Facile synthesis of Co3−xMnxO4/C nanocages as an efficient sulfur host for lithium–sulfur batteries with enhanced rate performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (25) ◽  
pp. 8591-8600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zexian Zhang ◽  
Shiyuan Zhou ◽  
Tao Mei ◽  
Yanzhuo Gou ◽  
Fanxuan Xie ◽  
...  

Capacity reduction mainly caused by the shuttle effect and low conductivity restricts the commercial application of lithium–sulfur batteries (LSBs).

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongke Zhang ◽  
Ting Huang ◽  
Pengfei Zhao ◽  
Ze Zhang ◽  
Xingtao Qi ◽  
...  

Abstract Due to the low conductivity of sulfur and the dissolution of polysulfides, the research and application of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have encountered certain resistance. Increasing conductivity and introducing polarity into the sulfur host can effectively overcome these long-standing problems. Herein, We first prepared Co3W3C@ C@ CNTs / S material and used it in the cathode of lithium-sulfur batteries, The existence of carboxylated CNTs can form a conductive network, accelerate the transmission of electrons and improve the rate performance, and polar Co3W3C can form a strong interaction with polysulfide intermediates, effectively inhibiting its shuttle effect, improving the utilization of sulfur cathode electrodes, and improving the capacity and cycle stability. The Co3W3C@C@CNTs / S electrode material has a capacity of 1,093 mA h g-1 at a 0.1 A g− 1 and 482 mA h g-1 at 5 A g− 1. Even after 500 cycles of 2 A g− 1, the capacity of each cycle is only reduced by 0.08%. The excellent stability of this material can provide a new idea for the future development of lithium-sulfur batteries.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengjiao Shi ◽  
Su Zhang ◽  
Yuting Jiang ◽  
Zimu Jiang ◽  
Longhai Zhang ◽  
...  

AbstractThe development of lithium–sulfur batteries (LSBs) is restricted by their poor cycle stability and rate performance due to the low conductivity of sulfur and severe shuttle effect. Herein, an N, O co-doped graphene layered block (NOGB) with many dents on the graphene sheets is designed as effective sulfur host for high-performance LSBs. The sulfur platelets are physically confined into the dents and closely contacted with the graphene scaffold, ensuring structural stability and high conductivity. The highly doped N and O atoms can prevent the shuttle effect of sulfur species by strong chemical adsorption. Moreover, the micropores on the graphene sheets enable fast Li+ transport through the blocks. As a result, the obtained NOGB/S composite with 76 wt% sulfur content shows a high capacity of 1413 mAh g−1 at 0.1 C, good rate performance of 433 mAh g−1 at 10 C, and remarkable stability with 526 mAh g−1 at after 1000 cycles at 1 C (average decay rate: 0.038% per cycle). Our design provides a comprehensive route for simultaneously improving the conductivity, ion transport kinetics, and preventing the shuttle effect in LSBs.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 2267
Author(s):  
Haisheng Han ◽  
Tong Wang ◽  
Yongguang Zhang ◽  
Arailym Nurpeissova ◽  
Zhumabay Bakenov

A three-dimensionally ordered macroporous ZnO (3DOM ZnO) framework was synthesized by a template method to serve as a sulfur host for lithium–sulfur batteries. The unique 3DOM structure along with an increased active surface area promotes faster and better electrolyte penetration accelerating ion/mass transfer. Moreover, ZnO as a polar metal oxide has a strong adsorption capacity for polysulfides, which makes the 3DOM ZnO framework an ideal immobilization agent and catalyst to inhibit the polysulfides shuttle effect and promote the redox reactions kinetics. As a result of the stated advantages, the S/3DOM ZnO composite delivered a high initial capacity of 1110 mAh g−1 and maintained a capacity of 991 mAh g−1 after 100 cycles at 0.2 C as a cathode in a lithium–sulfur battery. Even at a high C-rate of 3 C, the S/3DOM ZnO composite still provided a high capacity of 651 mAh g−1, as well as a high areal capacity (4.47 mAh cm−2) under high loading (5 mg cm−2).


RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (36) ◽  
pp. 22567-22577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiqing Yuan ◽  
Bingchuan Liu ◽  
Huijie Hou ◽  
Kemal Zeinu ◽  
Yuhang He ◽  
...  

The interaction between lithium polysulfides and doped heteroatoms could prevent the loss of soluble polysulfides in the cathode and mitigate the shuttle effect in lithium–sulfur batteries.


Author(s):  
Jia-Jia Yuan ◽  
Qingran Kong ◽  
Zheng Huang ◽  
You-Zhi Song ◽  
Mingyang Li ◽  
...  

The commercial application of lithium-sulfur batteries is mainly restricted by quick capacity decay and poor cycle life due to the shuttle effect, insulate nature of sulfur, and cathode structure pulverization....


Nanoscale ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 7744-7750
Author(s):  
Ting Zhou ◽  
Zihan Shen ◽  
Yong Wu ◽  
Tianli Han ◽  
Mengfei Zhu ◽  
...  

A yolk–shell Fe3O4@S@C nanochain in which sulfur is encapsulated between the Fe3O4 core and the carbon shell is developed for Li–S batteries.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Zhang ◽  
You Li ◽  
Hongyu Wang ◽  
Zisheng Zhang ◽  
Guihua Liu ◽  
...  

Abstract The development of efficient sulfur host materials to address the shuttle effect issues of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) is crucial in the lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries, but still challenging. In the present study, a novel yolk shell structured MgCo-LDH/ZIF-67 composite is designed as Li-S battery cathode. In this composite, the shell layer is MgCo layered double hydroxide constructed by partially etching ZIF-67 nanoparticle by Mg2+, and the core is the unreacted ZIF-67 particle. The unique yolk shell structure not only provides abundant pores for sulfur accommodation, but also facilitates the electrolyte penetration and ion transport. The ZIF-67 core exhibits strong polar adsorption to LiPSs through the Lewis acid-base interactions, and the micropores/mesoporous can further trap LiPSs. Meanwhile, the MgCo-LDH shell exposes enough sulfur-philic sites for enhancing chemisorption and catalyzes the LiPSs conversion. As a result, when MgCo-LDH/ZIF-67 is used as sulfur host in the cathode, the cell achieves a high discharge capacity of 1121 mAh g-1 at 0.2 C, and an areal capacity of 5.0 mAh cm-2 under the high sulfur loading of 5.8 mg cm-2. The S/MgCo-LDH/ZIF-67 electrode holds a promising potential for the development of Li-S batteries.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (13) ◽  
pp. 1702485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weizhai Bao ◽  
Lin Liu ◽  
Chengyin Wang ◽  
Sinho Choi ◽  
Dan Wang ◽  
...  

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