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Effects of Modified Acetylene Black on Electrochemical Properties of Lithium/Sulfur Batteries |
GUO Jin1,2, LI Zhanlong2, LIAN Jinyi2, YAN Xiaoyan1, ZHANG Mingang1,2
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1 Institute of Advanced Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China; 2 Shanxi Engineering Technology Research Center of New Energy Vehicle, Taiyuan 030024, China |
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Abstract Modified acetylene black (H-AB) was treated by concentrated nitric acid steam. Then the sulfur/H-AB composite was fabricated by thermal treatment. The results from XRD, FTIR, SEM, TEM and N2 sorption measurements indicated that the surface of acetylene black introduced carboxyl functional groups, and specific surface area and pore size all increased after treated by concentrated nitric acid steam. The sulfur particles were uniformly coated on the acetylene black surface. The electrochemical tests showed that the elemental sulfur and lithium polysulfides were fixed by introducing strong hydrophilic functional groups such as carboxyl groups. Thus the shuttle effect caused by dissolving of lithium polysulfides could be effectively inhibited. At the same time, the contact impedance between active substances and electrolytes could be reduced and the electrochemical performance of the sulfur cathode was improved. The discharge capacity and cycle performance of S/H-AB composite were better than unmodified acetylene black/sulfur composite. After 100 cycles, the discharge capacity still remained at 563 mAh·g-1, much higher than that of sulfur cathode with pristine acetylene black (406.9 mAh·g-1).
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Published: 25 April 2020
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Fund:This work was financially supported by Taiyuan University of Science and Technology Scientific Research Initial Funding (20192035), Jincheng Science and Technology Planning Projects (20198037), Shanxi Science and Technology Platform Projects (201805D121005), Fund for Shanxi Key Subjects Construction. |
About author:: Jin Guoreceived her Ph.D. degree in materials scie-nce and engineering from Taiyuan University of Science and Technology in 2019. Her research interest is structure design and performance of cathode materials for lithium sulfur batteries. Mingang Zhangis a professor of Taiyuan University of Science and Technology. He received a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2001. He mainly works on the rare-earth magnetic materials and new energy materials. He has published 150 research papers and 5 patents. |
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