ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
5 years ago

In Situ Grown S Nanosheets on Cu Foam: An Ultrahigh Electroactive Cathode for Room-Temperature Na–S Batteries

In Situ Grown S Nanosheets on Cu Foam: An Ultrahigh Electroactive Cathode for Room-Temperature Na–S Batteries
Bin-Wei Zhang, Ming-Zhe Chen, Lei Zhang, Shi-Xue Dou, Yun-Xiao Wang, Yun-Dan Liu, Wei-Hong Lai, Hua-Kun Liu, Shu-Lei Chou
Room-temperature sodium–sulfur batteries are competitive candidates for large-scale stationary energy storage because of their low price and high theoretical capacity. Herein, pure S nanosheet cathodes can be grown in situ on three-dimensional Cu foam substrate with the condensation between binary polymeric binders, serving as a model system to investigate the formation and electrochemical mechanism of unique S nanosheets on the Cu current collectors. On the basis of the confirmed conversion reactions to Na2S, The constructed cathode exhibits ultrahigh initial discharge/charge capacity of 3189/1403 mAh g–1. These results suggest that there is great potential to optimize S cathode by exploiting low-cost Cu substrates instead of conventional Al current collectors.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b07615

DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b07615

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