Energy Storage Science and Technology ›› 2018, Vol. 7 ›› Issue (1): 56-.doi: 10.12028/j.issn.2095-4239.2017.0053

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Conductive carbon-coated separator for high sulfur-loading lithium sulfur batteries

PEI Haijuan, GUO Rui, LI Yong, LIU Wen, CHEN Zhujun, WANG Yong, XIE Jingying   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Space Power Technology, Shanghai Institute of Space Power-sources, Shanghai 200245, China
  • Received:2017-05-08 Revised:2017-06-08 Online:2018-01-01 Published:2018-01-01

Abstract:

 The effects of separators consisting of cathode-side functional layers separately composed of acetylene black, Ketjen black, Super P, vapor-grown carbon fiber, graphene, carbon nano-tube and XE-2, on high sulfur-loading(5.4 mg/cm2)lithium sulfur batteries have been investigated. The separators coated by XE-2, Super P, graphene, ketjen black, vapor-grown carbon fiber can improve the electrolyte adsorbility and electrical conductivity of cathode side. Besides, the separators coated by Super P and graphene can obstruct and adsorb lithium polysulfide. The battery with separator coated by graphene delivers a specific capacity as high as 1007 mA·h/g, much higher than that of untreated separator (340 mA·h/g). After 100 cycles, the battery with separator coated by graphene can still maintain a specific discharge capacity of 539 mA·h/g, still higher than that of untreated separator (399 mA·h/g).

Key words: lithium-sulfur battery, separator, conductive carbon-coated, high sulfur-loading