Issue 43, 2017

A high tenacity electrode by assembly of a soft sorbent and a hard skeleton for lithium–sulfur batteries

Abstract

The volume expansion of a sulfur cathode can be accommodated by fabricating a composite structure with a soft (nitrogen-doped graphene) and a hard (silicon carbide whisker) material in lithium sulfur batteries. Due to trapping of soluble polysulfides by soft nitrogen-doped graphene and building a strong structure with a hard silicon carbide whisker, it delivered a high specific capacity of 1288 mA h g−1 at a current density of 335 mA g−1 and exhibited a capacity retention of more than 80% after 150 cycles.

Graphical abstract: A high tenacity electrode by assembly of a soft sorbent and a hard skeleton for lithium–sulfur batteries

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
10 Aug. 2017
Accepted
04 Sept. 2017
First published
04 Sept. 2017

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017,5, 22459-22464

A high tenacity electrode by assembly of a soft sorbent and a hard skeleton for lithium–sulfur batteries

X. Tang, Z. Sun, J. Liang, J. Zhao, H. Cheng, S. Zhuo and F. Li, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 22459 DOI: 10.1039/C7TA07063B

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