Issue 1, 2019

A railway-like network electrode design for room temperature Na–S battery

Abstract

Poor conductivity and severe volume expansion of sulfur (S) electrode are the key issues for the practical application of room temperature Na–S battery. In this paper, we propose a 3D railway-like electrode design to tackle these problems for room temperature Na–S battery. Nitrogen-doped porous carbon polyhedrons (NPCs) as “station” for loading S are tightly concatenated by 1D carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as “railway” for transporting electrons to form a 3D railway-like network (CNT/NPC) as S host. The 3D cross-linked railway-like network not only facilitates the rapid transfer of electrons for high capacity but also connects the polyhedrons during the cycling maintaining the integrity of the electrode. With this rational design, 3D railway-like S@CNT/NPC electrode shows a high discharge capacity of ∼601 mA h g−1 at 0.5C and outstanding rate capability. In addition, a high capacity of 410 mA h g−1 can still be achieved after 500 cycles with a very low capacity decay rate of 0.064% per cycle.

Graphical abstract: A railway-like network electrode design for room temperature Na–S battery

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Oct 2018
Accepted
19 Nov 2018
First published
20 Nov 2018

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019,7, 150-156

A railway-like network electrode design for room temperature Na–S battery

T. Yang, W. Gao, B. Guo, R. Zhan, Q. Xu, H. He, S. Bao, X. Li, Y. Chen and M. Xu, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 150 DOI: 10.1039/C8TA09556F

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