Protection of Lithium Anode by a Highly Porous PVDF Membrane for High-Performance Li-S Battery
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ArticleKAUST Department
Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Research CenterChemical Engineering Program
Material Science and Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
Date
2020-02-04Online Publication Date
2020-02-04Print Publication Date
2020-03-23Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/661488
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The Li-S battery is considered as the next-generation energy storage solution largely because of its high energy density. However, the lithium metal anode has suffered from the “shuttle effect” of soluble polysulfide species and the formation of dendrites that cause quick performance decay and safety issues. Here, a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane that contains a hierarchical porous structure was introduced as a protection layer to insulate the lithium anode from polysulfide shuttling and dendrite formation. The PVDF protected Li-S battery showed a capacity of around 850 mAh g-1 and Coulombic efficiency of 98% over 200 cycles at 0.5 C. Both performances are significantly improved from the normal Li-S batteries. The PVDF membrane is stable, easy to coat, and scalable, which offers a convenient, affordable, yet effective strategy for achieving commercialization of high energy density and safe Li-S batteries.Citation
Li, M., Li, X., Tung, V. C., Li, Y., & Lai, Z. (2020). Protection of Lithium Anode by a Highly Porous PVDF Membrane for High-Performance Li-S Battery. ACS Applied Energy Materials. doi:10.1021/acsaem.9b02211Sponsors
The work is funded by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology competitive research grant URF/1/3435 and baseline fund BAS/1/1375.Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)Journal
ACS Applied Energy MaterialsAdditional Links
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsaem.9b02211ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1021/acsaem.9b02211