Insight into the Capacity Fading Mechanism of Amorphous Se2S5 Confined in Micro/Mesoporous Carbon Matrix in Ether-Based Electrolytes

Gui Liang Xu, Tianyuan Ma, Cheng Jun Sun, Chao Luo, Lei Cheng, Yang Ren, Steve M. Heald, Chunsheng Wang, Larry Curtiss, Jianguo Wen, Dean J. Miller, Tao Li, Xiaobing Zuo, Valeri Petkov, Zonghai Chen, Khalil Amine

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Abstract

In contrast to the stable cycle performance of space confined Se-based cathodes for lithium batteries in carbonate-based electrolytes, their common capacity fading in ether-based electrolytes has been paid less attention and not yet well-addressed so far. In this work, the lithiation/delithiation of amorphous Se2S5 confined in micro/mesoporous carbon (Se2S5/MPC) cathode was investigated by in situ X-ray near edge absorption spectroscopy (XANES) and theoretical calculations. The Se2S5/MPC composite was synthesized by a modified vaporization-condensation method to ensure a good encapsulation of Se2S5 into the pores of MPC host. In situ XANES results illustrated that the lithiation/delithiation reversibility of Se component was gradually decreased in ether-based electrolytes, leading to an aggravated formation of long-chain polyselenides during cycling and further capacity decay. Moreover, ab initio calculations revealed that the binding energy of polyselenides (Li2Sen) with carbon host is in an order of Li2Se6 > Li2Se4 > Li2Se. The insights into the failure mechanism of Se-based cathode gain in this work are expected to serve as a guide for future design on high performance Se-based cathodes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2663-2673
Number of pages11
JournalNano Letters
Volume16
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 13 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • ab initio calculations
  • batteries
  • capacity fading
  • ether-based electrolytes
  • in situ XANES
  • SeS/MPC cathode

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