Research on Chemical Intermediates

, Volume 36, Issue 6–7, pp 749–759 | Cite as

The electrochemical properties of Li/TEGDME/MoS2 cells using multi-wall carbon nanotubes as a conducting agent

  • Jeong-Hui Kwon
  • Hyo-Jun Ahn
  • Min-Sang Jeon
  • Ki-Won Kim
  • In-Shup Ahn
  • Jou-Hyeon Ahn
  • Guoxiu Wang
  • Ho-Suk Ryu
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Abstract

We investigated the first charge–discharge behavior and cycling property of Li batteries using MoS2 electrodes with multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWNT) as a conducting agent. The MoS2 electrode was prepared using MWNT as the conducting agent. The battery gave a high first discharge capacity of 440 mAhg−1 with a plateau potential region at 1.1 V. The Li/MoS2 battery using MWNT showed a higher discharge capacity compared to acetylene black. After ten cycles of the battery using MWNT, the discharge capacity decreased to 120 mAhg−1, which corresponded to 30% of the first discharge capacity. Adding a carbon nanotube into the MoS2 electrode improved the first discharge behavior, but did not affect the cycling property of the Li/MoS2 cell.

Keywords

Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) Multi-wall carbon nanotube (MWNT) Conducting agent Battery 
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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program (2009-0071729) and by WCU program (R32-20093) through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Jeong-Hui Kwon
    • 1
  • Hyo-Jun Ahn
    • 1
  • Min-Sang Jeon
    • 1
  • Ki-Won Kim
    • 1
  • In-Shup Ahn
    • 1
  • Jou-Hyeon Ahn
    • 2
  • Guoxiu Wang
    • 3
  • Ho-Suk Ryu
    • 4
  1. 1.School of Materials Science and Engineering, ReCAPTGyeongsang National UniversityJinjuRepublic of Korea
  2. 2.Department of Chemical & Biological EngineeringGyeongsang National UniversityJinjuRepublic of Korea
  3. 3.Department of Chemistry and Forensic ScienceUniversity of TechnologySydneyAustralia
  4. 4.PRC for Nano-Morphic Biological Energy Conversion and StorageGyeongsang National UniversityJinjuRepublic of Korea

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