Fabrication of sulfur cathode with cZIF-8/Ti3C2 nanocomposites and its use in lithium-sulfur batteries

Year 2024, Volume: 13 Issue: 4, 1364 - 1371, 15.10.2024

Recep Yüksel

https://doi.org/10.28948/ngumuh.1529404

Abstract

It is of great importance to develop the high-performance energy storage systems that modern society needs for innovative technologies such as electric vehicles, consumer electronics, and grid-scale storage. Today, the unit cost of energy produced from renewable solar and wind sources has reached levels competitive with fossil fuels. Unit costs of energy storage systems have not yet reached the desired levels and are still very expensive. Therefore, there is a need to develop high-performance energy storage systems using sustainable and economical methods. In this study, the fabrication and characterization of S/c-ZIF-8/Ti3C2 cathodes were done, and the structural and electrochemical stability of high-capacity lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) was improved. After the structural and chemical characterization of the produced materials and cathodes, they were used in Li-S batteries and their performance-related properties were examined. The fabricated Li-S batteries have a specific capacity of approximately 1000 mAh/g. With the fabricated S/c-ZIF-8/Ti3C2 cathodes, the adverse effects caused by the insulating nature of sulfur and lithium polysulfide are eliminated.

Keywords

Energy storage, Lithium-sulfur batteries, MOF, MXene

Project Number

FBG-2021-1703

cZIF-8/Ti3C2 nanokompozitlerle kükürt katot üretimi ve lityum-sülfür bataryalarda kullanımı

Abstract

Modern toplumun elektrikli araçlar, tüketici elektroniği ve şebeke-boyutu (grid-scale) depolama gibi yenilikçi teknolojiler için ihtiyaç duyduğu yüksek performanslı enerji depolama sistemlerinin geliştirilmesi büyük önem arz etmektedir. Günümüzde yenilenebilir güneş ve rüzgâr kaynaklarından üretilen enerjinin birim maliyeti fosil yakıtlar ile rekabet edebilir seviyelere gelmiştir. Enerji depolama sistemlerinin birim maliyetleri ise henüz istenilen seviyelere gelememiştir ve hala çok pahalıdırlar. Bu nedenle sürdürülebilir ve ekonomik yöntemler ile yüksek performanslı enerji depolama sistemlerinin geliştirilmesine ihtiyaç vardır. Bu çalışmada S/c-ZIF-8/Ti3C2 katotların üretimi ve karakterizasyonu yapıldı ve de yüksek-kapasiteli lityum-sülfür bataryaların (LSBların) yapısal ve elektrokimyasal stabiliteleri geliştirildi. Üretilen malzemeler ve katotlar yapısal ve kimyasal karakterizasyon sonrasında Li-S bataryalarda kullanılarak performans ilintili özellikleri incelenmiştir. Üretilen Li-S bataryalar yaklaşık 1000 mAh/g spesifik kapasiteye sahiptir. Üretilen S/c-ZIF-8/Ti3C2 katotlar ile kükürtün yalıtkan doğasından kaynaklanan ve lityum polisülfürün neden olduğu olumsuz etkiler giderildi.

Keywords

Enerji Depolama, Lityum-sülfür bataryalar, MOF, MXene

Supporting Institution

Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Koordinasyon Birimi

Project Number

FBG-2021-1703

Thanks

Bu çalışma Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Koordinasyon Birimi tarafından FBG-2021-1703 nolu proje kapsamında desteklenmiştir. Araştırmacı desteklerinden dolayı ESOGÜ BAP koordinatörlüğüne teşekkür ederler.

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