• 文献标题:   An in-plane heterostructure of graphene and titanium carbide for efficient polysulfide confinement
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHOU TH, ZHAO Y, ZHOU GM, LV W, SUN PJ, KANG FY, LI BH, YANG QH
  • 作者关键词:   inplane heterostructure, titanium carbide, graphene template, lithium sulfur batterie
  • 出版物名称:   NANO ENERGY
  • ISSN:   2211-2855 EI 2211-3282
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tsinghua Univ
  • 被引频次:   50
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.07.012
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Lithium polysulfide (LiPS) shuttling is one of the main obstacles hindering the practical use of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. Constructing an interlayer composed of carbon or noncarbon materials on separator is a promising way to restrain the LiPS shuttling, but such a layer always hinders the Li ion diffusion and is hard to realize the reuse of the captured LiPSs. In this study, an in-plane heterostructure constructed by graphene and titanium carbide (TiC) was prepared by directly using graphene as a template and the carbon source to react with TiCl4 under thermal treatment. In this process, graphene was partially transformed into TiC forming such a heterostructure, which is benefit to reducing the Li ion and electron diffusion barrier. Moreover, the TiC has strong affinity towards LiPSs and high conductivity. Thus, the in-plane heterostructures filtered on a separator as a coating layer effectively blocks the shuttle of LiPSs and greatly improves the sulfur utilization and cycling performance, indicating a promising way to promote the practical applications of high performance Li-S batteries.