期刊
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
卷 513, 期 -, 页码 231-239出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.11.016
关键词
Biomass; Carbon, polysulfide; Energy storage; Li-S batteries
资金
- University Grants Commission (UGC), India
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) [2016R1A4A1012224]
Biomass-derived porous carbon has been considered as a promising sulfur host material for lithium sulfur batteries because of its high conductive nature and large porosity. The present study explored biomass-derived porous carbon as polysulfide reservoir to modify the surface of glass fiber (GF) separator. Two different carbons were prepared from Oak Tree fruit shells by carbonization with and without KOH activation. The KOH activated porous carbon (AC) provides a much higher surface area (796 m(2) g(-1)) than pyrolized carbon (PC) (334 m(2) g(-1)). The R factor value, calculated from the X-ray diffraction pattern, revealed that the activated porous carbon contains more single-layer sheets with a lower degree of graphitization. Raman spectra also confirmed the presence of spa-hybridized carbon in the activated carbon structure. The C-OH functional group was identified through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy for the polysulfide capture. Simple and straightforward coating of biomass-derived porous carbon onto the GF separator led to an improved electrochemical performance in Li-S cells. The Li-S cell assembled with porous carbon modified GF separator (ACGF) demonstrated an initial capacity of 1324 mAh g(-1) at 0.2 C, which was 875 mAh g(-1) for uncoated GF separator (calculated based on the 2nd cycle). Charge transfer resistance (K) values further confirmed the high ionic conductivity nature of porous carbon modified separators. Overall, the biomass-derived activated porous carbon can be considered as a promising alternative material for the polysulfide inhibition in Li-S batteries. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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