) Additive in Li-S battery
journal, October 2017
- Sun, Ke; Zhao, Chonghang; Lin, Cheng-Hung
- Scientific Reports, Vol. 7, Issue 1