Preparation of CoO/SnO<sub>2</sub>@NC/S composite as high-stability cathode material for lithium-sulfur batteries

Meng-ting Duan; Meng-rong Wu; Kai Xue; Zheng-xu Bian; Jing Shi; Xing-mei Guo; Fu Cao; Jun-hao Zhang; Qing-hong Kong; Feng Zhang

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Meng-ting Duan, Meng-rong Wu, Kai Xue, Zheng-xu Bian, Jing Shi, Xing-mei Guo, Fu Cao, Jun-hao Zhang, Qing-hong Kong, and Feng Zhang, Preparation of CoO/SnO₂@NC/S composite as high-stability cathode material for lithium-sulfur batteries, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 28(2021), No. 10, pp. 1647-1655. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-021-2315-1

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Meng-ting Duan, Meng-rong Wu, Kai Xue, Zheng-xu Bian, Jing Shi, Xing-mei Guo, Fu Cao, Jun-hao Zhang, Qing-hong Kong, and Feng Zhang, Preparation of CoO/SnO2@NC/S composite as high-stability cathode material for lithium-sulfur batteries, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 28(2021), No. 10, pp. 1647-1655. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-021-2315-1

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Preparation of CoO/SnO₂@NC/S composite as high-stability cathode material for lithium-sulfur batteries

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Xing-mei Guo E-mail: guoxm@just.edu.cn

Jun-hao Zhang E-mail: jhzhang6@just.edu.cn
Received: 30 January 2021; Revised: 5 June 2021; Accepted: 10 June 2021; Available online: 12 June 2021

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To improve the sulfur loading capacity of lithium-sulfur batteries (Li–S batteries) cathode and avoid the inevitable “shuttle effect”, hollow N doped carbon coated CoO/SnO₂ (CoO/SnO₂@NC) composite has been designed and prepared by a hydrothermal-calcination method. The specific surface area of CoO/SnO₂@NC composite is 85.464 m²·g^–1, and the pore volume is 0.1189 cm³·g^–1. The hollow core-shell structure as a carrier has a sulfur loading amount of 66.10%. The initial specific capacity of the assembled Li–S batteries is 395.7 mAh·g^–1 at 0.2 C, which maintains 302.7 mAh·g^–1 after 400 cycles. When the rate increases to 2.5 C, the specific capacity still has 221.2 mAh·g^–1. The excellent lithium storage performance is attributed to the core-shell structure with high specific surface area and porosity. This structure effectively increases the sulfur loading, enhances the chemical adsorption of lithium polysulfides, and reduces direct contact between CoO/SnO₂ and the electrolyte.
- hydrothermal-calcination method;
- CoO/SnO₂@NC composite;
- lithium-sulfur battery;
- cycling stability

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