Citation: Xie Yan-Ping, Cheng Hong-Wei, Chai Wei, Yue Hong, Zhang Xuan, Fang Jian-Hui, Zhao Hong-Bin, Xu Jia-Qiang. Natural nitrogen-doped multiporous carbon from biological cells as sulfur stabilizers for lithium-sulfur batteries[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2017, 28(4): 738-742. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2016.07.030 shu

Natural nitrogen-doped multiporous carbon from biological cells as sulfur stabilizers for lithium-sulfur batteries

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College of Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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Department of Material Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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Department of Chemical Engineering, Zaozhuang Vocational College, Zaozhuang 277800, China

Corresponding author: Fang Jian-Hui, jhfang@shu.edu.cn Zhao Hong-Bin, Hongbinzhao@shu.edu.cn
Received Date: 8 June 2016
Revised Date: 4 July 2016
Accepted Date: 14 July 2016
Available Online: 6 April 2016

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In this context, we firstly synthesized a novel nitrogen-doped multiporous carbon material from renewable biological cells through a facile chemical activation with K₂CO₃.After sulfur impregnation, the carbon/sulfur composite achieved a sulfur content of about 67 wt%.The C/S composite as the cathode of lithium-sulfur batteries exhibited a discharge capacity of 1410 mAh/g and good capacity retention of 912 mAh/g at 0.1C.These outstanding results were attributed to the synergy effect of microporous carbon and natural doping nitrogen atoms.We believe that the facile approach for the synthesis of nitrogen-doped multiporous carbon from the low-cost and sustainable biological resources will not only be applied in lithium-sulfur batteries, but also in other electrode materials.
- Biological cell,
- Multiporous carbon,
- Nitrogen-doped,
- Lithium-sulfur batteries
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