TY - JOUR
T1 - The potential for the creation of a high areal capacity lithium-sulfur battery using a metal foam current collector
AU - Nara, Hiroki
AU - Yokoshima, Tokihiko
AU - Mikuriya, Hitoshi
AU - Tsuda, Shingo
AU - Momma, Toshiyuki
AU - Osaka, Tetsuya
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Ahigh areal capacity lithium-sulfur batterymaking use of mass produced aluminum metal foam as a current collectorwas investigated. A sulfur/Ketjenblack (KB) composite was filled and deposited into the aluminum foam current collector via a predetermined filling procedure, resulting in high sulfur loading. The value for this loading was found to be 17.7 mg sulfur/cm2 by using carboxymethyl cellulose and styrene butadiene rubber (CMC + SBR) as a binder. An operating single-layer pouch-Type cell with an S/KBCMC+ SBR on Al foam cathode was created as a result of this synthesis and found to possess an unprecedentedly high areal capacity of 21.9 mAh/cm2. On the basis of the achieved areal capacity, the energy density of a theoretical lithium-sulfur battery was estimated with the assumption of an electrolyte/sulfur ratio of 2.7 μL/mg. This was calculated upon 100% of the pore volume in the S/KB-CMC + SBR on Al foam cathodes and polyolefin separator, along with the inclusion of the weights of the tabs for the current lead and pouch film packaging in the case of a seven-layer pouch-Type battery. With this calculation, it was determined that the creation of a lithium-sulfur battery with an energy density of greater than 200 Wh/kg is plausible.
AB - Ahigh areal capacity lithium-sulfur batterymaking use of mass produced aluminum metal foam as a current collectorwas investigated. A sulfur/Ketjenblack (KB) composite was filled and deposited into the aluminum foam current collector via a predetermined filling procedure, resulting in high sulfur loading. The value for this loading was found to be 17.7 mg sulfur/cm2 by using carboxymethyl cellulose and styrene butadiene rubber (CMC + SBR) as a binder. An operating single-layer pouch-Type cell with an S/KBCMC+ SBR on Al foam cathode was created as a result of this synthesis and found to possess an unprecedentedly high areal capacity of 21.9 mAh/cm2. On the basis of the achieved areal capacity, the energy density of a theoretical lithium-sulfur battery was estimated with the assumption of an electrolyte/sulfur ratio of 2.7 μL/mg. This was calculated upon 100% of the pore volume in the S/KB-CMC + SBR on Al foam cathodes and polyolefin separator, along with the inclusion of the weights of the tabs for the current lead and pouch film packaging in the case of a seven-layer pouch-Type battery. With this calculation, it was determined that the creation of a lithium-sulfur battery with an energy density of greater than 200 Wh/kg is plausible.
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U2 - 10.1149/2.0381701jes
DO - 10.1149/2.0381701jes
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85012901123
VL - 164
SP - A5026-A5030
JO - Journal of the Electrochemical Society
JF - Journal of the Electrochemical Society
SN - 0013-4651
IS - 1
ER -