A multi-layered Ti3C2/Li2S composite as cathode material for advanced lithium-sulfur batteries

能源化学(英文版) ›› 2019, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (12): 176-181.

A multi-layered Ti₃C₂/Li₂S composite as cathode material for advanced lithium-sulfur batteries

Xin Liang^a, Jufeng Yun^a, Kun Xu^a, Hongfa Xiang^a, Yong Wang^a, Yi Sun^a, Yan Yu^b

a School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials and Devices, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, Anhui, China;
b CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversions, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, China

收稿日期:2018-12-30 修回日期:2019-02-01 出版日期:2019-12-15 发布日期:2020-12-18
通讯作者: Hongfa Xiang, hfxiang@hfut.edu.cn; Yan Yu, yanyumse@ustc.edu.cn
基金资助:
This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21606065, 51372060, and 21676067), Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation (1708085QE98), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (JZ2017HGTB0198, JZ2018HGBZ0138), and the Opening Project of CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion (KF2018003).

A multi-layered Ti₃C₂/Li₂S composite as cathode material for advanced lithium-sulfur batteries

Xin Liang^a, Jufeng Yun^a, Kun Xu^a, Hongfa Xiang^a, Yong Wang^a, Yi Sun^a, Yan Yu^b

a School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials and Devices, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, Anhui, China;
b CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversions, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, China

Received:2018-12-30 Revised:2019-02-01 Online:2019-12-15 Published:2020-12-18
Contact: Hongfa Xiang, hfxiang@hfut.edu.cn; Yan Yu, yanyumse@ustc.edu.cn
Supported by:
This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21606065, 51372060, and 21676067), Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation (1708085QE98), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (JZ2017HGTB0198, JZ2018HGBZ0138), and the Opening Project of CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion (KF2018003).

摘要/Abstract

摘要： Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries with lithium sulfide (Li₂S) as cathode have attracted great attention recently, because of high specific capacity (1166 mA h g^-1) of Li₂S and potential safety of using Li metal-free anode. Li₂S cathode has lower volume expansion and higher thermal stability than the traditional sulfur cathode. However, the problems of "shuttle effect" and poor electrical conductivity of the cathode material still need to be overcome. In this work, multi-layered Ti₃C₂/Li₂S (ML-Ti₃C₂/Li₂S) composite has been prepared and applied as a cathode in advanced Li-S batteries. The unique multi-layer sheet structure of Ti₃C₂ provides space for the storage of Li₂S, and its good conductivity greatly enhances the usage ratio of Li₂S and improves the conductivity of the whole Li₂S cathode. Compared with commonly used graphene, ML-Ti₃C₂ can trap polysulfides effectively by chemical adsorption and also activate the reaction of Li₂S to polysulfides by forming Ti-S bond. As a result, during the cycling of the batteries with ML-Ti₃C₂/Li₂S cathodes, the activation voltage barrier of the first cycle has decreased to 2.8 V, and the "shuttle effect" has been suppressed effectively. The cycling and rate performances of the ML-Ti₃C₂/Li₂S cathodes have been significantly improved compared to that of graphene/Li₂S cathodes. They maintain a capacity of 450 mA h g^-1 at 0.2 C after 100 cycles, and deliver attractive rate performances of 750, 630, 540, 470 and 360 mA h g^-1 at 0.1 C, 0.2 C, 0.5 C, 1 C, and 2 C, respectively.

关键词: Multi-layered Ti₃C₂, Li₂S, Lithium-sulfur batteries, Activation voltage barrier, Shuttle effect

Abstract: Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries with lithium sulfide (Li₂S) as cathode have attracted great attention recently, because of high specific capacity (1166 mA h g^-1) of Li₂S and potential safety of using Li metal-free anode. Li₂S cathode has lower volume expansion and higher thermal stability than the traditional sulfur cathode. However, the problems of "shuttle effect" and poor electrical conductivity of the cathode material still need to be overcome. In this work, multi-layered Ti₃C₂/Li₂S (ML-Ti₃C₂/Li₂S) composite has been prepared and applied as a cathode in advanced Li-S batteries. The unique multi-layer sheet structure of Ti₃C₂ provides space for the storage of Li₂S, and its good conductivity greatly enhances the usage ratio of Li₂S and improves the conductivity of the whole Li₂S cathode. Compared with commonly used graphene, ML-Ti₃C₂ can trap polysulfides effectively by chemical adsorption and also activate the reaction of Li₂S to polysulfides by forming Ti-S bond. As a result, during the cycling of the batteries with ML-Ti₃C₂/Li₂S cathodes, the activation voltage barrier of the first cycle has decreased to 2.8 V, and the "shuttle effect" has been suppressed effectively. The cycling and rate performances of the ML-Ti₃C₂/Li₂S cathodes have been significantly improved compared to that of graphene/Li₂S cathodes. They maintain a capacity of 450 mA h g^-1 at 0.2 C after 100 cycles, and deliver attractive rate performances of 750, 630, 540, 470 and 360 mA h g^-1 at 0.1 C, 0.2 C, 0.5 C, 1 C, and 2 C, respectively.

Key words: Multi-layered Ti₃C₂, Li₂S, Lithium-sulfur batteries, Activation voltage barrier, Shuttle effect

Xin Liang, Jufeng Yun, Kun Xu, Hongfa Xiang, Yong Wang, Yi Sun, Yan Yu. A multi-layered Ti₃C₂/Li₂S composite as cathode material for advanced lithium-sulfur batteries[J]. 能源化学(英文版), 2019, 39(12): 176-181.

Xin Liang, Jufeng Yun, Kun Xu, Hongfa Xiang, Yong Wang, Yi Sun, Yan Yu. A multi-layered Ti₃C₂/Li₂S composite as cathode material for advanced lithium-sulfur batteries[J]. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2019, 39(12): 176-181.

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