• 文献标题:   Burning lithium in CS2 for high-performing compact Li2S-graphene nanocapsules for Li-S batteries
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   TAN GQ, XU R, XING ZY, YUAN YF, LU J, WEN JG, LIU C, MA L, ZHAN C, LIU Q, WU TP, JIAN ZL, SHAHBAZIANYASSAR R, REN Y, MILLER DJ, CURTISS LA, JI XL, AMINE K
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  • 出版物名称:   NATURE ENERGY
  • ISSN:   2058-7546
  • 通讯作者地址:   Argonne Natl Lab
  • 被引频次:   112
  • DOI:   10.1038/nenergy.2017.90
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Tremendous efforts have been made to design the cathode of Li-S batteries to improve their energy density and cycling life. However, challenges remain in achieving fast electronic and ionic transport while accommodating the significant cathode volumetric change, especially for the cathode with a high practical mass loading. Here we report a cathode architecture, which is constructed by burning lithium foils in a CS2 vapour. The obtained structure features crystalline Li2S nanoparticles wrapped by few-layer graphene (Li2S@ graphene nanocapsules). Because of the improvement on the volumetric efficiency for accommodating sulfur active species and electrical properties, the cathode design enables promising electrochemical performance. More notably, at a loading of 10 mg(Li2S) cm(-2), the electrode exhibits a high reversible capacity of 1,160 mAh g(-1) s, namely, an area capacity of 8.1 mAhcm(-2). Li2S@ graphene cathode demonstrates a great potential for Li-ion batteries, where the Li2S@ graphene-cathode//graphite-anode cell displays a high capacity of 730 mAh g(-1) s aswell as stable cycle performance.