High-performance room-temperature sodium–sulfur battery enabled by electrocatalytic sodium polysulfides full conversion
Abstract
Room-temperature sodium–sulfur (RT-Na–S) batteries are highly desirable for grid-scale stationary energy storage due to their low cost; however, short cycling stability caused by the incomplete conversion of sodium polysulfides is a major issue for their application. Herein, we introduce an effective sulfiphilic host, gold nanodots decorated on hierarchical N-doped carbon microspheres (CN/Au/S), to achieve completely reversible conversion reactions in the S cathode by electrocatalyzing the low-kinetics conversion of Na2S4 into NaS2 (discharge process) or S (charge process). Besides, gold nanodots and N-doped carbon can increase the conductivity of the S cathode and provide strong polar–polar adsorption of sodium polysulfides to alleviate the shuttling effects. When serving as the cathode, the CN/Au/S composite can realize enhanced sulfur utilization, excellent cycling stability, and outstanding rate capability. This work deepens our understanding of the catalytic effect of gold atoms on sulfur molecules, opening a new avenue for cathode design and development of advanced RT-Na–S batteries.
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- Univ. of Wollongong, NSW (Australia). Inst. for Superconducting and Electronic Materials; Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Materials Science and Engineering Program. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
- Univ. of Wollongong, NSW (Australia). Inst. for Superconducting and Electronic Materials
- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Materials Science and Engineering Program. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
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- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1803498
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1591946
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0019019
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Energy & Environmental Science
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 13; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1754-5692
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE
Citation Formats
Wang, Nana, Wang, Yunxiao, Bai, Zhongchao, Fang, Zhiwei, Zhang, Xiao, Xu, Zhongfei, Ding, Yu, Xu, Xun, Du, Yi, Dou, Shixue, and Yu, Guihua. High-performance room-temperature sodium–sulfur battery enabled by electrocatalytic sodium polysulfides full conversion. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1039/c9ee03251g.
Wang, Nana, Wang, Yunxiao, Bai, Zhongchao, Fang, Zhiwei, Zhang, Xiao, Xu, Zhongfei, Ding, Yu, Xu, Xun, Du, Yi, Dou, Shixue, & Yu, Guihua. High-performance room-temperature sodium–sulfur battery enabled by electrocatalytic sodium polysulfides full conversion. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ee03251g
Wang, Nana, Wang, Yunxiao, Bai, Zhongchao, Fang, Zhiwei, Zhang, Xiao, Xu, Zhongfei, Ding, Yu, Xu, Xun, Du, Yi, Dou, Shixue, and Yu, Guihua. Fri .
"High-performance room-temperature sodium–sulfur battery enabled by electrocatalytic sodium polysulfides full conversion". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ee03251g. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1803498.
@article{osti_1803498,
title = {High-performance room-temperature sodium–sulfur battery enabled by electrocatalytic sodium polysulfides full conversion},
author = {Wang, Nana and Wang, Yunxiao and Bai, Zhongchao and Fang, Zhiwei and Zhang, Xiao and Xu, Zhongfei and Ding, Yu and Xu, Xun and Du, Yi and Dou, Shixue and Yu, Guihua},
abstractNote = {Room-temperature sodium–sulfur (RT-Na–S) batteries are highly desirable for grid-scale stationary energy storage due to their low cost; however, short cycling stability caused by the incomplete conversion of sodium polysulfides is a major issue for their application. Herein, we introduce an effective sulfiphilic host, gold nanodots decorated on hierarchical N-doped carbon microspheres (CN/Au/S), to achieve completely reversible conversion reactions in the S cathode by electrocatalyzing the low-kinetics conversion of Na2S4 into NaS2 (discharge process) or S (charge process). Besides, gold nanodots and N-doped carbon can increase the conductivity of the S cathode and provide strong polar–polar adsorption of sodium polysulfides to alleviate the shuttling effects. When serving as the cathode, the CN/Au/S composite can realize enhanced sulfur utilization, excellent cycling stability, and outstanding rate capability. This work deepens our understanding of the catalytic effect of gold atoms on sulfur molecules, opening a new avenue for cathode design and development of advanced RT-Na–S batteries.},
doi = {10.1039/c9ee03251g},
journal = {Energy & Environmental Science},
number = 2,
volume = 13,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Fri Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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