Journal
RARE METALS
Volume 40, Issue 2, Pages 417-424Publisher
NONFERROUS METALS SOC CHINA
DOI: 10.1007/s12598-020-01498-y
Keywords
Lithium-sulfur battery; Surface coating; In situ; Activated graphene; Long-term stability
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [NSFC-21671170, 21673203, 21875207]
- Top-notch Academic Programs Project of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (TAPP)
- Program for New Century Excellent Talents of the University in China [NCET-13-0645]
- Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province [XSJCX17-015]
- Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China [17KJB150045]
- Yangzhou University Graduate Student International Academic Exchange Special Fund Project
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The flexible graphene/sheathed activated graphene/sulfur structure is proposed as the cathode material for lithium-sulfur batteries, demonstrating superior capacity, cycling, and rate performance. The outstanding properties are attributed to the distinctive in situ sulfur reduced graphene oxide coated hierarchical texture.
Activated graphene/sulfur structure sheathed in a flexible graphene layer is presented as the cathode material of lithium-sulfur battery. The surface coating graphite oxide sheets are reduced by a one-step in situ sulfur reduction method under vacuum at 600 degrees C without any additional reductant. The high reduction degree of in situ sulfur reduced graphite oxide (RGO) coating layer will facilitate the rapid charge transfer at high current rate. The flexible encapsulated RGO structure will retard the diffusion of polysulfides and adjust the volume change of sulfur in cycling. As a result, the electrochemical evaluation of the RGO-activated graphene (AG)/S electrode demonstrates superior capacity, cycling and rate performance. The RGO-AG/S electrode with 60 wt% sulfur loading achieves a stable cyclability over 2000 galvanostatic charge/discharge process (capacity-fade rate of only 0.03% per cycle at 1600 mA.g(-1)). The average Coulombic efficiency remains at similar to 96% with no electrolyte additives (such as LiNO3). The outstanding property of RGO-AG/S electrode is attributed to the distinctive in situ sulfur RGO-coated hierarchical texture.
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