Highly Activated Carbon Nanotube Sponges Deposited with Sulfur for Lithium-sulfur Batteries

doi:10.11901/1005.3093.2020.091

Chinese Journal of Materials Research

2021, Vol. 35

Issue (1): 65-71 DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2020.091

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Highly Activated Carbon Nanotube Sponges Deposited with Sulfur for Lithium-sulfur Batteries

ZHANG Ming, WANG Zhiyong, LUO Qin, DAI Zhengkun, LI Yesheng(

), WU Ziping(

)

Faculty of Materials Metallurgy and Chemistry, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou 341000, China

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ZHANG Ming, WANG Zhiyong, LUO Qin, DAI Zhengkun, LI Yesheng, WU Ziping. Highly Activated Carbon Nanotube Sponges Deposited with Sulfur for Lithium-sulfur Batteries. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2021, 35(1): 65-71.

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Abstract

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) prepared by CVD method are easily to attract and stack into sponges. The obtained CNT sponges (CNTS) show entangled networks, porosity and high activity. Due to these properties of the CNTS, sulfur vapor can deposite and nucleate on the CNT bundles to form electrode with tight contact structure, thereby high efficiency of electron transfer in the electrode and rate capability of battery based on the electrode can be realized. The distribution of sulfur and the structure of CNTs after sulfur deposition have been investigated through XRD, SEM, Raman spectroscopy and others. In addition, the electrochemical performances of the battery based on the electrode have been tested. The results show that the battery presents discharge specific capacity of 1250 mAh·g^-1 at current density of 0.16 A·g^-1, and the specific capacity is stable at 823 mAh·g^-1as the current density increased to 1.58 A·g^-1, indicating a remarkable rate capability of the battery. Further, the cycling capacities of the battery have been also measured. The results show that the attenuation of each cycle capacity is only 0.22%, indicating an excellent cyclic stability of the battery based on the electrode.

Key words: inorganic non-metallic materials carbon nanotube lithium-sulfur battery sulfur vapor high activated cyclic stability

Received: 24 March 2020

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Fund: National Natural Science Foundation of China(51861009);Key Science and Technology Project of Jiangxi Provincial Department of Education(GJJ160596)

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Fig.1 Schematic diagram for preparation and the morphology of the CNTS, (a) schematic diagram, (b) the digital photograph of CNTS

Fig.2 Preparation process and morphology of the electrode (a) schematic diagram for preparation of CNTS@S; (b) the digital photograph of CNTS@S electrode after rolling

Fig.3 SEM images of different samples and the diameter distribution of the CNTS@S The SEM (a, b) and TEM (c) image of the CNTS; the SEM (d, e) and (f) diameter distribution of the CNTS@S

Fig.4 EDS results of the CNTS@S

Fig.5 Analysis of the CNTS before and after sulfur loading (a) XRD patterns of CNTS before and after loading sulfur; (b) XPS of the sulfur loaded on the CNTS; (c) Raman spectra of CNTS before and after sulfur loading; (d) TG curve of the CNTS after sulfur loading

Fig.6 Electrochemical performance of the obtained battery (a) the cycle performance of the electrode at 0.1 A·g^-1 current density; (b) charge-discharge curves at different current densities; (c) rate performance and (d) Nyquist plot of the CNTS@S electrode

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