Citation: Xu Rui, Sun Yingzhi, Wang Yunfei, Huang Jiaqi, Zhang Qiang. Two-dimensional vermiculite separator for lithium sulfur batteries[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2017, 28(12): 2235-2238. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2017.09.065 shu

Two-dimensional vermiculite separator for lithium sulfur batteries

Xu Rui ^a,b ,
Sun Yingzhi ^c,d ,
Wang Yunfei ^c,e ,
Huang Jiaqi ^a,, ,
Zhang Qiang ^c

a.
Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
b.
School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
c.
Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
d.
School of Materials Science & Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
e.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218-2608, USA

Corresponding author: Huang Jiaqi, jqhuang@bit.edu.cn
Received Date: 3 September 2017
Revised Date: 30 September 2017
Accepted Date: 30 September 2017
Available Online: 3 December 2017

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Lithium-sulfur batteries have been considered as one of the most promising battery system for their high theoretical energy density. However, the lithium-sulfur batteries suffer from the dissolution and diffusion of polysulfides, which induce parasitic reactions with lithium metal anodes. The safety of lithium-sulfur batteries is also concerned with the risk of dendrite growth on lithium metal anodes. To simultaneously address the challenges in the shuttle effect and safety problems, we demonstrate herein a two-dimensional vermiculite separator. With the assembly of the 2D exfoliated vermiculite sheets, the vermiculite separator can suppress the diffusion of polysulfides across the separator through electrostatic interaction and steric hindrance. Meanwhile, the inorganic sheets with high strength and Young's modulus prevent the penetration of lithium metal dendrite and potentially improve the safety of the system. This work elucidates a promising strategy for safe and stable lithium sulfur batteries, and can also be extended to other electrochemical systems based on metal anodes.
- Vermiculite,
- Separator,
- Lithium sulfur batteries,
- Polysulfides,
- Shuttle effect,
- Coulombic efficiency
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