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Mining News Pro - Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology developed a new technique that allows them to modify lithium-sulphur (Li-S) batteries to suppress a problem known as polysulfide shuttling.
Polysulfide shuttling involves the movement of sulphur-containing intermediates between the cathode and anode during the battery’s chemical processes. This seriously degrades the capacity and recharging ability of Li-S battery technologies that have been explored to date.
To solve this issue, the KAUST team added a layer of graphene. To do this, they subjected a polyimide polymer to laser energy in a process called laser scribing and created a suitably structured porous material.
By placing a thin layer of this material between the cathode and anode of a Li-S battery, the scientific team was able to significantly suppress the polysulfide shuttling.
“Making this freestanding interlayer just a few micrometres thick was a challenge,” Eman Alhajji, who led the research, said in a media statement. “It was fun to roll it like playdough, but then I had to handle it in a very gentle manner, especially during battery assembly.”
According to Alhajji, until now, most options proposed to solve the polysulfide shuttling problem have suffered from limitations that make them unsuitable for large-scale commercial applications.
“In contrast, the laser-scribed graphene developed at KAUST is produced by a method that is scalable and straightforward,” the PhD student said.
Li-S have a higher theoretical energy storage capacity than most commonly used types of batteries and sulphur is a nontoxic element readily available in nature.
Sulphur is also a waste product of the petrochemical industry, so it could be obtained relatively cheaply while increasing the sustainability of another industry.
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