多壁碳纳米管涂层修饰苘麻基生物碳/硫复合正极材料的制备及对锂硫电池性能的影响

锂硫(Li-S)电池因高理论能量密度在众多新型电池中受到广泛关注,但存在硫正极导电性差、多硫化物的穿梭等问题,制约其商业应用。针对上述问题,本次试验制备苘麻基生物碳(AC),通过熔融扩散法与升华硫(S)复合形成碳/硫复合材料(AC@S),并使用碳涂层法在正极材料表面涂覆多壁碳纳米管(MWCNTS)作为Li-S电池正极片与隔膜之间的夹层,进一步抑制多硫化物的溶解和扩散,阻止穿梭效应,减小活性物质的损失,提高Li-S电池的容量和循环性能。AC@S+MWCNTs电池首次放电容量为1242.8 mAh·g^(-1),循环150次后仍保持982.4 mAh·g^(-1),相同条件下比AC@S高出275.0 mAh·g^(-1)。将MWCNTS涂层与正极材料结合设计工艺简单,成本低,且可提高材料导电性、抑制多硫化物的穿梭效应,表现出良好的循环性能和库伦效率,是一种解决Li-S电池穿梭效应的有效途径。

Increased photo-catalytic removal of sulfur using titania/MWCNT composite

Titania coating of multi wall carbon nano tube(MWCNT) was carried out by sol-gel method in order to improve its photo catalytic properties.The effect of MWCNT/TiO_2 mass to volume ratio on adsorption ability,reaction rate and photo-catalytic removal efficiency of dibenzothiophene(DBT) from n-hexane solution was investigated using a 9 W UV lamp.The results show that the addition of nanotubes improves the photo-catalytic properties of TiO_2 by two factors;however,the DBT removal rate versus MWCNT content is found to follow a bimodal pattern.Two factors are observed to affect the removal rate of DBT and produce two optimum values for MWCNT content.First,large quantities of MWCNTs prevent light absorption by the solution and decrease removal efficiency.By contrast,a low dosage of MWCNT causes recombination of the electron holes,which also decreases the DBT removal rate.The optimum MWCNT contents in the composite are found to be 0.25 g and 0.75 g MWCNT per 80 m L of sol.