Decoration of sulfur with porous metal nanostructures: an alternative strategy for improving the cyclability of sulfur cathode materials for advanced lithium-sulfur batteries

Xinyong Tao; Feng Chen; Yang Xia; Hui Huang; Yongping Gan; Xiaorong Chen; Wenkui Zhang

doi:10.1039/c3cc41875h

Decoration of sulfur with porous metal nanostructures: an alternative strategy for improving the cyclability of sulfur cathode materials for advanced lithium-sulfur batteries

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 May 18;49(40):4513-5. doi: 10.1039/c3cc41875h. Epub 2013 Apr 10.

Authors

Xinyong Tao¹, Feng Chen, Yang Xia, Hui Huang, Yongping Gan, Xiaorong Chen, Wenkui Zhang

Affiliation

¹ College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China.

PMID: 23575470
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc41875h

Abstract

Porous Pt nanostructure decorated sulfur microparticles (Pt@S) are fabricated using sulfur as the template. The Pt@S electrode shows a higher volumetric specific capacity of 520 mA h cm(-3) and improved cyclability with only 15% capacity fading after 80 cycles at 0.1 C (167.5 mA g(-1)).