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SCIENCE CHINA-MATERIALS
卷 64, 期 6, 页码 1343-1354出版社
SCIENCE PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s40843-020-1552-7
关键词
lithium-sulfur battery; sulfur cathode; volumetric energy density; lithium cobalt oxide; catalytic activity
资金
- National Key Research and Development Program [2016YFB0100200]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21935006, 21421001]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China
This study introduces the use of LiCoO2 nanofibers as a sulfur host to enhance the volumetric capacity of the cathode while maintaining high gravimetric capacity. By achieving a balance between compact structure and high electrochemical activity for the sulfur cathode, high volumetric and gravimetric capacities were successfully achieved. Furthermore, the efficient S/LiCoO2 cathode suppressed lithium corrosion by polysulfides, leading to a more stable lithium anode.
Although the gravimetric energy density of lithium-sulfur battery is very encouraging, the volumetric energy density still remains a challenge for the practical application. To achieve the high volumetric energy density of battery, much attention should be paid to the sulfur cathode. Herein, we introduce heavy lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO2) nanofibers as sulfur host to enhance the volumetric capacity of cathode, maintaining the high gravimetric capacity simutaneously. With the high tap density of 2.26 g cm(-3), LiCoO2 nanofibers can be used to fabricate a really compact sulfur cathode, with a density and porosity of 0.85 g cm(-3) and 61.2%, respectively. More importantly, LiCoO2 nanofibers could act as an efficient electrocatalyst for enhancing the redox kinetics of sulfur species, ensuring the cathode electroactivity and alleviating the shuttle effect of polysulfides. Therefore, a balance between compact structure and high electrochemical activity is obtained for the sulfur cathode. At the sulfur loading of 5.1 mg cm(-2), high volumetric and gravimetric capacities of 724 mA h cm(cathode)(-3) and 848 mA h g(cathode)(-1) could be achieved based on the cathode volume and weight, respectively. Moreover, with this efficient S/LiCoO2 cathode, the lithium corrosion by polysulfides is supressed, leading to a more stable lithium anode.
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