title: Rational design of sulphur host materials for Li-S batteries: correlating lithium polysulphide adsorptivity and self-discharge capacity loss.
abstract: A versatile, cost-effective electrochemical analysis strategy is described that determines the specific S(n)(2-) adsorptivity of materials, and allows prediction of the long-term performance of sulphur composite electrodes in Li-S cells. Measurement of nine different materials with varying surface area, and hydrophobicity using this protocol determined optimum properties for capacity stabilization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada. lfnazar@uwaterloo.ca.
authors.forename: Connor J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.forename: Marine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cuisinier
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Dipan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kundu
authors.forename: Arnd
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garsuch
authors.forename: Linda F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Nazar