New High Donor Electrolyte for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

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Veröffentlicht in:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). - 1998. - 32(2020), 52 vom: 26. Dez., Seite e2005022
1. Verfasser: Baek, Minsung (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Shin, Hyuksoo, Char, Kookheon, Choi, Jang Wook
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2020
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Schlagworte:Journal Article 1,3-dimethyl-2-imidazolidinone lithium-sulfur batteries shuttling effects sulfur radicals
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Zusammenfassung:© 2020 Wiley-VCH GmbH.
The unparalleled theoretical specific energy of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries has attracted considerable research interest from within the battery community. However, most of the long cycling results attained thus far relies on using a large amount of electrolyte in the cell, which adversely affects the specific energy of Li-S batteries. This shortcoming originates from the low solubility of polysulfides in the electrolyte. Here, 1,3-dimethyl-2-imidazolidinone (DMI) is reported as a new high donor electrolyte for Li-S batteries. The high solubility of polysulfides in DMI and its activation of a new reaction route, which engages the sulfur radical (S3 •- ), enables the efficient utilization of sulfur as reflected in the specific capacity of 1595 mAh g-1 under lean electrolyte conditions of 5 μLelectrolyte mgsulfur -1 . Moreover, the addition of LiNO3 stabilizes the lithium metal interface, thereby elevating the cycling performance to one of the highest known for high donor electrolytes in Li-S cells. These engineered high donor electrolytes are expected to advance Li-S batteries to cover a wide range of practical applications, particularly by incorporating established strategies to realize the reversibility of lithium metal electrodes
Beschreibung:Date Revised 29.12.2020
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.202005022