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Elastic three-dimensional Fe-doped polypyrrole aerogel current collector for high-loading and high-energy-density lithium-sulfur batteries

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Development of high-loading and high-energy-density lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries has aroused increasing research interests recently. However, the performance of a conventional two-dimensional Al foil current collector is limited by its smooth/nonporous surface and poor flexibility, which is unfavorable for the achievement of high sulfur loading and sufficient polysulfide adsorption. Hence, a three-dimensional porous Fe-doped polypyrrole aerogel (FPA) is developed by a simple and scalable strategy combing the solution reaction with the freeze-drying technique, aiming at acting as the current collector of cathode to address these issues in Li-S batteries. This FPA possesses a conductive porous network structure with high elasticity and abundant Fe dopants, which can not only buffer the large volume change of sulfur and ensure fast ion/electron transfer, but also effectively anchor the polysulfides and lower the negative polarization effect during cycling. As a result, the FPA@S cathode delivers a high initial capacity of 1196.7 mAh g?1 at 0.2 C and a retained capacity of 829.5 mAh g?1 after 200 cycles, with stabilized Coulombic efficiency and excellent rate performance. This FPA@S cathode also achieves a high cell-level gravimetric energy density of 199.7 Wh kgcell?1 even under a high sulfur-loading (8.57 mg cm?2) and low electrolyte/sulfur ratio (6 mL g?1), demonstrating its practical potential in future advanced high-energy battery systems.

High energy densityIron dopingLi-S batteriesPPySulfur cathodes

Feng J.、Yan W.、Wang J.、Liu J.、Ma Q.、Chen X.、Sun S.、Xu H.、Zhu L.、Wang Z.

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Department of Environmental Science and Engineering State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering Xi'an Jiaotong University

2022

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

EISCI
ISSN:0925-8388
年,卷(期):2022.899
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