Module-Designed Carbon-Coated Separators for High-Loading, High-Sulfur-Utilization Cathodes in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.
Molecules
; 27(1)2021 Dec 30.
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ABSTRACT
Lithium-sulfur batteries have great potential as next-generation energy-storage devices because of their high theoretical charge-storage capacity and the low cost of the sulfur cathode. To accelerate the development of lithium-sulfur technology, it is necessary to address the intrinsic material and extrinsic technological challenges brought about by the insulating active solid-state materials and the soluble active liquid-state materials. Herein, we report a systematic investigation of module-designed carbon-coated separators, where the carbon coating layer on the polypropylene membrane decreases the irreversible loss of dissolved polysulfides and increases the reaction kinetics of the high-loading sulfur cathode. Eight different conductive carbon coatings were considered to investigate how the materials' characteristics contribute to the lithium-sulfur cell's cathode performance. The cell with a nonporous-carbon-coated separator delivered an optimized peak capacity of 1112 mAâh g-1 at a cycling rate of C/10 and retained a high reversible capacity of 710 mAâh g-1 after 200 cycles under lean-electrolyte conditions. Moreover, we demonstrate the practical high specific capacity of the cathode and its commercial potential, achieving high sulfur loading and content of 4.0 mg cm-2 and 70 wt%, respectively, and attaining high areal and gravimetric capacities of 4.45 mAâh cm-2 and 778 mAâh g-1, respectively.
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Molecules
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BIOLOGIA
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2021
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Taiwán