Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 4, Issue 22, Pages 8541-8547Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c6ta00706f
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Funding
- Chinese National Science Funds [51572116, 21473081]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
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B2O3-modified carbon microtubes, which possess a highly porous structure and well-dispersed ultra-small B2O3 nanocrystals (ca. <5 nm) in the tube wall, are successfully fabricated via a facile thermal-treated process from poplar catkin, and then investigated for the first time as a capture interlayer for lithium-iodine (Li-I-2) and lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. After introduction of the B2O3/carbon microtube composite interlayer, the iodine cathode demonstrates a reversible capacity of 176.9 mA h g(-1) after 500 cycles at a rate of 20C. When the rate increases to 100C, a high capacity of 140.7 mA h g(-1) can still be obtained after 5000 cycles, which makes this the most stable iodine cathode reported for Li-I-2 batteries to date. For Li-S batteries, the sulfur cathodes present excellent cycling performance with a high discharge capacity of 594 mA h g(-1) at the rate of 4C. Such excellent cycle stability for the Li-S and Li-I-2 batteries could be mainly attributed to strong interactions between the ultra-small B2O3 nanocrystals and polysulfide or iodine ions, which has been proven using first principle calculations.
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