RESEARCH ARTICLE

Continuous amino-functionalized University of Oslo 66 membranes as efficacious polysulfide barriers for lithium−sulfur batteries

  • Bowen Du ,
  • Yuhong Luo ,
  • Feichao Wu ,
  • Guihua Liu ,
  • Jingde Li ,
  • Wei Xue
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  • Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Technology and High Efficient Energy Saving, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China

Received date: 14 Apr 2022

Accepted date: 22 May 2022

Published date: 15 Feb 2023

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2022 Higher Education Press

Abstract

The shuttle effect of soluble polysulfides is a serious problem impeding the development of lithium−sulfur batteries. Herein, continuous amino-functionalized University of Oslo 66 membranes supported on carbon nanotube films are proposed as ion-permselective interlayers that overcome these issues and show outstanding suppression of the polysulfide shuttle effect. The proposed membrane material has appropriately sized pores, and can act as ionic sieves and serve as barriers to polysulfides transport while allowing the passage of lithium ions during electrochemical cycles, thereby validly preventing the shuttling of polysulfides. Moreover, a fast catalytic conversion of polysulfides is also achieved with the as-developed interlayer. Therefore, lithium−sulfur batteries with this interlayer show a desirable initial capacity of 999.21 mAh·g–1 at 1 C and a durable cyclic stability with a decay rate of only 0.04% per cycle over 300 cycles. Moreover, a high area capacity of 4.82 mAh·cm–2 is also obtained even under increased sulfur loading (5.12 mg·cm–2) and a lean-electrolyte condition (E/S = 4.8 μL·mg–1).

Cite this article

Bowen Du , Yuhong Luo , Feichao Wu , Guihua Liu , Jingde Li , Wei Xue . Continuous amino-functionalized University of Oslo 66 membranes as efficacious polysulfide barriers for lithium−sulfur batteries[J]. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 2023 , 17(2) : 194 -205 . DOI: 10.1007/s11705-022-2206-7

Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (Grant No. B2019202289), the Outstanding Young Talents Project of Hebei High Education Institutions (Grant No. BJ2021020) and ‘Hundred Talents Program’ of Hebei Province (Grant No. E2019050013).

Electronic Supplementary Material

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