Multifunctional Sandwich-Structured Electrolyte for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

Overview

Journal Adv Sci (Weinh)

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2018 Mar 30

PMID 29593953

Citations 10

Authors

Hongtao Qu

Jianjun Zhang

Aobing Du

Bingbing Chen

Jingchao Chai

Nan Xue

Longlong Wang

Lixin Qiao

Chen Wang

Xiao Zang

Jinfeng Yang

Xiaogang Wang

Guanglei Cui

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Abstract

Due to its high theoretical energy density (2600 Wh kg), low cost, and environmental benignity, the lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery is attracting strong interest among the various electrochemical energy storage systems. However, its practical application is seriously hampered by the so-called shuttle effect of the highly soluble polysulfides. Herein, a novel design of multifunctional sandwich-structured polymer electrolyte (polymer/cellulose nonwoven/nanocarbon) for high-performance Li-S batteries is demonstrated. It is verified that Li-S battery with this sandwich-structured polymer electrolyte delivers excellent cycling stability (only 0.039% capacity decay cycle on average exceeding 1500 cycles at 0.5 C) and rate capability (with a reversible capacity of 594 mA h g at 4 C). These electrochemical performances are attributed to the synergistic effect of each layer in this unique sandwich-structured polymer electrolyte including steady lithium stripping/plating, strong polysulfide absorption ability, and increased redox reaction sites. More importantly, even with high sulfur loading of 4.9 mg cm, Li-S battery with this sandwich-structured polymer electrolyte can deliver high initial areal capacity of 5.1 mA h cm. This demonstrated strategy here may open up a new era of designing hierarchical structured polymer electrolytes for high-performance Li-S batteries.

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