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Preparation of mesoporous carbon for improved-performance lithium-sulfur battery

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A mesoporous carbon (MC) is prepared by the method of hard-template. Cathode materials (S/MC) for Li-S battery were synthesized. Properties of S, MC, and S/MC were characterized by BET, XRD, Raman, HRTEM, and FESEM. Electrochemical performances of the batteries were determined by AC impedance, cyclic voltammetry, and constant-current charging and discharging. Experiments show that MC, prepared with mass ratio CaCO3/PVA = 1/1.5, is the most suitable for Li-S battery. Thereby, the battery shows initial specific capacity of 1383.6 mAh/g and 881.6 mAh/g after 100 cycles, and the Coulombic efficiencies are both over 98% after 100 cycles at the current rate of 0.5 and 1 C.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the "Student's Platform for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program" of the Ministry of Education of China (No.201710359071).

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  1. School of Material Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, 230009, China

    Jing Zhang, Heqin Li, Zhiwei Lin, Qiong Tang, Zituo Liang, Pei Tang, Yangwu Tong & Yuanyuan Pan

  2. School of Electronic Science and Applied Physics, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, 230009, China

    Jing Zhang & Qiong Tang

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Zhang, J., Li, H., Lin, Z. et al. Preparation of mesoporous carbon for improved-performance lithium-sulfur battery. Ionics 24, 1057–1064 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-017-2275-7

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