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Performance of Magnesium Sulfur Battery Using Sulfur Nanoparticle in 3D Carbon Cloth Cathode

Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Ballroom 6ABC (Washington State Convention Center)
D. Muthuraj (Indian Institute of Technolohy Bombay) and S. Mitra (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay)
Magnesium batteries are promising alternative to Conventional Lithium ion batteries due to their natural abundance, safety and high volumetric capacity. In recent years, the idea of coupling Magnesium with sulfur cathode is introduced where sulfur yields high theoretical capacity of 1671 mAh/g1 which can improve energy density of the system. However, the polysulfide dissolution in electrolyte and the volume expansion of active material during conversion reaction is the key challenge that obstruct practical application. In this work, we chemically encapsulate the polysulfides to 3D carbon cloth current collector. The role of functional groups on current collector in stabilizing the cycle life was performed. In discussion, we will elaborate our results highlight and the performance of Sulfur nanoparticle in conductive carbon cloth.