• 文献标题:   Fibrous Hybrid of Graphene and Sulfur Nanocrystals for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHOU GM, YIN LC, WANG DW, LI L, PEI SF, GENTLE IR, LI F, CHENG HM
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, sulfur nanocrystal, hybrid, oxygen functional group, energy storage, lithiumsulfur battery
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chinese Acad Sci
  • 被引频次:   512
  • DOI:   10.1021/nn401228t
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

Graphene-sulfur (G S) hybrid materials with sulfur nanocrystals anchored on interconnected fibrous graphene are obtained by a facile one-pot strategy using a sulfur/carbon disulfide/ alcohol mixed solution. The reduction of graphene oxide and the formation/binding of sulfur nanocrystals were integrated. The G S hybrids exhibit a highly porous network structure constructed by fibrous graphene, many electrically conducting pathways, and easily tunable sulfur content, which can be cut and pressed into pellets to be directly used as lithium sulfur battery cathodes without using a metal current-collector, binder, and conductive additive. The porous network and sulfur nanocrystals enable rapid Ion transport and short Li+ diffusion distance, the Interconnected fibrous graphene provides highly conductive electron transport pathways, and the oxygen-containing (mainly hydroxyl/epoxide) groups show strong binding with polysulfides, preventing their dissolution into the electrolyte based on first-principles calculations. As a result, the G S hybrids show a high capacity, an excellent high-rate performance, and a long life over 100 cycles. These results demonstrate the great potential of this unique hybrid structure as cathodes for high-performance lithium sulfur batteries.