Steam-Etched Spherical Carbon/Sulfur Composite with High Sulfur Capacity and Long Cycle Life for Li/S Battery Application

Abstract

Spherical carbon material with large pore volume and specific area was designed for lithium/sulfur (Li/S) soft package battery cathode with sulfur loading over 75%, exhibiting good capacity output (about 1300 mAh g(-1)-S) and excellent capacity retention (70% after 600 cycles) at 0.1 C. The spherical carbon is prepared via in situ steam etching method, which has the advantages of low cost and easy scale up.