Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 211, Issue -, Pages 169-172Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2012.04.006
Keywords
Lithium/sulfur battery; Sulfur cathode; Polysulfide; Li anode; Cycle life
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In this communication, we disclose a proof-of-concept lithium/sulfur liquid battery that has exceptionally high capacity density. In such a battery, the cathode consists of a highly porous carbon cloth (CC) as the cathode current collector and a porous sulfur paper as the source of active material. In the first discharge, sulfur is reduced on the CC surface into high order lithium polysulfide (PS), which dissolves into liquid electrolyte and serves as the catholyte of the so-called Li/S liquid battery. By adopting a LiNO3-contained electrolyte to protect Li anode, the Li/S liquid cell is shown to cycle reversibly between 1.7 V and 2.8 V with an initial capacity of 778 mAh g(-1) S. corresponding to a capacity density of 10.1 mAh cm(-2) CC, which could be the highest capacity density among the rechargeable Li/S batteries reported ever. This work reveals that the high capacity density Li/S batteries can be made through a Li/S liquid cell by employing a highly porous carbon electrode to accommodate the insoluble sulfur reduction products (Li2S2/Li2S) with appropriate protection of the Li anode. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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