期刊
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
卷 87, 期 -, 页码 497-502出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.09.086
关键词
Lithium-sulfur battery; Carbon microsphere; Microporous carbon-sulfur composite; Insoluble electrolyte; Solid-solid redox mechanism
资金
- 973 Program of China [2009CB220100]
- National 863 Program of China [2011AA11A256]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central University
In this paper, we propose a new strategy to develop high performance sulfur electrode by impregnating sulfur into the micropores of a Li+-insertable carbon matrix with the simultaneous use of a carbonate electrolyte, which does not dissolve polysulfides, to restrain the solution of the reaction intermediates of sulfur. To proof this concept, we prepared a Li+-insertable microporous carbon-sulfur composite by vaporizing sulfur into the micropores of the nanofiber-wired carbon microspheres. The experimental results demonstrate that, in the carbonate electrolyte of 1 M LiPF6/PC-EC-DEC, such S/C composite electrode exhibits not only stable cycling performance with a reversible capacity of 720 mAh g(-1) after 100 cycles, but also superior high coulombic efficiency of similar to 100% upon extended cycling (except the first three cycles). The structural and electrochemical analysis indicates that the improved electrochemical behaviors of the S/C composite arise from a new reaction mechanism, in which Li+ ions and electrons transport through the carbon matrix into the interior of the cathode and then react with the embedded sulfur in the S/C solid-solid interfaces, avoiding the solution of the intermediates into the bulk electrolyte. More significantly, the structural design and working mechanism of such a sulfur cathode could be extended to a variety of poorly conductive and easily soluble redox-active materials for battery applications. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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