Conductive polymer coatings can boost the power storage capacity of lithiumsulfur batteries. We report here on the design and preparation--by combining a facile and green chemical deposition method with an oxidative p...Conductive polymer coatings can boost the power storage capacity of lithiumsulfur batteries. We report here on the design and preparation--by combining a facile and green chemical deposition method with an oxidative polymerization approach--of polyaniline （PANI）-modified cetyltrimethylammonium bromide （CTAB）-graphene oxide （GO）-sulfur （S） nanocomposites with significantly enhanced performance in lithium-sulfur batteries. Such conductive polymer modified CTAB-GO-S nanocomposites as sulfur cathode materials can deliver high specific discharge capacities and long-term cycling performance, i.e., -970 mAh-g-1 at 0.2 C and -715 mAh-g-1 after 300 cycles, -820 mAh.g-1 at 0.5 C and -670 mAh.g-1 after 500 cycles, -770 mAh.K at 1 C and -570 mAh.g-~ after 500 cycles. The capacity decay was as low as 0.036% per cycle at 0.5 C, and 0.051% per cycle at 1 C. Under the same condition, batteries using PANI-modified CTAB-GO-S as cathodes exhibited higher specific capacity and higher average coulombic efficiency compared with CTAB-decorated GO-S and GO--S nano- composites. The improved performance can be attributed to the lower charge transfer resistance and the alleviated dissolution of polysulfides in the PANI- modified CTAB-GO-S cathodes.展开更多
文摘Conductive polymer coatings can boost the power storage capacity of lithiumsulfur batteries. We report here on the design and preparation--by combining a facile and green chemical deposition method with an oxidative polymerization approach--of polyaniline （PANI）-modified cetyltrimethylammonium bromide （CTAB）-graphene oxide （GO）-sulfur （S） nanocomposites with significantly enhanced performance in lithium-sulfur batteries. Such conductive polymer modified CTAB-GO-S nanocomposites as sulfur cathode materials can deliver high specific discharge capacities and long-term cycling performance, i.e., -970 mAh-g-1 at 0.2 C and -715 mAh-g-1 after 300 cycles, -820 mAh.g-1 at 0.5 C and -670 mAh.g-1 after 500 cycles, -770 mAh.K at 1 C and -570 mAh.g-~ after 500 cycles. The capacity decay was as low as 0.036% per cycle at 0.5 C, and 0.051% per cycle at 1 C. Under the same condition, batteries using PANI-modified CTAB-GO-S as cathodes exhibited higher specific capacity and higher average coulombic efficiency compared with CTAB-decorated GO-S and GO--S nano- composites. The improved performance can be attributed to the lower charge transfer resistance and the alleviated dissolution of polysulfides in the PANI- modified CTAB-GO-S cathodes.
