• 文献标题:   Reverse Microemulsion Synthesis of Sulfur/Graphene Composite for Lithium/Sulfur Batteries
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KAISER MR, MA ZH, WANG XW, HAN FD, GAO T, FAN XL, WANG JZ, LIU HK, DOU SX, WANG CS
  • 作者关键词:   reverse microemulsion, surfactant, sulfur solubility, carboxylated graphene, functionalized carbon cloth, sulfur cathode
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Maryland
  • 被引频次:   30
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsnano.7b03591
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Due to its high theoretical capacity, high energy density, and easy availability, the lithium-sulfur (Li-S) system is considered to be the most promising candidate for electric and hybrid electric vehicle applications. Sulfur/carbon cathode in Li-S batteries still suffers, however, from low Coulombic efficiency and poor cycle life when sulfur loading and the ratio of sulfur to carbon are high. Here, we address these challenges by fabricating a sulfur/carboxylated-graphene composite using a reverse (water-in-oil) micro emulsion technique. The fabricated sulfur-graphene composite cathode, which contains only 6 wt % graphene, can dramatically improve the cycling stability as well as provide high capacity. The electro-chemical performance of the sulfur-graphene composite is further enhanced after loading into a three-dimensional heteroatom-doped (boron and nitrogen) carbon-cloth current collector. Even at high sulfur loading (similar to 8 mg/cm(2)) on carbon cloth, this composite showed 1256 mAh/g discharge capacity with more than 99% capacity retention after 200 cycles.