Journal
ENERGY STORAGE MATERIALS
Volume 21, Issue -, Pages 41-49Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ensm.2019.05.035
Keywords
Sodium sulfur battery; Hard carbon anode; Pouch cell; Stationary energy storage
Funding
- European Union (European Regional Development Fund)
- Federal State of Saxony (Sachsiche Aufbaubank) [100234957, 100234961]
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The successful transfer of room temperature sodium sulfur (RT-Na-S) technology from coin cell to pouch cell level is demonstrated. The general cell design is based on a previously developed RT-Na-S concept implementing hard carbon based anodes. Scalable technologies known from lithium ion battery production are utilized for electrode production. The electrolyte composition, the voltage window as well as the balancing is evaluated on coin cell level leading to optimized parameters. For scaled electrodes and electrolytes, a specific capacity of 418 mAh g(S)(-1) coupled with a high coulombic efficiency of 95.3% can be still obtained in RT-Na-S coin cells after a total of 549 cycles. Residual carbonates in the HC-anode were found to deteriorate the cycling performance. An increased cutoff voltage (1.5 V) significantly raises the coulombic efficiency. Finally, the design is successfully transferred to a 10-layered pouch cell leading to a high energy efficiency of 88.6% and a capacity of 387 mAh g(S)(-1) after a total of 937 cycles. Hence, the present work shows the principle feasibility of a stationary energy storage technology based on RT-Na-S pouch cell technology.
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