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Synthesis of porous polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) microspheres and their application in lithium sulfur batteries

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posted on 2017-02-01, 00:00 authored by Tao Tao, Y Deng, Z Liang, B Liang, Y Yao, P Li, S Lu, Ying (Ian) ChenYing (Ian) Chen
Novel porous PVDF microspheres have been prepared by a facile electrospraying approach. The microspheres with an average size of 2–5 µm in diameter possess inter-connective pores. Several key factors including polymer diffusion, solvent evaporation, chain entanglements and Coulomb fission influence the morphology of final products obtained by electrospraying. About 66 wt% sulfur content could be loaded into the void space of the porous PVDF microspheres. The special structure of porous PVDF microsphere serving as a host for the lithium sulfur batteries could benefit from the physical entrapment of the polysulfides.

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Journal

Materials letters

Volume

188

Pagination

180 - 183

Publisher

Elsevier

Location

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ISSN

0167-577X

eISSN

1873-4979

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2016, Elsevier

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