Self-supporting sulfur cathodes enabled by two-dimensional carbon yolk-shell nanosheets for high-energy-density lithium-sulfur batteries

Fei Pei; Lele Lin; Daohui Ou; Zongmin Zheng; Shiguang Mo; Xiaoliang Fang; Nanfeng Zheng

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00575-8

Nature Communications (Sep 2017)

Self-supporting sulfur cathodes enabled by two-dimensional carbon yolk-shell nanosheets for high-energy-density lithium-sulfur batteries

Fei Pei,
Lele Lin,
Daohui Ou,
Zongmin Zheng,
Shiguang Mo,
Xiaoliang Fang,
Nanfeng Zheng

Affiliations

Fei Pei: Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University
Lele Lin: Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University
Daohui Ou: Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University
Zongmin Zheng: Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University
Shiguang Mo: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and Engineering Research Center for Nano-Preparation Technology of Fujian Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Xiaoliang Fang: Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University
Nanfeng Zheng: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and Engineering Research Center for Nano-Preparation Technology of Fujian Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00575-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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One of the challenges facing lithium-sulfur batteries is to develop cathodes with high mass and high volume loading. Here the authors show that two-dimensional carbon yolk-shell nanosheets are promising sulfur host materials, enabling stable battery cells with high energy density.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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