CN113346091A - Positive electrode, preparation method thereof and lithium-sulfur battery - Google Patents

Positive electrode, preparation method thereof and lithium-sulfur battery Download PDF

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CN113346091A
CN113346091A CN202110633667.5A CN202110633667A CN113346091A CN 113346091 A CN113346091 A CN 113346091A CN 202110633667 A CN202110633667 A CN 202110633667A CN 113346091 A CN113346091 A CN 113346091A
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Abstract

The positive electrode comprises aerogel and an active sulfur component adsorbed on the aerogel, wherein the aerogel comprises a plurality of honeycomb-shaped channels with consistent extension directions, the hole wall of each channel is a composite layer, the composite layer comprises a two-dimensional MXene material layer and an attachment material layer attached to the two-dimensional MXene material layer, and the active sulfur component is adsorbed on the attachment material layer on the composite layer. The invention also provides a preparation method of the positive electrode and a lithium-sulfur battery using the positive electrode. The lithium-sulfur battery applying the positive electrode has better rate performance and cycling stability.

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Positive electrode, preparation method thereof and lithium-sulfur battery
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of lithium-sulfur batteries, in particular to a positive electrode, a preparation method of the positive electrode and a lithium-sulfur battery using the positive electrode.
Background
The lithium-sulfur battery has ultrahigh theoretical specific capacity and energy density, and has great application value and development prospect in the field of batteries. During the charging and discharging of a lithium-sulfur battery, discharge products (e.g., Li) are generated2S2And Li2S), the sulfur simple substance and the discharge product have insulativity, so that the utilization rate of the active substance sulfur is low. In addition, under the action of the concentration gradient, the discharge product can be dissolved in the electrolyte and shuttled back and forth between the anode and the cathode, so that the utilization rate of the active substance sulfur is further reduced, and the rate performance and the cycle stability of the lithium-sulfur battery are poor.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, it is desirable to provide a positive electrode to solve the problems of poor rate performance and poor cycle stability of the lithium-sulfur battery.
In addition, a preparation method of the positive electrode is also needed.
In addition, a lithium-sulfur battery is also needed.
The positive electrode comprises aerogel and an active sulfur component adsorbed on the aerogel, wherein the aerogel comprises a plurality of honeycomb-shaped channels with consistent extension directions, the hole wall of each channel is a composite layer, the composite layer comprises a two-dimensional MXene material layer and an attachment material layer attached to the two-dimensional MXene material layer, and the active sulfur component is adsorbed on the composite layer.
Further, the extending direction of the pore channel is consistent with the extending direction of the composite layer; and/or
The material of the adhesive material layer is at least one of carbon nano tubes, graphene oxide, sulfide, selenide and carbon nano fibers; and/or
The extending direction of the pore channel is consistent with the extending direction of the two-dimensional MXene material layer; and/or
The active sulfur component is Li2S8,Li2S6And Li2S4At least one of; and/or
The two-dimensional MXene material layer accounts for 50-99% of the mass of the aerogel.
The thickness of the pore wall of the pore channel is 5 nm-500 mu m; and/or
The width of the pore channel is 1-300 mu m; and/or
The sulfur loading capacity of the positive electrode is 3-20 mg cm-2
Further, the two-dimensional MXene material in the two-dimensional MXene material layer is Ti3C2-MXene nanosheet, Nb2C-MXene nanosheet, V2C-MXene nanosheet, and Ti4N3-at least one of MXene nanoplatelets; and/or
A preparation method of a positive electrode comprises the following steps:
providing an adhesion material dispersion, a two-dimensional material dispersion, and a sulfur-containing solution;
mixing the adhesion material dispersion liquid and the two-dimensional material dispersion liquid to obtain a mixed dispersion liquid;
placing the mixed dispersion liquid into a mould, extending the mould containing the mixed dispersion liquid into a low-temperature container, and performing low-temperature directional freezing treatment on the mixed dispersion liquid to directionally solidify the mixed dispersion liquid;
carrying out vacuum freeze-drying treatment on the directionally solidified mixed dispersion liquid to obtain aerogel, wherein the aerogel comprises a plurality of honeycomb-shaped pore channels with consistent extension directions, the pore wall of each pore channel is a composite layer, and each composite layer comprises a two-dimensional MXene material layer and an attachment material layer attached to the two-dimensional MXene material layer; and
and dropwise adding the sulfur-containing solution onto the aerogel, and adsorbing active sulfur components in the sulfur-containing solution onto the composite layer to obtain the cathode.
Further, the temperature of the low-temperature directional freezing treatment is-300 ℃ to-10 ℃, and the solidification speed is 10-500cm h-1(ii) a And/or
The final vacuum degree of the vacuum freeze drying is 1-10 Pa, the temperature is-20-25 ℃, and the time is 12-72 hours.
Further, the preparation method of the positive electrode further comprises the following steps:
and adding a pH regulator into the mixed dispersion liquid so as to enable the pH value of the mixed dispersion liquid to be 6-8.
Further, the adhesive material dispersion liquid contains an adhesive material, a dispersant, and water.
Further, the dispersing agent is at least one of polyvinylpyrrolidone and cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide;
the adhesive material is at least one of carbon nano tube, graphene oxide, sulfide, selenide and carbon nano fiber.
Further, the two-dimensional MXene material layer accounts for 50-99% of the aerogel by mass; and/or
The sulfur-containing solution accounts for 40-70% of the mass percentage of the positive electrode; and/or
The concentration of the sulfur-containing solution is 0.1-1M; and/or
The concentration of the two-dimensional material dispersion liquid is 1-15%; and/or
The concentration of the adhesive material dispersion liquid is 0.5-10%; and/or
The active sulfur component is Li2S8,Li2S6And Li2S4At least one of; and/or
The extending direction of the pore channel is consistent with the extending direction of the composite layer; and/or
The thickness of the pore wall of the pore channel is 5 nm-500 mu m; and/or
The width of the pore channel is 1-300 mu m; and/or
The sulfur loading capacity of the positive electrode is 3-20 mg cm-2
A lithium sulfur battery comprising the positive electrode.
The positive electrode provided by the invention comprises aerogel and an active sulfur component adsorbed on the aerogel, wherein the aerogel comprises a plurality of honeycomb-shaped pore channels with consistent extension directions, the pore wall of each pore channel is a composite layer, the composite layer comprises a two-dimensional MXene material layer and an attachment material layer attached to the two-dimensional MXene material layer, and the active sulfur component is adsorbed on the composite layer. The composite layer can effectively prevent lithium polysulfide from shuttling back and forth between a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The honeycomb pore channels with the consistent extension direction and the two-dimensional MXene material layer of the pore walls can improve the electronic conductivity of the lithium-sulfur battery applying the anode and accelerate the transmission speed of electrons, so that the reaction kinetics of the lithium-sulfur battery are improved. The composite layer of the hole wall can adsorb a large amount of active sulfur components, has better physical barrier and chemical adsorption effects on polysulfide generated in the charging and discharging processes of the lithium-sulfur battery, and can promote the conversion between the active sulfur and the polysulfide, between the polysulfide and lithium sulfide, so that the utilization rate of the active sulfur components is further improved, and further, the rate capability and the cycle stability of the lithium-sulfur battery are improved.
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FIG. 1 is a scanning electron microscope image of an aerogel according to a first embodiment of the present invention at a low magnification.
Fig. 2 is a graph showing cycle performance of a lithium sulfur battery according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a scanning electron micrograph of an aerogel according to example two of the present invention at a macroscopic level.
The following detailed description will further illustrate the invention in conjunction with the above-described figures.
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So that the manner in which the above recited objects, features and advantages of the present invention can be understood in detail, a more particular description of the invention, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to the embodiments thereof which are illustrated in the appended drawings. In addition, the embodiments and features of the embodiments of the present application may be combined with each other without conflict. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, and the described embodiments are merely a subset of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than a complete embodiment. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without any inventive step based on the embodiments of the present invention, are within the scope of the present invention.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes all and any combination of one or more of the associated listed items.
In various embodiments of the present invention, for convenience in description and not in limitation, the term "coupled" as used in the specification and claims of the present application is not limited to physical or mechanical couplings, either direct or indirect. "upper", "lower", "left", "right", and the like are used merely to indicate relative positional relationships, and when the absolute position of the object being described is changed, the relative positional relationships are changed accordingly.
The embodiment of the invention provides a positive electrode which is applied to a lithium-sulfur battery.
The positive electrode comprises aerogel and active sulfur components adsorbed on the aerogel, the aerogel comprises a plurality of honeycomb-shaped pore channels with the same extending direction, the pore wall of each pore channel is a composite layer, the composite layer comprises a two-dimensional MXene material layer and an attachment material layer attached to the two-dimensional MXene material layer, and the active sulfur components are adsorbed on the composite layer.
In one embodiment, the aerogel has a pore volume of 14.6cm3 g-1Specific surface area of 53m2 g-1
In one embodiment, the layer of adhesive material is made of an adhesive material that is superimposed by van der waals forces. The adhesive material in the adhesive material layer is at least one of carbon nano tube, graphene oxide, graphene, sulfide, selenide and carbon nano fiber. Preferably, the attachment material may be multi-walled carbon nanotubes. The sulfide is at least one of molybdenum sulfide and tungsten sulfide. The selenide is at least one of cobalt selenide and nickel selenide. The carbon nano tube, the graphene oxide and the carbon nano fiber can improve the electronic conductivity of the lithium-sulfur battery and accelerate the transmission speed of electrons, so that the reaction kinetics of the lithium-sulfur battery is improved. The sulfide and selenide can promote the conversion between polysulfide and lithium sulfide, thereby improving the rate capability and the cycling stability of the lithium-sulfur battery.
In one embodiment, the active sulfur component is Li2S8,Li2S6And Li2S4At least one of (1).
In one embodiment, the extending direction of the pore channel is consistent with the extending direction of the composite layer, so as to accelerate the transmission speed of electrons.
In one embodiment, the two-dimensional MXene material layer accounts for 50-99% of the total aerogel by mass, such as 60%, 70%, 75%, 80% or 90%.
In one embodiment, the thickness of the walls of the channels is between 5nm and 500 μm, such as 5nm, 10nm, 20nm, 30nm, 50nm, 200nm, 50 μm, 200 μm or 300 μm.
In one embodiment, the width of the channel is 1-300 μm, such as 5 μm, 10 μm, 50 μm, 100 μm, 200 μm, or 300 μm.
In one embodiment, the sulfur loading of the positive electrode is 3-20 mg cm-2For example, 3mg cm-2、5mg cm-2、10mg cm-2、15mg cm-2Or 20mg cm-2
In one embodiment, the extending direction of the channel is consistent with the extending direction of the two-dimensional MXene material layer, so that the transmission speed of electrons is increased.
In one embodiment, the two-dimensional MXene material layer is prepared by stacking two-dimensional materials through Van der Waals force, and the two-dimensional materials are MXene nanosheets. The MXene nano-sheet is Ti3C2-MXene nanosheet, Nb2C-MXene nanosheet, V2C-MXene nanosheet, and Ti4N3-at least one of MXene nanoplatelets.
The positive electrode provided by the invention comprises aerogel and an active sulfur component adsorbed on the aerogel, wherein the aerogel comprises a plurality of honeycomb-shaped pore channels with consistent extension directions, the pore wall of each pore channel is a composite layer, the composite layer comprises a two-dimensional MXene material layer and an attachment material layer attached to the two-dimensional MXene material layer, and the active sulfur component is adsorbed on the composite layer. The composite layer can effectively prevent lithium polysulfide from shuttling back and forth between a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The honeycomb pore channels with the consistent extension direction and the two-dimensional MXene material layer of the pore walls can improve the electronic conductivity of the lithium-sulfur battery applying the anode and accelerate the transmission speed of electrons, so that the reaction kinetics of the lithium-sulfur battery are improved. The composite layer of the hole wall can adsorb a large amount of active sulfur components, has better physical barrier and chemical adsorption effects on polysulfide generated in the charging and discharging processes of the lithium-sulfur battery, and can promote the conversion between the active sulfur and the polysulfide, between the polysulfide and lithium sulfide, so that the utilization rate of the active sulfur components is further improved, and further, the rate capability and the cycle stability of the lithium-sulfur battery are improved.
In addition, in the charging and discharging process of the lithium-sulfur battery, the pore channel can provide a certain space for the volume expansion of sulfur so as to ensure the cycle stability of the lithium-sulfur battery applying the positive electrode. The aerogel adsorbed with the active sulfur component can be directly used as the positive electrode of the lithium-sulfur battery, and a conductive agent, a binder and a metal current collector do not need to be additionally added, so that the volume energy density of the lithium-sulfur battery applying the positive electrode can be improved.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a preparation method of the anode, which comprises the following steps:
step S1: providing an adhesion material dispersion liquid, a two-dimensional MXene material dispersion liquid and a sulfur-containing solution;
step S2: mixing the adhesion material dispersion liquid and the two-dimensional material dispersion liquid to obtain a mixed dispersion liquid;
step S3: placing the mixed dispersion liquid into a mould, extending the mould containing the mixed dispersion liquid into a low-temperature container, and performing low-temperature directional freezing treatment on the mixed dispersion liquid to directionally solidify the mixed dispersion liquid;
step S4: carrying out vacuum freeze-drying treatment on the directionally solidified mixed dispersion liquid to obtain aerogel, wherein the aerogel comprises a plurality of honeycomb-shaped pore channels with consistent extension directions, the pore wall of each pore channel is a composite layer, and each composite layer comprises a two-dimensional MXene material layer and an attachment material layer attached to the two-dimensional MXene material layer; and
step S5: and dropwise adding the sulfur-containing solution onto the aerogel, and adsorbing active sulfur components in the sulfur-containing solution on a composite layer to obtain the positive electrode.
In one embodiment, the aerogel has a pore volume of 14.6cm3 g-1Specific surface area of 53m2 g-1
In one embodiment, the mold may be cryogenically oriented frozen in a container containing liquid nitrogen.
In one embodiment, the temperature of the low-temperature directional freezing treatment is-300 ℃ to-10 ℃, and the solidification speed is 10-500cm h-1
In one embodiment, the final vacuum degree of the vacuum freeze drying is 1-10 Pa, the temperature is-20-25 ℃, and the time is 12-72 hours.
In one embodiment, the extending direction of the pore channel is consistent with the extending direction of the composite layer, so as to accelerate the transmission speed of electrons.
In one embodiment, the thickness of the walls of the channels is between 5nm and 500 μm, such as 5nm, 10nm, 20nm, 30nm, 50nm, 200nm, 50 μm, 200 μm or 300 μm.
In one embodiment, the width of the channel is 1-300 μm, such as 5 μm, 10 μm, 50 μm, 100 μm, 200 μm, or 300 μm.
In one embodiment, the concentration of the adhesion material dispersion is 0.5-10%, for example, 1%, 2%, 5%, 8%, or 10%.
In one embodiment, the layer of adhesive material is made of an adhesive material that is superimposed by van der waals forces. The adhesive material in the adhesive material layer is at least one of carbon nano tube, graphene oxide, graphene, sulfide, selenide and carbon nano fiber. Preferably, the attachment material may be multi-walled carbon nanotubes. The sulfide is at least one of molybdenum sulfide and tungsten sulfide. The selenide is at least one of cobalt selenide and nickel selenide. The carbon nano tube, the graphene oxide and the carbon nano fiber can improve the electronic conductivity of the lithium-sulfur battery and accelerate the transmission speed of electrons, so that the reaction kinetics of the lithium-sulfur battery is improved. The sulfide and selenide can promote the conversion between polysulfide and lithium sulfide, thereby improving the rate capability and the cycling stability of the lithium-sulfur battery.
In one embodiment, the two-dimensional MXene material layer accounts for 50-99% of the total aerogel by mass, such as 60%, 70%, 75%, 80% or 90%.
In one embodiment, the extending direction of the pore channel is consistent with the extending direction of the composite layer, so as to accelerate the transmission speed of electrons.
In one embodiment, the two-dimensional MXene material layer is prepared by stacking two-dimensional MXene materials through van der Waals force, and the two-dimensional materials are MXene nanosheets. The MXene nano-sheet is Ti3C2-MXene nanosheet, Nb2C-MXene nanosheet, V2C-MXene nanosheet, and Ti4N3-at least one of MXene nanoplatelets.
The concentration of the two-dimensional MXene material dispersion liquid is 1-15%, for example, 1%, 2%, 2.5%, 3%, 3.5% or 5%.
In one embodiment, the sulfur-containing solution has a concentration of 0.1-1M, and contains an active sulfur component and a solvent, wherein the solvent may be diethylene glycol dimethyl ether (DME) and/or 1, 3-Dioxolane (DOL) solvent.
In one embodiment, the active sulfur component is Li2S8,Li2S6And Li2S4At least one of (1).
In one embodiment, the sulfur-containing solution accounts for 40 to 70% by mass of the positive electrode, for example, 40%, 50%, 60%, or 70%.
In one embodiment, the sulfur loading of the positive electrode is 3-20 mg cm-2For example, 3mg cm-2、5mg cm-2、10mg cm-2、15mg cm-2Or 20mg cm-2
In the preparation method of the anode provided by the invention, the mixed dispersion liquid is subjected to low-temperature directional freezing treatment, and water in the mixed dispersion liquid can be solidified into ice crystals with certain shapes. Because the path of the die extending into the low-temperature container is unidirectional, the direction of the ice crystals in the unidirectional solidification process is also unidirectional. As the mold gradually extends into the cryogen vessel, ice crystals continue to grow in their direction of solidification. The two-dimensional MXene material is stacked by Van der Waals force and solidified on the surface of the ice crystal along the solidification direction of the ice crystal to form a plurality of two-dimensional MXene material layers. The adhesive material is solidified on the two-dimensional MXene material layer along the solidification direction of the ice crystals to form the adhesive material layer. The extending direction of the composite layer is parallel to the forming direction of the ice crystals. In the vacuum freeze drying process, the ice crystals are sublimated to form pore channels with consistent extension directions, the aerogel is obtained, the pore walls of the pore channels of the aerogel are composite layers, and the composite layers can effectively prevent lithium polysulfide from reciprocating between a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The honeycomb pore channels with the consistent extension direction and the two-dimensional MXene material layer can improve the electronic conductivity of the lithium-sulfur battery applying the anode and accelerate the transmission speed of electrons, thereby improving the utilization rate of active sulfur components. The composite layer of the hole wall can adsorb a large amount of active sulfur components, has a good chemical adsorption effect on polysulfide generated in the charging and discharging process of the lithium-sulfur battery, and can promote the conversion between the active sulfur and the polysulfide, between the polysulfide and lithium sulfide, so that the utilization rate of the active sulfur components is further improved, and further the rate capability and the cycle stability of the lithium-sulfur battery are improved.
In addition, in the charging and discharging process of the lithium-sulfur battery, the pore channel can provide a certain space for the volume expansion of sulfur so as to ensure the cycle stability of the lithium-sulfur battery applying the positive electrode. The aerogel adsorbed with the active sulfur component can be directly used as the positive electrode of the lithium-sulfur battery, and a conductive agent, a binder and a metal current collector do not need to be additionally added, so that the volume energy density of the lithium-sulfur battery applying the positive electrode can be improved.
The preparation method of the positive electrode further comprises the following steps:
and adding a pH regulator into the mixed dispersion liquid so as to enable the pH value of the mixed dispersion liquid to be 6-8.
The pH of the mixed dispersion is preferably 7.
The pH regulator may be at least one of ammonia water, sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, disodium hydrogen phosphate, and sodium citrate.
According to the technical scheme, a pH regulator is added into the mixed dispersion liquid, so that the pH value of the mixed dispersion liquid is 6-8. When the pH value of the mixed dispersion liquid is close to 7, the ordered arrangement of the pore channels and the two-dimensional MXene material layer of the aerogel is facilitated.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a lithium-sulfur battery.
The lithium-sulfur battery comprises the positive electrode, a diaphragm, a lithium negative electrode and a lithium-sulfur electrolyte, and is assembled into the lithium-sulfur battery of the first embodiment.
In an embodiment, the membrane may be a polyethylene membrane or a polypropylene membrane.
In one embodiment, the lithium sulfur electrolyte contains an ether solvent, a lithium salt, lithium nitrate, and an additive. The ether solvent includes a first solvent and a second solvent. The first solvent is 1, 3-dioxolane and/or 1, 4-dioxane. The second solvent is any one of ethylene glycol dimethyl ether, diethylene glycol dimethyl ether and tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether. The lithium salt is lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF)6) Lithium tetrafluoroborate (LiBF)4) Lithium bistrifluoromethanesulfonimide (LiTFSI), lithium bistrifluorosulfonimide (LiFSI), and lithium dioxalate borate (LiBOB). The additive is any one of 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane, hexamethyldisilane and tetraethoxysilane.
Since the lithium-sulfur battery adopts all technical solutions of all the above embodiments, at least all the beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions of the above embodiments are achieved, and no further description is given here.
The present invention will be specifically described below with reference to specific examples.
Example one
3g of a 5% carbon nanotube dispersion and 18g of 2.5% Ti were provided3C2-MXene dispersion and a concentration of 0.5mol L-1Li of (2)2S6A solution;
mixing the carbon nanotube dispersion and Ti3C2-MXene dispersion to obtain a mixed dispersion;
filling the mixed dispersion into a circular mold;
the mold was set at 50cm h-1The solidification rate of (2) is extended into a container filled with liquid nitrogen until the mixed dispersion liquid in the mold is solidified;
vacuum freeze-drying the solidified mixed dispersion at-5 deg.C for 24h, and finally at-0 deg.C for 48h, when the vacuum degree is 1Pa, obtaining aerogel of example I (see FIG. 1);
subjecting the Li to2S6The solution was added dropwise to the aerogel of example one, the Li2S6Li in solution2S6Adsorbing the carbon dioxide solution on the aerogel of the first example to obtain a cathode of the first example, wherein the sulfur loading of the cathode of the first example is 5mg cm-2(ii) a And
the positive electrode, the polyethylene separator, the lithium negative electrode, and the lithium sulfur electrolyte solution of example one were assembled into the lithium sulfur battery of example one. The cycle performance of the lithium-sulfur battery of the first embodiment is shown in fig. 2, and the capacity fading rate of the battery is low after the battery is cycled for 150 times under the current density of 0.5C. This indicates that the lithium-sulfur battery of the example has better cycle stability.
Example two
2.5g of a graphene oxide dispersion having a concentration of 1% and 3g of Ti having a concentration of 2.5% were provided3C2-MXene dispersion, ammonia water, and concentration of 0.5mol L-1Li of (2)2S6A solution;
mixing the graphene oxide dispersion and Ti3C2-MXene dispersion to obtain a mixed dispersion;
adding the ammonia water into the mixed dispersion liquid, and adjusting the pH value of the mixed dispersion liquid to 7;
filling the mixed dispersion into a circular mold;
the mold was set at 50cm h-1The solidification rate of (2) is extended into a container filled with liquid nitrogen until the mixed dispersion liquid in the mold is solidified;
vacuum freeze-drying the solidified mixed dispersion at-5 deg.C for 24h, and finally at-0 deg.C for 48h, when the vacuum degree is 1Pa, obtaining aerogel of example two (see FIG. 3);
subjecting the Li to2S6The solution was added dropwise to the aerogel of example two, the Li2S6Li in solution2S6Adsorbing the carbon dioxide solution on the aerogel of example II to obtain an anode of example II, wherein the sulfur loading of the anode of example II is 5mg cm-2(ii) a And
the positive electrode, the polyethylene separator, the lithium negative electrode, and the lithium sulfur electrolyte of example two were assembled into the lithium sulfur battery of example two.
Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

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1. The positive electrode is characterized by comprising aerogel and active sulfur components adsorbed on the aerogel, wherein the aerogel comprises a plurality of honeycomb-shaped pore channels with consistent extension directions, the pore wall of each pore channel is a composite layer, the composite layer comprises a two-dimensional MXene material layer and an attachment material layer attached to the two-dimensional MXene material layer, and the active sulfur components are adsorbed on the composite layer.
2. The positive electrode according to claim 1, wherein an extending direction of the cell channels coincides with an extending direction of the composite layer; and/or
The material of the adhesive material layer is at least one of carbon nano tubes, graphene oxide, sulfide, selenide and carbon nano fibers; and/or
The extending direction of the pore channel is consistent with the extending direction of the two-dimensional MXene material layer; and/or
The active sulfur component is Li2S8,Li2S6And Li2S4At least one of; and/or
The two-dimensional MXene material layer accounts for 50-99% of the mass of the aerogel; and/or
The thickness of the pore wall of the pore channel is 5 nm-500 mu m; and/or
The width of the pore channel is 1-300 mu m; and/or
The sulfur loading capacity of the positive electrode is 3-20 mg cm-2
3. The positive electrode of claim 1, wherein the two-dimensional MXene material in the two-dimensional MXene material layer is Ti3C2-MXene nanosheet, Nb2C-MXene nanosheet, V2C-MXene nanosheet, and Ti4N3-at least one of MXene nanoplatelets.
4. A method for preparing a positive electrode is characterized by comprising the following steps:
providing an adhesion material dispersion, a two-dimensional material dispersion, and a sulfur-containing solution;
mixing the adhesion material dispersion liquid and the two-dimensional material dispersion liquid to obtain a mixed dispersion liquid;
placing the mixed dispersion liquid into a mould, extending the mould containing the mixed dispersion liquid into a low-temperature container, and performing low-temperature directional freezing treatment on the mixed dispersion liquid to directionally solidify the mixed dispersion liquid;
carrying out vacuum freeze-drying treatment on the directionally solidified mixed dispersion liquid to obtain aerogel, wherein the aerogel comprises a plurality of honeycomb-shaped pore channels with consistent extension directions, the pore wall of each pore channel is a composite layer, and each composite layer comprises a two-dimensional MXene material layer and an attachment material layer attached to the two-dimensional MXene material layer; and
and dropwise adding the sulfur-containing solution onto the aerogel, and adsorbing active sulfur components in the sulfur-containing solution onto the composite layer to obtain the cathode.
5. The method for preparing the positive electrode according to claim 4, wherein the temperature of the low-temperature directional freezing treatment is-300 ℃ to-10 ℃, and the solidification speed is 10-500cm h-1(ii) a And/or
The final vacuum degree of the vacuum freeze drying is 1-10 Pa, the temperature is-20-25 ℃, and the time is 12-72 hours.
6. The method for producing a positive electrode according to claim 4, further comprising the steps of:
and adding a pH regulator into the mixed dispersion liquid so as to enable the pH value of the mixed dispersion liquid to be 6-8.
7. The method for producing a positive electrode according to claim 4, wherein the binder dispersion liquid contains a binder, a dispersant, and water.
8. The method for producing a positive electrode according to claim 7, wherein the dispersant is at least one of polyvinylpyrrolidone and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide;
the adhesive material is at least one of carbon nano tube, graphene oxide, sulfide, selenide and carbon nano fiber.
9. The preparation method of the positive electrode according to claim 4, wherein the mass percentage of the two-dimensional MXene material layer in the aerogel is 50-99%; and/or
The sulfur-containing solution accounts for 40-70% of the mass percentage of the positive electrode; and/or
The concentration of the sulfur-containing solution is 0.1-1M; and/or
The concentration of the two-dimensional material dispersion liquid is 1-15%; and/or
The concentration of the adhesive material dispersion liquid is 0.5-10%; and/or
The active sulfur component is Li2S8,Li2S6And Li2S4At least one of; and/or
The extending direction of the pore channel is consistent with the extending direction of the composite layer; and/or
The thickness of the pore wall of the pore channel is 5 nm-500 mu m; and/or
The width of the pore channel is 1-300 mu m; and/or
The sulfur loading capacity of the positive electrode is 3-20 mg cm-2
10. A lithium-sulfur battery, characterized in that it comprises a positive electrode according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
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