Porous spherical polyacrylonitrile-carbon nanocomposite with high loading of sulfur for lithium-sulfur batteries

Hiesang Sohn; Mikhail L. Gordin; Michael Regula; Dong Hyeon Kim; Yoon Seok Jung; Jiangxuan Song; Donghai Wang

doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.10.013

Porous spherical polyacrylonitrile-carbon nanocomposite with high loading of sulfur for lithium-sulfur batteries

Hiesang Sohn
, Mikhail L. Gordin
, Michael Regula
, Dong Hyeon Kim
, Yoon Seok Jung
, Jiangxuan Song
, Donghai Wang

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Abstract

Pyrolyzed porous spherical composites of polyacrylonitrile-Ketjenblack carbon and sulfur (pPAN-KB/S) with a high sulfur content (ca. 72%) and enhanced conductivity and porosity (pore volume: 1.42 cm³/g; BET surface area: 727 m²/g) were prepared by an aerosol-assisted process and applied as cathode for lithium-sulfur batteries. Electrochemical tests showed that the pPAN-KB/S composite exhibited a high capacity of 866 mAh/g (based on sulfur) after 100 cycles at 0.5C (1C = 1.68 A/g) and a good rate performance at high current density (431 mAh/g at 5C). In addition, a pPAN-KB/S composite electrode with high sulfur loading (ca. 4.4 mg-S/cm²) exhibited impressive electrochemical performance with a reversible capacity of 513 mAh/g and 576 mAh/cm³ (based on sulfur) and a coulombic efficiency >99% after 100 cycles at 0.5C.

Original language	English
Article number	21796
Pages (from-to)	70-78
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Power Sources
Volume	302
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.10.013
State	Published - 20 Jan 2016
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Aerosol process
Chemical functionality
Conductivity
Li-S batteries
Porosity

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