Fabrication of a novel TiO2/S composite cathode for high performance lithium–sulfur batteries
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Sulfur is an attractive cathode material with a high specific capacity of 1675 mA h g , but its rapid capacity decay due to polysulfide dissociation presents a significant technical challenge. Here, we present the fabrication of a TiO2/S composite cathode by encapsulating elemental sulfur into TiO2 nanotube hosts for high performance lithium–sulfur batteries. A high capacity of 913 mA h g 1 has been achieved at a rate of 0.2C in the initial cycle for the TiO2/S composite cathode with a sulfur content of 65 wt% and the reversible capacity remains as high as 851 mA h g 1 after 100 cycles. The improvements of electrochemical performances were attributed to the good dispersion of sulfur in the TiO2 nanotubes and the excellent adsorbing effect on polysulfides of TiO2.
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