• 文献标题:   Tailor-made graphene aerogels with inbuilt baffle plates by charge-induced template-directed assembly for high-performance Li-S batteries
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHAO CT, YU C, ZHANG MD, YANG J, LIU SH, LI MY, HAN XT, DONG YF, QIU JS
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
  • ISSN:   2050-7488 EI 2050-7496
  • 通讯作者地址:   Dalian Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   26
  • DOI:   10.1039/c5ta05146k
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

Graphene as a host material has attracted intense interest to accommodate the sulfur for lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. Nevertheless, there is still a major challenge on how to modulate the nanostructure of graphene architectures to further enhance the electrochemical performance. Herein, self-closure graphene aerogels with inbuilt baffle plates (SGA) were prepared by a combined strategy involving electrostatic assembly, hydrothermal fixing, polydopamine (PDA) coating, and annealing. The electrostatic assembly between graphene oxide (GO) and polystyrene sphere@polydopamine (PS@PDA) is the key factor to form the self-closure aerogels and the graphene sheets wrapped onto the PS@PDAs are responsible for the formation of the baffle plates. When employed as the host material for Li-S batteries, the as-made SGA can contribute to promotion of the transport of electrons, increasing the sulfur loading, confining the dissolution and diffusion of lithium polysulfides, and accommodating the volume expansion. As a result, the as-made SGA-sulfur composite can deliver an outstanding cycling stability of 509 mA h g(-1) after 400 cycles at 1C. The present work will provide a simple and effective approach to tuning the assembly of graphene and further configuring the tailor-made host materials for high-performance Li-S batteries.