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Hierarchical Free-Standing Carbon-Nanotube Paper Electrodes with Ultrahigh Sulfur-Loading for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.
- Source :
- Advanced Functional Materials; Oct2014, Vol. 24 Issue 39, p6105-6112, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- The rational combination of conductive nanocarbon with sulfur leads to the formation of composite cathodes that can take full advantage of each building block; this is an effective way to construct cathode materials for lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries with high energy density. Generally, the areal sulfur-loading amount is less than 2.0 mg cm<superscript>−2</superscript>, resulting in a low areal capacity far below the acceptable value for practical applications. In this contribution, a hierarchical free-standing carbon nanotube (CNT)-S paper electrode with an ultrahigh sulfur-loading of 6.3 mg cm<superscript>−2</superscript> is fabricated using a facile bottom-up strategy. In the CNT-S paper electrode, short multi-walled CNTs are employed as the short-range electrical conductive framework for sulfur accommodation, while the super-long CNTs serve as both the long-range conductive network and the intercrossed mechanical scaffold. An initial discharge capacity of 6.2 mA·h cm<superscript>−2</superscript> (995 mA·h g<superscript>−1</superscript>), a 60% utilization of sulfur, and a slow cyclic fading rate of 0.20%/cycle within the initial 150 cycles at a low current density of 0.05 C are achieved. The areal capacity can be further increased to 15.1 mA·h cm<superscript>−2</superscript> by stacking three CNT-S paper electrodes-resulting in an areal sulfur-loading of 17.3 mg cm<superscript>−2</superscript>-for the cathode of a Li-S cell. The as-obtained free-standing paper electrode are of low cost and provide high energy density, making them promising for flexible electronic devices based on Li-S batteries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1616301X
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 39
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 98900129
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201401501