• 文献标题:   Carbon-wrapped cobalt nanoparticles on graphene aerogel for solid-state room sodium-sulfur batteries
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MA QR, DU GY, GUO BS, TANG WW, LI YT, XU MW, LI CM
  • 作者关键词:   sodiumsulfur battery, solidstate, cobalt electrocatalyst, high rate capability
  • 出版物名称:   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
  • ISSN:   1385-8947 EI 1873-3212
  • 通讯作者地址:   Southwest Univ
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.cej.2020.124210
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Room-temperature sodium-sulfur battery has attracted more and more widespread attention on account of the low cost, high capacity and reliable efficiency. Nevertheless, how to further improve sulfur reactivity and highrate cycling performance remains challenging. Herein, carbon-wrapped nanocobalt anchored on graphene aerogel is fabricated to resolve low sulfur reactivity, conductivity and the large volumetric expansion during the charge/discharge process. The novel sulfur composite cathode shows up an initial discharge capacity of 572.8 mAh g(-1) at 5C with an extremely low average capacity fading of 0.01% per cycle from 200 to 1000 cycles. Significantly, the cathode is also used for assembling solid-state Na/S batteries, with an initial discharge capacity of 484.9 mAh g(-1) at 0.5C and a retainion capacity of 226 mAh g(-1) after 1000 cycles. This outstanding performance is ascribed to the electrocatalytic effects of the nanocobalt and the conductive and flexible graphene aerogel, which can effectively enhance chemical reaction kinetics and accommodate the fast volume change.