• 文献标题:   Stable Cycling of a Scalable Graphene-Encapsulated Nanocomposite for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HE G, HART CJ, LIANG X, GARSUCH A, NAZAR LF
  • 作者关键词:   longlife lithium sulfur battery, lowcost sulfur cathode, graphene encapsulation
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   1944-8244 EI 1944-8252
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Waterloo
  • 被引频次:   60
  • DOI:   10.1021/am500632b
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

We report the synthesis of a low-cost carbon/sulfur nanocomposite using Ketjen black (KBC) as the carbon framework, encapsulated by thin graphene sheets using a simple process that relies on binding a functionalized KBC/S nanoparticle surface with graphene oxide (GO), which is reduced in situ. A slight excess of GO is employed to create a second layer of graphene wrapping around the KBC/S. This g-KBC/S sulfur cathode exhibits excellent cyclability over 200 cycles where the average stabilized fade rate is only 0.026% or 1.1 mAh g(-1) per cycle. This excellent performance is primarily attributed to the wrapped, internally porous architecture. The large pore volume, small pore diameter, and uniform nanoparticle size of the mesoporous KBC array provides an ideal frame for the fabrication of a homogeneous C/S composite, whereas the graphene/GO sheets serve as an external chemical and physical barrier that inhibits polysulfide diffusion.