An Ag/C Core-Shell Composite Functionalized Carbon Nanofiber Film as Freestanding Bifunctional Host for Advanced Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

The uncontrolled dendrite growth and shuttle effect of polysulfides have hindered the practical application of lith-ium-sulfur(Li-S)batteries.Herein,a metal-organic framework-derived Ag/C core-shell composite integrated with a carbon nanofiber film(Ag/C@CNF)is developed to address these issues in Li-S batteries.The Ag/C core-shell structure design endows the CNF skeleton with enhanced electrical conductivity,electrocatalysis performance toward polysulfides conversion,and lithium nucleation.When served as a freestanding bifunctional host in Li-S batteries,the Ag/C@CNF composite regulates the Li and sulfur electrochemical processes by guiding the uniform Li deposition with mitigated dendrite growth and at the same time accelerating the polysulfides conversion.The assembled Li-S full battery delivers a considerable capacity of 650 mAh g^(-1),an ultralong cyclability with an attenuation rate as low as 0.02%per cycle for 1000 cycles at 5 C,and excellent rate performances at increased sulfur loading up to 7.6 mg cm^(-2)under lean electrolyte condition.

Effects of PyC shell thickness on the microstructure,ablation resistance of SiCnws/PyC-C/C-ZrC-SiC composites

SiC nanowires/pyrocarbon(SiCnws/PyC)core-shell structure toughenedC/C-ZrC-SiC composites were fabricated by CLVD process,and the influences of PyC shell thickness on the microstructure and ablation resistance of the composites were researched.The results presented that SiCnws/PyC core-shell structure had a linear shape,and the composites became dense with the increasing PyC thickness.When the thickness of PyC shell increased from 0 to 2.4μm,the density and thermal conductivity of the composites was improved gradually,but the coefficient of thermal expansion(CTE)decreased firstly and then increased.After the ablation test for 90 s,the ablation rates of the composites decreased continuously as the PyC thickness increased from 0 to 1.4μm,but increased when the PyC thickness was up to 2.4μm.Especially when the PyC thickness was 1.4μm,the linear and mass ablation rates of the composites were 71.25%and 63.01%lower than those of the composites without PyC shell.The reasons behind the remarkable improvement of anti-ablation property were that the proper PyC thickness could alleviate the CTE mismatch to promote the formation of complete oxide coating,improve the thermal conductivity to reduce heat corrosion and enhance the capability to limit the mechanical erosion.

Heat dissipation of carbon shell in ZrC-SiC/TaC coating to improve protective ability against ultrahigh temperature ablation

To efficiently decrease ablation heat accumulation and improve the ability of ZrC-SiC/TaC coatings to protect carbon/carbon(C/C)composites,a thermally conductive nanonetwork with a ceramic@carbon core-shell structure was designed and constructed.Polymer-derived SiC/TaC with a graphene carbon shell was synthesized and introduced into a ZrC coating by supersonic atmospheric plasma spraying(SAPS).Graphene shell paths increased the heat transfer capability by lowering the surface temperature to approximately 200℃during oxyacetylene ablation.The heat dissipation of the graphene shell in the ZrC-SiC/TaC@C coating reduced the volatilization of low-melting-point phases and delayed the sintering of ZrO_(2) particles.Thus,the graphene shell in ZrC-SiC/TaC@C coating decreased the mass and linear ablation rates by 91.4%and 93.7%compared to ZrC-SiC/TaC coating,respectively.This work provided a constructive idea for improving the ablation resistance of the coatings by incorporating carbon nanomaterials as a function of heat dissipation.