The construction of high sulfur content spherical sulfur-carbon nanotube-polyethylene glycol-nickel nitrate hydroxide composites for lithium sulfur battery

Zhang, Yiyong, Li, Kun, Li, He, Wang, Yunhui, Peng, Yueying, Lin, Shuangshuang, Hwang, Bing Joe and Zhao, Jinbao (2017) The construction of high sulfur content spherical sulfur-carbon nanotube-polyethylene glycol-nickel nitrate hydroxide composites for lithium sulfur battery. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 729, 331-337. (doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.09.131).

Abstract

Lithium sulfur batteries have been widely studied because of their high energy density. However, their commercialization has been impeded by several problems, such as the poor conductivity of the active material sulfur and its discharge products, the volume expansion and the shuttle effect caused by the polysulfide intermediates dissolving in organic electrolytes. To address these problems well, we have constructed high sulfur content spherical sulfur-carbon nanotube-polyethylene glycol-nickel nitrate hydroxide (SCNT-PEG-NNH) composite material by using a simple ball-milling method. The conductivity of the composite material gets improvement due to the spherical conductive frame constructed by CNT, while the shuttle effect of polysulfides is well inhibited by the wrapping of the PEG and the fixation of NNH. The results of electrochemical tests have shown that the performance of cathode made by the SCNT-PEG-NNH composite material is greatly improved. Therefore, the SCNT-PEG-NNH composite material can be a promising cathode material for lithium sulfur batteries.

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Author: He Li

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