Highly dispersed sulfur in ordered mesoporous carbon sphere as a composite cathode for rechargeable polymer Li/S battery

A mesoporous carbon sphere with the uniform channels (OMC) is employed as the conductive matrix in the sulfur cathode for the lithium sulfur battery based on all-solid-state PEO18Li(CF3SO2)(2)N-10 wt%SiO2 electrolyte. Cyclic voltammograms (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectrum (EIS) suggest that the electrochemical stability of the S-OMCs is obviously superior to the pristine sulfur cathode. The S-OMCs composite shows excellent cycling performance with a reversible discharge capacity of about 800 mAhg(-1) after 25 cycles. This would be attributed to an appropriate conductive structure in which the active sulfur is highly dispersed in and contacted with the OMCs matrix. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.