Hongtao Qu1,2, Jianjun Zhang1,2, Aobing Du1,2, Bingbing Chen1, Jingchao Chai1,2, Nan Xue1,2, Longlong Wang1,2, Lixin Qiao1, Chen Wang1,2, Xiao Zang1, Jinfeng Yang1,2, Xiaogang Wang1, Guanglei Cui1
1Qingdao Industrial Energy Storage Technology Institute Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101 P. R. China
2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
Tóm tắt
AbstractDue to its high theoretical energy density (2600 Wh kg−1), low cost, and environmental benignity, the lithium–sulfur (Li‐S) battery is attracting strong interest among the various electrochemical energy storage systems. However, its practical application is seriously hampered by the so‐called shuttle effect of the highly soluble polysulfides. Herein, a novel design of multifunctional sandwich‐structured polymer electrolyte (polymer/cellulose nonwoven/nanocarbon) for high‐performance Li‐S batteries is demonstrated. It is verified that Li‐S battery with this sandwich‐structured polymer electrolyte delivers excellent cycling stability (only 0.039% capacity decay cycle−1 on average exceeding 1500 cycles at 0.5 C) and rate capability (with a reversible capacity of 594 mA h g−1 at 4 C). These electrochemical performances are attributed to the synergistic effect of each layer in this unique sandwich‐structured polymer electrolyte including steady lithium stripping/plating, strong polysulfide absorption ability, and increased redox reaction sites. More importantly, even with high sulfur loading of 4.9 mg cm−2, Li‐S battery with this sandwich‐structured polymer electrolyte can deliver high initial areal capacity of 5.1 mA h cm−2. This demonstrated strategy here may open up a new era of designing hierarchical structured polymer electrolytes for high‐performance Li‐S batteries.
