Efficient Polysulfides Conversion Kinetics Enabled by Ni@CNF Interlayer for Lithium Sulfur Batteries

Authors

  • I. Rakhimbek National Laboratory Astana, Nazarbayev University, 53, Kabanbay batyr ave., Astana, Kazakhstan
  • N. Baikalov Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Nazarbayev University, 53, Kabanbay batyr Ave., Astana, Kazakhstan
  • A. Konarov Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Nazarbayev University, 53, Kabanbay batyr Ave., Astana, Kazakhstan
  • A. Mentbayeva Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Nazarbayev University, 53, Kabanbay batyr Ave., Astana, Kazakhstan
  • Y. Zhang Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023, China
  • Z. Mansurov Institute of Combustion Problems, 172 Bogenbay Batyr str., Almaty, Kazakhstan
  • M. Wakihara Tokyo Institute of Technology, T2 Chome-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro City, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
  • Zh. Bakenov National Laboratory Astana, Nazarbayev University, 53, Kabanbay batyr ave., Astana, Kazakhstan; Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Nazarbayev University, 53, Kabanbay batyr Ave., Astana, Kazakhstan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18321/ectj1517

Abstract

Recent advances in the development of lithium-sulfur batteries (Li-S) demonstrated their high effectiveness owing to their tremendous theoretical specific capacity and high theoretical gravimetrical energy. Nevertheless, the potential commercialization of Li-S is significantly held by the insulating nature of sulfur and complicated RedOx reactions during the electrochemical charge-discharge processes. This paper presents nickel nanoparticles embedded carbon nanofibers interlayer (Ni@CNF) between a cathode and a separator as an additional physical barrier against lithium polysulfides shuttle for their efficient conversion during the charge-discharge cycling. Furthermore, the interlayer provides an auxiliary electron pathway with subsequent lowering of the charge transfer resistance. The electrochemical analysis of a Li-S cell with the Ni@CNF interlayer demonstrated high initial discharge capacities of 1441.2 mAh g-1 and 1194.2 mAh g-1 at 0.1 and 1.0 C rates, respectively, with remarkable capacity retention of ~83% after 100 cycles. This study revealed the advantageous impact of Ni@CNF towards solving the major issues of lithium-sulfur batteries, i.e., sluggish kinetics and the shuttle effect.

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2023-11-20

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Rakhimbek, I., Baikalov, N., Konarov, A., Mentbayeva, A., Zhang, Y., Mansurov, Z., … Bakenov, Z. (2023). Efficient Polysulfides Conversion Kinetics Enabled by Ni@CNF Interlayer for Lithium Sulfur Batteries . Eurasian Chemico-Technological Journal, 25(3), 147–156. https://doi.org/10.18321/ectj1517

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