コバルト・フォスフィード安定型リチウム硫黄電池の表面化学
Yiren Zhong1,2, Lichang Yin3, Peng He1,2
1Department of Chemistry, Yale University , New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|January 9, 2018
まとめ
CoPのような移行金属化合物の表面酸化層は,リチウムポリ硫化物の強い結合を可能にします. このメカニズムは,リチウム硫黄電池の硫黄正極の安定性と性能を向上させます.
科学分野:
- 材料科学
- 電気化学
- エネルギー貯蔵
背景:
- リチウム硫黄電池の安定サイクルには,リチウムポリ硫化物中間物質の制限が必要です.
- ポリスルファイドの収束を制御する化学相互作用を理解することは極めて重要ですが,限られています.
研究 の 目的:
- リチウムポリスルファイドの結合のための新しい一般的なメカニズムを報告する.
- トランジション金属のフォスフィードとカルコゲニドにおける表面酸化層の役割を調査する.
主な方法:
- CoPナノ粒子とその酸化産物の特性
- CoPの表面でのポリ硫化物の吸収を調査する.
- リチウム硫黄電池の電化学試験は,COP改変硫黄カトドを用いて行われます.
主要な成果:
- CoPナノ粒子は,Co-O-P種を形成する表面酸化により,ポリ硫化物の強い吸収を示す.
- 活性化された表面 Co サイトは,ポリ硫化物と強い Co-S 結合を形成する.
- CoPナノ粒子は,高質量負荷 (7 mg cm−2) と面積容量 (5.6 mAh cm−2) を有する安定した硫黄カソッドを提供し,200サイクルサイクルを繰り返します.
結論:
- 表面酸化誘発ポリ硫化結合は,様々な移行金属化合物に適用される一般的なメカニズムである.
- このメカニズムは,硫黄カトドを安定させ,ポリ硫黄の閉じ込めと電気化学的変換を強化します.
- CoPナノ粒子はリチウム硫黄電池の性能を改善するために有望です.
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