• Journal of Inorganic Materials
  • Vol. 35, Issue 5, 532 (2020)
Jianing WANG1、2, Jun JIN2, and Zhaoyin WEN2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1CAS Key Laboratory of Material for Energy Conversion, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    DOI: 10.15541/jim20190237 Cite this Article
    Jianing WANG, Jun JIN, Zhaoyin WEN. Application of Separators Modified by Carbon Nanospheres Enriched with α-MoC1-x Nanocrystalline in Lithium Sulfur Batteries[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2020, 35(5): 532 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Carbon nanospheres enriched with α-MoC1-x nanocrystalline (α-MoC1-x/CNS) were synthesized by self-assembly and applied as a mediator for the surface of commercial polypropylene (PP) separator. Compared with pristin PP separator, the cycling stability and rate performance of the lithium-sulfur batteries with the modified α-MoC1-x/CNS-PP separator are significantly improved and the battery with α-MoC1-x/CNS-PP separator exhibits an initial discharge capacity of 1129.7 mAh/g at 0.5C and retains 855.5 mAh/g after 100 cycles with above 98% Coulombic efficiency. Remarkably, the capacity loss rate is only 7.7% after 48 h static storage. Combined with the morphology and XPS analysis of α-MoC1-x/CNS, it is found that the designed α-MoC1-x/CNS-PP separator prevents the migration of lithium polysulfide to the anode during the process of charge and discharge in lithium sulfur batteries. Formations of Mo-S bonds, thiosulfate and polythionate are attributed to the contact between lithium polysulfide and α-MoC1-x/CNS, which further restrains active material in cathode region and improves the performance of lithium- sulfur batteries consequently.
    Jianing WANG, Jun JIN, Zhaoyin WEN. Application of Separators Modified by Carbon Nanospheres Enriched with α-MoC1-x Nanocrystalline in Lithium Sulfur Batteries[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2020, 35(5): 532
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