A novel sulfur-impregnated porous carbon matrix as a cathode material for a lithium-sulfur battery

Yanhui Cui; Xiao Liang; Jue Ouyang; Jiayi Huang; Jiong Zeng; Junwei Wu; Zuohua Li; Chenqiang Du; Zhoufu Li; Andrew P. Baker; Kevin Huang; Xinhe Zhang

doi:10.1039/c6ra09338h

A novel sulfur-impregnated porous carbon matrix as a cathode material for a lithium-sulfur battery

Yanhui Cui
, Xiao Liang
, Jue Ouyang
, Jiayi Huang
, Jiong Zeng
, Junwei Wu^*
, Zuohua Li
, Chenqiang Du
, Zhoufu Li
, Andrew P. Baker
, Kevin Huang
, Xinhe Zhang

^*Corresponding author for this work

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A novel sulfur-impregnated porous carbon matrix (PCM-Z-S) has been prepared as a cathode material for a lithium-sulfur battery. The porous carbon matrix (PCM-Z), which was obtained using de-waxed cotton and ZnCl₂ as an activator, has a surface area of 1056 m² g^-1 and a pore volume of 1.75 cm³ g^-1. The PCM-Z was mixed with sublimed sulfur and then heated in nitrogen gas to form a carbon-sulfur 58 wt% composite (PCM-Z-S) which has excellent electrochemical proprieties. The PCM-Z-S delivers a capacity of 850 mA h g^-1 at 1C and retains 630 mA h g^-1 after nearly 200 cycles which are values much higher than that of a carbon matrix prepared without ZnCl₂. These results show the sulfur-impregnated porous carbon matrix (PCM-Z-S) has great potential as a cathode material in a lithium-sulfur battery.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	64228-64233
Number of pages	6
Journal	RSC Advances
Volume	6
Issue number	69
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ra09338h
State	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes

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