A 2D montmorillonite-carbon nanotube interconnected porous network that prevents polysulfide shuttling

ZHOU Ming-xia; ZHOU Wen-hua; LONG Xiang; ZHU Shao-kuan; Xu Peng; OUYANG Quan-sheng; SHI Bin; SHAO Jiao-jing

doi:10.1016/S1872-5805(23)60783-8

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ZHOU Ming-xia, ZHOU Wen-hua, LONG Xiang, ZHU Shao-kuan, Xu Peng, OUYANG Quan-sheng, SHI Bin, SHAO Jiao-jing. A 2D montmorillonite-carbon nanotube interconnected porous network that prevents polysulfide shuttling. New Carbon Mater., 2023, 38(6): 1070-1079. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(23)60783-8

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ZHOU Ming-xia, ZHOU Wen-hua, LONG Xiang, ZHU Shao-kuan, Xu Peng, OUYANG Quan-sheng, SHI Bin, SHAO Jiao-jing. A 2D montmorillonite-carbon nanotube interconnected porous network that prevents polysulfide shuttling. New Carbon Mater., 2023, 38(6): 1070-1079. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(23)60783-8

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ZHOU Ming-xia, ZHOU Wen-hua, LONG Xiang, ZHU Shao-kuan, Xu Peng, OUYANG Quan-sheng, SHI Bin, SHAO Jiao-jing. A 2D montmorillonite-carbon nanotube interconnected porous network that prevents polysulfide shuttling. New Carbon Mater., 2023, 38(6): 1070-1079. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(23)60783-8

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A 2D montmorillonite-carbon nanotube interconnected porous network that prevents polysulfide shuttling

doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(23)60783-8

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School of Materials and Metallurgy, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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Advanced Batteries and Materials Engineering Research Center, Guizhou Light Industry Technical College, Guiyang 550025, China
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State Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Power Sources, Zunyi 563003, China

Funds: This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (51972070, 52372185 and 52062004), Guizhou Provincial High Level Innovative Talents Project (QKHPTRC-GCC[2022]013-1), Innovation Team for Advanced Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices and Key Materials of Guizhou Provincial Higher Education Institutions (QianJiaoJi[2023]054), Guizhou Provincial Science and Technology Projects (QKHJC[2020]1Z042, QKHZC[2021]YB317) and Cultivation Project of Guizhou University (GDPY[2019]01)

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Author Bio:
^†周明霞与^†周文华为共同第一作者
Corresponding author: SHAO Jiao-jing, Ph.D, Professor. E-mail：xjshao@gzu.edu.cn
Received Date: 2023-05-21
Rev Recd Date: 2023-09-23

Available Online: 2023-10-20

Publish Date: 2023-11-23

Abstract

Abstract

A commercial polypropylene (PP) separator was modified by a one-dimensional carbon nanotube (CNT) and two-dimensional montmorillonite (MMT) hybrid material (CNT-MMT). Because of the high electron conductivity of the CNTs, and the strong polysulfide (LiPS) adsorption ability and easy lithium ion transport through MMT, the interconnected porous CNT-MMT interlayer with excellent structural integrity strongly suppresses LiPS shuttling while maintaining high lithium-ion transport, producing a high utilization of the active sulfur. Lithium-sulfur batteries assembled with this interlayer have a high lithium-ion diffusion coefficient, a high discharge capacity and stable cycling performance. They had an initial specific capacity of 1373 mAh g⁻¹ at 0.1 C, and a stable cycling performance with a low decay rate of 0.062% per cycle at 1 C after 500 cycles.
- Lithium-sulfur batteries,
- Polysulfide shuttling,
- Two-dimensional montmorillonite,
- Carbon nanotube,
- Interlayer introduction

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