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Enhancing the Reversibility of Mg/S Battery Chemistry through Li+ Mediation Tao Gao, Malachi Noked, Alex J Pearse, Eleanor Gillette, Xiulin Fan, Yujie Zhu, Chao Luo, Liumin Suo, Marshall A Schroeder, Kang Xu, Sang Bok Lee, Gary W. Rubloff, and Chunsheng Wang J. Am. Chem. Soc., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b07820 • Publication Date (Web): 11 Sep 2015 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on September 17, 2015
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Enhancing the Reversibility of Mg/S Battery Chemistry through Li+ Mediation Tao Gao,‡† Malachi Noked,* ‡‡§ Alex J Pearse,‡ Eleanor Gillette,§ Xiulin Fan,† Yujie Zhu,† Chao Luo,† Liumin Suo,† Marshall A Schroeder,‡ Kang Xu,¶ Sang Bok Lee,*§ Gary W. Rubloff,*‡ Chunsheng Wang*† †Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, ‡Department of Material Science and Engineering, §Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD 20740, USA ¶Electrochemistry Branch, Power and Energy Division Sensor and Electron Devices Directorate, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, 20783, USA KEYWORDS : rechargeable magnesium battery • sulfur cathode• LiTFSI additive • high capacity • high reversibility
ABSTRACT: Mg metal is a promising anode material for next generation rechargeable battery due to its dendrite-free deposition and high capacity. However, the best cathode for Rechargeable Mg Battery was based on high molecular weight MgxMo3S4, thus rendering full cell energetically uncompetitive. To increase energy density, high capacity cathode material like sulfur is proposed. However, to date, only limited work has been reported on Mg/S system, all plagued by poor reversibility attributed to the formation of electrochemically inactive MgSx species. Here we report a new strategy, based on the effect of Li+ in activating MgSx species, to conjugate a dendrite-free Mg anode with a reversible polysulfide cathode and present a truly reversible Mg/S battery with capacity up to 1000 mAh/gs for more than 30 cycles. Mechanistic insights supported by spectroscopic and microscopic characterization, strongly suggest that the reversibility arises from chemical reactivation of MgSx by Li+.
Introduction Rechargeable magnesium chemistry has long been considered a potential candidate for beyond Li-ion batteries (LIB) due to several unique properties. Magnesium metal has a rather negative potential (-2.36 V vs. NHE), high abundance in earth-crust and less reactivity towards moisture and air. More importantly, magnesium metal can be directly used as anode material in an ethereal magnesium organohaloaluminate electrolyte with close to 100% deposition/stripping efficiency without forming undesirable dendrites, providing a high capacity of 2205 mAh/g and 3833 mAh/cc.1 However, the sluggish intercalation kinetics of Mg2+ into host structures originated from its bivalency,2,3 and the narrow electrochemical stability window of Mg battery electrolytes (
