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The cycling performances of lithium–sulfur batteries in TEGDME/DOL containing LiNO3 additive

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The cycling performance of lithium–sulfur batteries in binary electrolytes based on tetra(ethylene glycol)dimethyl ether (TEGDME) and 1,3-dioxolane(DOL) with lithium nitrate (LiNO3) additive were investigated. The highest ionic conductivity was obtained for 1 M LiN(CF3SO2)2 (LiTFSI) in TEGDME/DOL = 33:67(volume ratio)-based electrolyte. The cyclic efficiency of lithium–sulfur batteries was dramatically increased with LiNO3 additive as a shuttle inhibitor in electrolytes. The lithium–sulfur cell assembled with 1 M LiTFSI in TEGDME/DOL containing 0.2 M LiNO3 additive for electrolyte, the elemental sulfur for cathode, and the lithium metal for anode demonstrated the initial discharge capacity of about 900 mAh g−1 and an enhanced cycling performance.

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This work was funded by “The Development of the Next Generation Lithium Metal Battery for the Full EV Project” of the Ministry of Knowledge Economy of Korea and partly by the National Research Foundation of Korea, grant funded by the Korean Government (MEST) (2011-0027954, NRF-2012-M1A2A2-029543)

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    Hyung Sun Kim & Tae-Gyung Jeong

  2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, 609-735, South Korea

    Tae-Gyung Jeong & Yong-Tae Kim

  3. Interdisciplinary School of Green Energy, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, 689-798, South Korea

    Nam-Soon Choi

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Kim, H.S., Jeong, TG., Choi, NS. et al. The cycling performances of lithium–sulfur batteries in TEGDME/DOL containing LiNO3 additive. Ionics 19, 1795–1802 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-013-0943-9

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