期刊
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
卷 224, 期 -, 页码 527-533出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.12.072
关键词
lithium-sulfur battery; graphene; hollow spheres; high sulfur content
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21273195, 21401162]
- Yangzhou Government and Yangzhou University [2012038-9]
- Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China [14KJB430024]
- Jiangsu Provincial Postdoctoral Sustentation Fund [1402015B]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
- Natural Science Foundation of Education Committee of Jiangsu Province [12KJB150023]
Lithium-sulfur batteries have currently attracted wide interest due to their high theoretical capacity, but the practical applications are being hampered by capacity decay, mainly attributed to the polysulfide shuttle. Here, we have designed a novel three-dimensional (3D) nanostructure of graphene hollow spheres (HGs) as the sulfur host. The 3D HGs were successfully prepared via a self-assembly method of wrapping graphene oxide (GO) on SiO2 spheres, and then followed by carbonization and etching of the SiO2. The impregnation of sulfur into the hollow graphene spheres lead to obtaining the HGs/S cathode, which reaches up a high sulfur loading of 90 wt% in the composite (72 wt % in the whole cathode). The HGs/S cathode material remains a high discharge capacity of 810 mAh g(-1) after 200 cycles at 0.5C rate. Furthermore, it demonstrates a low capacity-decay rate of 0.083% per cycle after 600 cycles at 1C rate. Compared with pristine reduced graphene oxide/sulfur composites (RGO/S), the as-prepared 3D self assembled graphene hollow spheres FIGs/S exhibit significantly improved electrochemical performances in terms of high specific capacity, remarkable rate capability and excellent cycling stability. These synergistic effects are achieved by more effective 3D ion/electron transport pathways, and efficient confinement of polysulfide dissolution and shuttling. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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