Cobalt nanoparticle-encapsulated carbon nanowire arrays: Enabling the fast redox reaction kinetics of lithium-sulfur batteries
Abstract
The commercial application of lithium-sulfur batteries is still impeded by the unsatisfying cyclability due to the sluggish reaction kinetics and shuttling effect of polysulfide intermediates. We develop a cobalt nanoparticle-encapsulated carbon nanowire arrays on carbon cloth (CC@Co-CNAs) to enable the fast redox reaction kinetics of the lithium sulfur batteries. The nanowire array-decorated carbon cloth as conductive matrix for sulfur active material could provide highly exposed cobalt nanoparticle active sites, owing to the high length-diameter ratio of the prepared CC@Co-CNAs. The binding affinity between the cobalt nanoparticle-incorporated materials and polysulfide intermediates is enhanced by Co-S bonds, which facilitates the redox reaction of active materials and consequently results in a high sulfur utilization for cathode especially with high sulfur loading. The lithium sulfur battery with CC@Co-CNAs as electrode materials delivers a high initial discharge capacity of 1228 mAh g(-1) at 0.25 C, and a high initial discharge capacity of 807 mAh g(-1) at 1C with a low capacity fading rate of 0.06% per cycle during 300 cycles. Moreover, a discharge capacity of 958 mAhg(-1 )at 0.1 C is achieved for the cell even with a corresponding sulfur loading of 6.2 mg cm(-2) . (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- Harbin Inst. of Technology, Harbin (China)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
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- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1504906
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- OSTI ID: 1530381
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
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- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Carbon
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 140; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0008-6223
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 25 ENERGY STORAGE
Citation Formats
Zhang, Han, Wang, Liguang, Li, Qin, Ma, Lu, Wu, Tianpin, Ma, Yulin, Wang, Jiajun, Du, Chunyu, Yin, Geping, and Zuo, Pengjian. Cobalt nanoparticle-encapsulated carbon nanowire arrays: Enabling the fast redox reaction kinetics of lithium-sulfur batteries. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2018.09.012.
Zhang, Han, Wang, Liguang, Li, Qin, Ma, Lu, Wu, Tianpin, Ma, Yulin, Wang, Jiajun, Du, Chunyu, Yin, Geping, & Zuo, Pengjian. Cobalt nanoparticle-encapsulated carbon nanowire arrays: Enabling the fast redox reaction kinetics of lithium-sulfur batteries. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2018.09.012
Zhang, Han, Wang, Liguang, Li, Qin, Ma, Lu, Wu, Tianpin, Ma, Yulin, Wang, Jiajun, Du, Chunyu, Yin, Geping, and Zuo, Pengjian. Sat .
"Cobalt nanoparticle-encapsulated carbon nanowire arrays: Enabling the fast redox reaction kinetics of lithium-sulfur batteries". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2018.09.012. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1504906.
@article{osti_1504906,
title = {Cobalt nanoparticle-encapsulated carbon nanowire arrays: Enabling the fast redox reaction kinetics of lithium-sulfur batteries},
author = {Zhang, Han and Wang, Liguang and Li, Qin and Ma, Lu and Wu, Tianpin and Ma, Yulin and Wang, Jiajun and Du, Chunyu and Yin, Geping and Zuo, Pengjian},
abstractNote = {The commercial application of lithium-sulfur batteries is still impeded by the unsatisfying cyclability due to the sluggish reaction kinetics and shuttling effect of polysulfide intermediates. We develop a cobalt nanoparticle-encapsulated carbon nanowire arrays on carbon cloth (CC@Co-CNAs) to enable the fast redox reaction kinetics of the lithium sulfur batteries. The nanowire array-decorated carbon cloth as conductive matrix for sulfur active material could provide highly exposed cobalt nanoparticle active sites, owing to the high length-diameter ratio of the prepared CC@Co-CNAs. The binding affinity between the cobalt nanoparticle-incorporated materials and polysulfide intermediates is enhanced by Co-S bonds, which facilitates the redox reaction of active materials and consequently results in a high sulfur utilization for cathode especially with high sulfur loading. The lithium sulfur battery with CC@Co-CNAs as electrode materials delivers a high initial discharge capacity of 1228 mAh g(-1) at 0.25 C, and a high initial discharge capacity of 807 mAh g(-1) at 1C with a low capacity fading rate of 0.06% per cycle during 300 cycles. Moreover, a discharge capacity of 958 mAhg(-1 )at 0.1 C is achieved for the cell even with a corresponding sulfur loading of 6.2 mg cm(-2) . (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.},
doi = {10.1016/j.carbon.2018.09.012},
journal = {Carbon},
number = C,
volume = 140,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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