A nanoporous nitrogen-doped graphene for high performance lithium sulfur batteries

作者:Liu, Shuang Ke*; Hong, Xiao Bin; Li, Yu Jie; Xu, Jing; Zheng, Chun Man*; Xie, Kai
来源:Chinese Chemical Letters, 2017, 28(2): 412-416.
DOI:10.1016/j.cclet.2016.10.038

摘要

A nanoporous N-doped reduced graphene oxide (p-N-rGO) was prepared through carbothermal reaction between graphene oxide and ammonium-containing oxometalates as sulfur host for Li-S batteries. The p-N-rGO sheets have abundant nanopores with diameters of 10-40 nm and the nitrogen content is 2.65 at %. When used as sulfur cathode, the obtained p-N-rGO/S composite has a high reversible capacity of 1110 mAh g(-1) at IC rate and stable cycling performance with 781.8 mAh g(-1) retained after 110 cycles, much better than those of the rGO/S composite. The enhanced electrochemical performance is ascribed to the rational combination of nanopores and N-doping, which provide efficient contact and wetting with the electrolyte, accommodate volume expansion and immobilize polysulfides during cycling.