Three-dimensional Ordered Macroporous ZIF-8 Nanoparticle-derived Nitrogen-doped Hierarchical Porous Carbons for High-performance Lithium-sulfur Batteries

Overview

Journal RSC Adv

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2022 May 6

PMID 35516741

Authors

Xinxin Ji

Qian Li

Haoquan Yu

Xiaolin Hu

Yuanzheng Luo

Buyin Li

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Abstract

Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have attracted considerable attention due to their ultra-high specific capacity and energy density. However, there are still problems to be resolved such as poor conductivity of sulfur cathodes and dissolution of polysulfides in organic electrolytes. Herein, a novel ZIF-8-derived nitrogen-doped connected ordered macro-microporous carbon (COM-MPC) was developed by a dual solvent-assisted crystallization method within a face-centered cubic stacking sphere template, which acts as an advanced sulfur host for enhanced Li-S battery performance. Compared with the conventional predominant microporous C-ZIF-8, the unique hierarchical macro-microporous structure with nitrogen doping not only renders polysulfide intermediates enhanced entrapment by confining the effect of micropores and chemisorption of doping N atoms, but also facilitates electrolyte accessibility and efficient ion transport owing to the ordered macroporous structure. Benefitting from this, the COM-MPC@S cathode delivers a high initial specific capacity of 1498.5 mA h g and a reversible specific capacity of 1118.9 mA h g. Moreover, the COM-MPC@S cathode exhibits 82.3% of capacity retention within 10th to 50th cycle at 0.5C and a large capacity of 608.5 mA h g after 50 cycles at a higher rate of 1C, and this enhanced cycling stability and rate capability demonstrate great practical application potential in Li-S battery systems.

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