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Carbon Nanotube Microparticles for Lithium-Sulfur Battery Cathodes

Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Ballroom 6ABC (Washington State Convention Center)
D. Gueon and J. H. Moon (Sogang University)
A carbon host capable of effectively and uniformly incorporating a high sulfur content is the key to the development of lithium-sulfur batteries (LSB). This study exhibits carbon nanotube microparticle as a sulfur host of a LSB cathode. Due to the macropores, our CNTPs achieved uniform sulfur infilteration without sulfur residue. Additionally, the macropores enhanced the micropore fraction and thereby improved the sulfur confinement. Our cathode showed a high reversible capacity of approximately 1300 m/g at a current density of 0.2 C even at a high sulfur content of 70 wt%. A high capacity retention of 74% was observed with a 10-fold current density increase.