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

Unusual Mesoporous Carbonaceous Matrix Loading with Sulfur as the Cathode of Lithium Sulfur Battery with Exceptionally Stable High Rate Performance

Unusual Mesoporous Carbonaceous Matrix Loading with Sulfur as the Cathode of Lithium Sulfur Battery with Exceptionally Stable High Rate Performance
Qiang Zhang, Weiqian Tian, Zeyu Li, Weiwei Qian, Hang Zhang, Qiuming Gao
Unusual three-dimensional mesoporous carbon/reduced graphene oxide (MP-C/rGO) matrix possessing graphene nanolayer pore walls built up by three to five graphene monosheets and some carbon particles with the sizes of about 5 nm located between the graphene nanolayers was prepared by facile freeze-drying and then carbonization of the poly(vinyl alcohol) and graphene oxide mixture. The mesoporous carbonaceous MP-C/rGO sample has a high specific surface area of 661.6 m2 g–1, large specific pore volume of 1.54 m3 g–1, and focused pore size distribution of 2–10 nm. About 64 wt % sulfur could be held in the pores of the MP-C/rGO matrix. As the cathode of a Li–S battery, the MP-C/rGO/S composite showed excellent electrochemical property including a high initial specific capacity of 919 mA h g–1 at 1 C with the capacity retention ratio of 63.3% and the Coulombic efficiency above 90% after 500 cycles. Meanwhile, the initial specific capacity of 602 mA h g–1 at 5 C and remaining capacity of 391 mA h g–1 after 500 cycles with an outstanding Coulombic efficiency of 97% indicate its exceptionally stable rate performance.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b05825

DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b05825

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