Effects of physical properties of N-doped carbon on carbon/N-doped carbon/sulfur composite cathodes

Abstract Non-polar porous carbon/doped polar carbon composite hosts have been proved effective for sulfur in lithium–sulfur (Li–S) battery. Pores in carbon can adsorb sulfur and $ Li_{2} $S, and nitrogen–doped surface shows a stronger affinity for polysulfides through additional chemisorptions. However, how the physical properties of doped carbon, e.g., surface area and porosity, affect the performance of the non-polar carbon/doped polar carbon composite hosts is unknown. Herein, we reported the cotton-derived carbon/porous 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide (Emim-dca) derived N-doped carbon, named C/PNC, and the cotton-derived carbon/imporous Emim-dca derived N-doped carbon, named C/NC. The surface area and porosity of the doped polar carbon in C/PNC and C/NC are controlled. The higher surface area of N-doped carbon makes more surface of cotton-derived carbon coated and more sulfur located on the surface of composite hosts. The micro-mesopores in the N-doped carbon can restrain sulfur but shows slow reactive kinetics at a higher current rate. The C/PNC cathode showed a higher discharge capacity of 1100 mAh $ g^{−1} $ than that of 1027 mAh $ g^{−1} $ for the C/NC cathode at 0.1 C and a lower capacity of 208.1 mAh $ g^{−1} $ than that of 349.2 mAh $ g^{−1} $ for C/NC cathode at 2 C..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

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2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

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Ionics - 27(2021), 8 vom: 26. Mai, Seite 3271-3279

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cheng, Juanjuan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zhijin [VerfasserIn]
Song, Hongjia [VerfasserIn]
Zhong, Xiangli [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jinbin [VerfasserIn]

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33.30$jAtomphysik$jMolekülphysik

35.10$jPhysikalische Chemie: Allgemeines

Themen:

Carbon cathode
Lithium–sulfur battery
N-doped carbon
Non-polar/polar composite host

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© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2021

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10.1007/s11581-021-04097-8

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OLC2126762181