The commercial development of lithium-sulfur batteries(Li-S)is severely limited by the shuttle effect of lithium polysulfides(LPSs)and the non-conductivity of sulfur.Herein,porous g-C_(3)N_(4) nanotubes(PCNNTs)are syn...The commercial development of lithium-sulfur batteries(Li-S)is severely limited by the shuttle effect of lithium polysulfides(LPSs)and the non-conductivity of sulfur.Herein,porous g-C_(3)N_(4) nanotubes(PCNNTs)are synthesized via a self-template method and utilized as an efficient sulfur host material.The one-dimensional PCNNTs have a high specific surface area(143.47 m^(2)·g^(-1))and an abundance of macro-/mesopores,which could achieve a high sulfur loading rate of 74.7wt%.A Li-S battery bearing the PCNNTs/S composite as a cathode displays a low capacity decay of 0.021% per cycle over 800 cycles at 0.5 C with an initial capacity of 704.8 mAh·g^(-1).PCNNTs with a tubular structure could alleviate the volume expansion caused by sulfur and lithium sulfide during charge/discharge cycling.High N contents could greatly enhance the adsorption capacity of the carbon nitride for LPSs.These synergistic effects contribute to the excellent cycling stability and rate performance of the PCNNTs/S composite electrode.展开更多
基金financially supported by the Natural Science Sci-ence Foundation of Jiangsu Province,China(No.BK20181469)the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(No.2020A1515110035)the Science and Technology Planning Social Development Project of Zhenji-ang City,China(No.SSH20190140049).
文摘The commercial development of lithium-sulfur batteries(Li-S)is severely limited by the shuttle effect of lithium polysulfides(LPSs)and the non-conductivity of sulfur.Herein,porous g-C_(3)N_(4) nanotubes(PCNNTs)are synthesized via a self-template method and utilized as an efficient sulfur host material.The one-dimensional PCNNTs have a high specific surface area(143.47 m^(2)·g^(-1))and an abundance of macro-/mesopores,which could achieve a high sulfur loading rate of 74.7wt%.A Li-S battery bearing the PCNNTs/S composite as a cathode displays a low capacity decay of 0.021% per cycle over 800 cycles at 0.5 C with an initial capacity of 704.8 mAh·g^(-1).PCNNTs with a tubular structure could alleviate the volume expansion caused by sulfur and lithium sulfide during charge/discharge cycling.High N contents could greatly enhance the adsorption capacity of the carbon nitride for LPSs.These synergistic effects contribute to the excellent cycling stability and rate performance of the PCNNTs/S composite electrode.