锂硫电池用气相生长碳纤维增强硫-多壁碳纳米管复合正极的影响(英文)

制备了锂硫电池用硫-多壁碳纳米管纳米复合材料,并分别采用气相生长碳纤维(VGCFs)和导电炭黑作为复合正极的导电添加剂,通过形貌表征(SEM)、恒流充放电测试和交流阻抗分析(EIS)研究VGCFs对硫-多壁碳纳米管复合正极的影响。结果表明:采用VGCFs作添加剂的硫-多壁碳纳米管复合电极具有三维网状结构,其首次放电比容量为1254 mA·h/g,40次循环后容量保持在716 mA·h/g。与采用导电炭黑为添加剂的电极相比,采用VGCFs为添加剂的电极具有更高的活性物质利用率和更好的循环稳定性。相互搭接的纤维状VGCFs可形成稳定的导电网络,抑制正极材料及残存放电产物的团聚堆积,维持电极的多孔性,从而改善电池的电化学性能。

Vapor-grown carbon fibers enhanced sulfur-multi walled carbon nanotubes composite cathode for lithium/sulfur batteries

Vapor-grown carbon fibers （VGCFs） were introduced as conductive additives for sulfur-multiwalled carbon nanotubes （S-MWCNTs） composite cathode of lithium-sulfur batteries. The performance of S-MWCNTs composite cathodes with carbon black and VGCFs as sole conductive additives was investigated using scanning electron microscopy （SEM）, galvanostatic charge-discharge tests and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy （EIS）. The results show that the S-MWCNTs composite cathode with VGCFs displays a network-like morphology and exhibits higher activity and better cycle durability compared with the composite cathode with carbon black, delivering an initial discharge capacity of 1254 mA＆#183;h/g and a capacity of 716 mA＆#183;h/g after 40 cycles at 335 mA/g. The interconnected VGCFs can provide a stable conductive network, suppress the aggregation of cathode materials and residual lithium sulfide and maintain the porosity of cathode, and therefore the electrochemical performance of S-MWCNTs composite cathode is enhanced.