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Title: Systematic and rapid screening for the redox shuttle inhibitors in lithium-sulfur batteries

Abstract

High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) can be used to systematically and rapidly screen the potential additives for the inhibition of the polysulfide shuttle effect in a Li-S battery. The method is proven effective by investigating the 18 compounds which were reported in the literature as redox shuttle inhibitors for Li-S batteries. The change of the polysulfide ions from being exposed to 18 different redox shuttle inhibition additives was qualitatively and quantitatively determined. The changes of polysulfide species and elemental sulfur were successfully used to study the inhibition effect of the additives in Li-S batteries. It was confirmed that nitrate salts under the same concentration showed the best inhibition effect for the polysulfide shuttle reaction. However even in the electrolyte with nitrate additives, the shuttle reactions between Li metal and polysulfides (and elemental sulfur) are still notable, and thus the search for a better polysulfide shuttle inhibitor is ongoing and critical for improving the electrochemical performance of Li-S batteries.

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 [1];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [1]
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  1. Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI (United States)
  2. Wuhan Univ. of Technology (China)
  3. Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
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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 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
OSTI Identifier:
1469790
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1630362
Report Number(s):
BNL-209023-2018-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 0013-4686
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012704; 2015-IB-001
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Electrochimica Acta
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 282; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0013-4686
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE

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Zheng, Dong, Wang, Gongwei, Liu, Dan, Harris, Joshua B., Ding, Tianyao, Si, Jingyu, Qu, Deyu, Yang, Xiao-Qing, and Qu, Deyang. Systematic and rapid screening for the redox shuttle inhibitors in lithium-sulfur batteries. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2018.06.117.
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Zheng, Dong, Wang, Gongwei, Liu, Dan, Harris, Joshua B., Ding, Tianyao, Si, Jingyu, Qu, Deyu, Yang, Xiao-Qing, & Qu, Deyang. Systematic and rapid screening for the redox shuttle inhibitors in lithium-sulfur batteries. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2018.06.117
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Zheng, Dong, Wang, Gongwei, Liu, Dan, Harris, Joshua B., Ding, Tianyao, Si, Jingyu, Qu, Deyu, Yang, Xiao-Qing, and Qu, Deyang. Tue . "Systematic and rapid screening for the redox shuttle inhibitors in lithium-sulfur batteries". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2018.06.117. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1469790.
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@article{osti_1469790,
title = {Systematic and rapid screening for the redox shuttle inhibitors in lithium-sulfur batteries},
author = {Zheng, Dong and Wang, Gongwei and Liu, Dan and Harris, Joshua B. and Ding, Tianyao and Si, Jingyu and Qu, Deyu and Yang, Xiao-Qing and Qu, Deyang},
abstractNote = {High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) can be used to systematically and rapidly screen the potential additives for the inhibition of the polysulfide shuttle effect in a Li-S battery. The method is proven effective by investigating the 18 compounds which were reported in the literature as redox shuttle inhibitors for Li-S batteries. The change of the polysulfide ions from being exposed to 18 different redox shuttle inhibition additives was qualitatively and quantitatively determined. The changes of polysulfide species and elemental sulfur were successfully used to study the inhibition effect of the additives in Li-S batteries. It was confirmed that nitrate salts under the same concentration showed the best inhibition effect for the polysulfide shuttle reaction. However even in the electrolyte with nitrate additives, the shuttle reactions between Li metal and polysulfides (and elemental sulfur) are still notable, and thus the search for a better polysulfide shuttle inhibitor is ongoing and critical for improving the electrochemical performance of Li-S batteries.},
doi = {10.1016/j.electacta.2018.06.117},
journal = {Electrochimica Acta},
number = C,
volume = 282,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jun 19 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Tue Jun 19 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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