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Salt-washing Improvement of the Electrochemical Properties of Zeolite-sulfur Cathode for Lithium-sulfur Batteries

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We displayed that the low-cost natural zeolite with molecular sieve structure can be used as the carrier of sulfur in lithium-sulfur batteries. Meanwhile, a simple salt-washing method was implemented on zeolite for dredging the internal microchannel to improve the ability of adsorption, ion exchange and sulfur loading. The experimental results show that the first specific discharge capacities of zeolite/S and salt-washed zeolite/S cathode under 0.2 C current density are 950.7 and 1 116.8 mAh/g, respectively, and corresponding discharge capacities remain at 350.6 and 604.2 mAh/g after 300 cycles. The first specific discharge capacity of salt-washed zeolite/S composite is 17.5% higher than that sample without salt-washing, and the corresponding ionic conductivity is improved.

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  1. Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Thin Film Materials and Devices, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, 411105, China

    Yanjia He  (何妍佳), Zibo Du  (杜子博), Yong Su, Junxi Yu & Feifan Chen

  2. Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials and Application Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, 411105, China

    Shuhong Xie  (谢淑红) & Jun’an Pan  (潘俊安)

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Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11627801, 51772254, 11502225, and 51375017), and the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province of China(No.2019JJ50578)

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He, Y., Du, Z., Su, Y. et al. Salt-washing Improvement of the Electrochemical Properties of Zeolite-sulfur Cathode for Lithium-sulfur Batteries. J. Wuhan Univ. Technol.-Mat. Sci. Edit. 35, 665–670 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11595-020-2304-7

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