The main challenges in development of traditional liquid lithium-sulfur batteries are the shuttle effect at the cathode caused by the polysulfide and the safety concern at the Li metal anode arose from the dendrite fo...The main challenges in development of traditional liquid lithium-sulfur batteries are the shuttle effect at the cathode caused by the polysulfide and the safety concern at the Li metal anode arose from the dendrite formation.All-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries have been proposed to solve the shuttle effect and prevent short circuits.However,solid-solid contacts between the electrodes and the electrolyte increase the interface resistance and stress/strain,which could result in the limited electrochemical performances.In this work,the cathode of all-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries is prepared by depositing sulfur on the surface of the carbon nanotubes(CNTs@S)and further mixing with Li10GeP2S12 electrolyte and acetylene black agents.At 60℃,CNTs@S electrode exhibits superior electrochemical performance,delivering the reversible discharge capacities of 1193.3,959.5,813.1,569.6 and 395.5 mAhg^-1 at the rate of 0.1,0.5,1,2 and 5 C,respectively.Moreover,the CNTs@S is able to demonstrate superior high-rate capability of 660.3 mAhg^-1 and cycling stability of 400 cycles at a high rate of 1.0 C.Such uniform distribution of the CNTs,S and Li10GeP2S12 electrolyte increase the electronic and ionic conductivity between the cathode and the electrolyte hence improves the rate performance and capacity retention.展开更多
Secondary lithium-sulfur batteries have attracted extensive attention due to their high energy density,low cost and environment friendly.However,the"shuttle effect"of polysulfides dissolved in liquid electro...Secondary lithium-sulfur batteries have attracted extensive attention due to their high energy density,low cost and environment friendly.However,the"shuttle effect"of polysulfides dissolved in liquid electrolytes leads to a decrease of the cell Coulomb efficiency(CE).Therefore,researchers have used solid electrolytes instead of traditional liquid electrolytes and separators to suppress the"shuttle effect"of polysulfides and the growth of lithium dendrites.The progress in electrolytes for solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries including solid-state polymer,inorganic,and composite electrolytes to solve the issues is summarized.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant no. 2016YFB0100105)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 51872303)+1 种基金Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. LD18E020004, LQ16E020003, LY18E020018, LY18E030011)Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS (2017342)
文摘The main challenges in development of traditional liquid lithium-sulfur batteries are the shuttle effect at the cathode caused by the polysulfide and the safety concern at the Li metal anode arose from the dendrite formation.All-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries have been proposed to solve the shuttle effect and prevent short circuits.However,solid-solid contacts between the electrodes and the electrolyte increase the interface resistance and stress/strain,which could result in the limited electrochemical performances.In this work,the cathode of all-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries is prepared by depositing sulfur on the surface of the carbon nanotubes(CNTs@S)and further mixing with Li10GeP2S12 electrolyte and acetylene black agents.At 60℃,CNTs@S electrode exhibits superior electrochemical performance,delivering the reversible discharge capacities of 1193.3,959.5,813.1,569.6 and 395.5 mAhg^-1 at the rate of 0.1,0.5,1,2 and 5 C,respectively.Moreover,the CNTs@S is able to demonstrate superior high-rate capability of 660.3 mAhg^-1 and cycling stability of 400 cycles at a high rate of 1.0 C.Such uniform distribution of the CNTs,S and Li10GeP2S12 electrolyte increase the electronic and ionic conductivity between the cathode and the electrolyte hence improves the rate performance and capacity retention.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.21333007, U1705255,21373137)New Century Excellent Talents in University(No.NCET-13-0371)
文摘Secondary lithium-sulfur batteries have attracted extensive attention due to their high energy density,low cost and environment friendly.However,the"shuttle effect"of polysulfides dissolved in liquid electrolytes leads to a decrease of the cell Coulomb efficiency(CE).Therefore,researchers have used solid electrolytes instead of traditional liquid electrolytes and separators to suppress the"shuttle effect"of polysulfides and the growth of lithium dendrites.The progress in electrolytes for solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries including solid-state polymer,inorganic,and composite electrolytes to solve the issues is summarized.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant no.21935009)the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2021YFB2401800)。
