Alleviating the polysulfides “shuttling” and improving the sulfur utilization ably by the micropores of MOFs materials
- 5 February 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in International Journal of Energy Research
- Vol. 45 (7), 10304-10316
- https://doi.org/10.1002/er.6516
Abstract
The irreversible capacity fade, low Coulombic efficiency and sulfur utilization rate caused by the "shuttle" of polysulfides are serious drawbacks of lithium sulfur (Li-S) battery. Here, a regular octahedral structure and abundant hierarchical porous S/MIL-101(Cr)-H, as the electrode of Li-S battery to catch and anchor polysulfides for alleviating the "shuttle effect" and strengthening the utilization of S, were synthesized by usual hydrothermal and facile heat treatment. Consequently, compared with S/MIL-101(Cr) (719.52 mA h g(-1)), S/MIL-101(Cr)-H shows better initial discharge capacity (1073.59 mA h g(-1)) and the reversible capacity remains (446.59 mA h g(-1)) after 100 cycles at 0.1C, which is much greater than S/MIL-101(Cr). A capacity of 504.26 mA h g(-1) and Coulombic efficiency of approximately 95% at 0.5 C were obtained. The better electrochemical property is ascribed to the coordinated effect of the adsorption of microporous structure and chemical bonding of Cr-S, which can effectively capture the soluble polysulfides and alleviate "shuttle effect" through physical confinement and chemical anchoring.Funding Information
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2019M653706)
- Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (2015DFR50350)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (51702256)
- Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology Department (2018GHJD‐17, 2019TD‐019, 2020JM450)
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