Journal
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 158, Issue -, Pages 143-151Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.01.150
Keywords
Liquid phase synthesis; Polyaniline; Ternary composites; Cathode material; Lithium sulfur batteries
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21173198]
- Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province, China [2014CFA097]
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A ternary polyaniline/sulfur/acetylene black (PANi@S-C) composite cathode with variable PANi content has been synthesized by a continuous two-step liquid phase route. Different ratios of the PANi@S-C composite are characterized by SEM, TEM, FTIR, XRD and electrochemical methods. The conductive polyaniline plays multiple roles in the composite, acting as a conducting additive and a porous adsorbing agent. It is uniformly coated onto the surface of a S-C composite powder to form a core/shell structure, which significantly enhances the electrochemical performance and cycle life of the sulfur cells. The PANi@S-C composite with 12.5 wt% PANi presents optimum electrochemical performance, where the initial discharge specific capacity is 1257 mAhg(-1) and remains similar to 600 mAhg(-1) after 100 cycles at 0.16 mAcm(-2). After a rate test from 0.1 to 1 mAcm(-2), the cell remained at similar to 600 mAhg(-1) sulfur after 50 cycles when the current density returned to 0.1 mAcm(-2). (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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