journal article·2018-04-23

Nickel-Based-Hydroxide-Wrapped Activated Carbon Cloth/Sulfur Composite with Tree-Bark-Like Structure for High-Performance Freestanding Sulfur Cathode

Zhen Meng, Shunlong Zhang, Jianli Wang, Xufeng Yan, Hangjun Ying, Xin Xu, Wenkui Zhang, Xianhua Hou, Wei-Qiang Han

ACS Applied Energy Materials· Volume 1· Issue 4
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Abstract

Herein, we designed a simple and energy-saving “ethanol-transfer-adsorption” method to prepare the activated carbon cloth/sulfur composite (ACC/S). Then, the prepared composite was wrapped in a thin-layered nickel-based hydroxide (NNH) to form a tree-bark-like structure. After irreversibly reacting with lithium to form a barrier layer with both good Li+ permeability and abundant functional polar/hydrophilic groups, this layer could retard the diffusion of lithium polysulfides by both physical confinement and chemisorption. As a result, the freestanding NNH/ACC/S cathode with 4.3 mg cm–2 sulfur loading displayed a high-areal discharge capacity of 4.3 mA h cm–2 over 100 cycles at 0.15 C. When cycled at 0.5 C, it still showed a discharge capacity of 650.0 mA h g–1 over 350 cycles.
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OpenAlex topics: Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies · Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity · Advanced battery technologies research

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Affiliations

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China

Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, P. R. China

College of Materials Science and Optoelectronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China

College of Materials Science & Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China

School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo · Ningbo Municipal People's Government · National Natural Science Foundation of China · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province · Zhejiang Province

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