Composite cathodes containing SWCNT@s coaxial nanocables: Facile synthesis, surface modification, and enhanced performance for Li-ion storage

Shu Mao Zhang*, Qiang Zhang, Jia Qi Huang, Xiao Fei Liu, Wancheng Zhu, Meng Qiang Zhao, Wei Zhong Qian, Fei Wei

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The arrangement and construction of 1D carbon nanotubes (CNTs) into frameworks with two or more levels of structures is an essential step to demonstrate their intrinsic properties and promising applications for energy storage. Single-walled CNTs (SWCNTs) are considered to have more excellent properties compared with multiwalled CNTs (MWCNTs), however, how to appropriately use SWCNTs as building blocks for nanocomposite electrodes is not well understood. Here, a composite cathode containing SWCNT@S coaxial nanocables for Li-S battery is fabricated by a facile melt-diffusion strategy. Beneficial from its sp2 carbon nanostructure, higher specific surface area, larger aspect ratio, and interconnected electron pathway, the SWCNT@S cathode have reversible capacities of 676, 441 and 311 mAh g-1 for the first discharging at 0.5 C, 100th discharging at 1.0 C, and discharging at 10.0 C, respectively. These capacities are much higher than the corresponding capacities of the MWCNT@S cathode. By introducing polyethylene glycol (PEG) as a physical barrier to trap the highly polar polysulfide species, the PEG modified SWCNT@S cathode afforded improved reversible capacities. The cycling stability of the reversible capacities is expected to be further improved. The SWCNTs can serve as scaffolds for Li-S battery with much improved energy storage performance. A composite cathode containing single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT)@S coaxial nanocables offers a first discharging capacity of 676 mAh g-1 at 0.5 C, which is much higher than those of multiwalled carbon nanotube@S cathode. Polyethylene glycol is introduced as a physical barrier to trap the highly polar polysulfide species and the modified cathode affords an initial capacity of 1005 mAh g-1 at 0.5 C.

源语言英语
页(从-至)158-165
页数8
期刊Particle and Particle Systems Characterization
30
2
DOI
出版状态已出版 - 2月 2013
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