Journal article
A safe Li-Se battery in an ionic liquid-based electrolyte operating at 25-70 degrees C by using a N,S,O tri-doped mesoporous carbon host material
Tiago C Mendes, Cuong Nguyen, Anders J Barlow, Pavel Cherepanov, Maria Forsyth, Patrick C Howlett, Doug R MacFarlane
Sustainable Energy & Fuels | Royal Society of Chemistry | Published : 2020
DOI: 10.1039/c9se01074b
Abstract
The selenium cathode for lithium–selenium batteries (Li–Se) has recently been recognized as an appealing high-energy alternative to sulfur due to its superior conductivity and chemical stability. These features open new possibilities such as alternative electrolytes that are known to be incompatible with a sulfur environment. In this work, we introduce a Li–Se battery comprising the non-flammable ionic liquid electrolyte (N-propyl-N-methyl pyrrolidinium bis(fluorosulfonylimide)) which allows the battery to operate stably from room temperature to up 70 °C. A N,S,O tri-doped mesoporous carbon is employed as a porous conductive network to host the selenium. At room temperature, the Li–Se batter..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council (ARC) through the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES)
Funding Acknowledgements
D. R. MacFarlane is grateful to the Australian Research Council for his Australian Laureate Fellowship (ID: FL120100019). MF, PCH and DRM gratefully acknowledge.nancial support from the Australian Research Council (ARC) through the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES) (Project ID: CE140100012). This work was performed in part at the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF), a company established under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy, through the La Trobe University Centre for Materials and Surface Science. The authors also acknowledge use of facilities within the Monash X-ray Platform.