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Properties of CoS2/CNT as a Cathode Material of Rechargeable Aluminum-Ion Batteries

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Aluminum ion batteries (AIBs) are considered, in principle, promising post-lithium-ion batteries, which are potential for using in grid-scale energy storage and electric vehicles, owing to the economic Al. The inflammable ionic liquid electrolyte endows stable plating and stripping of Al ions. A spotlighted research on cathode material has been preforming to obtain a high-performance cathode material that can match well with the prominent Al foil. However, one over-looked factor for the study of cathode materials is the cost and possibility of mass-production. With this key point in mind, we as the forerunner studied the CoS2/carbon nanotubes (CNTs) composite cathode material composed of low cost and commercialized CoS2 and multi-wall CNTs to promote the development of AIBs. Stable charge/discharge plateaus (at 1.2/0.9 V vs. AlCl4−/Al) during cycling test were obtained for the CoS2/CNTs product at a high current density of 1000 mA g−1, with an extremely high Coulombic efficiency of 98% and reasonable electrochemical capacities. This report is expected to contribute more contribution in the development of cathode materials for rechargeable AIBs.

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This research was supported by Korea Institute of Science and Technology Future Resource Program (2E29400). Furthermore, the financial supports of the Future Material Discovery Program (2016M3D1A1027666), the Basic Science Research Program (2017R1A2B3009135) through the National Research Foundation of Korea are appreciated, and China Scholarship Council (201808260042) are appreciated.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea

    Kaiqiang Zhang, Tae Hyung Lee, Ho Won Jang & Mohammadreza Shokouhimehr

  2. Electronic Materials Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea

    Kaiqiang Zhang & Ji-Won Choi

  3. Small and Medium Enterprises Support Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea

    Joo Hwan Cha

  4. Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, 58202, USA

    Mohammadreza Shokouhimehr

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Zhang, K., Lee, T.H., Cha, J.H. et al. Properties of CoS2/CNT as a Cathode Material of Rechargeable Aluminum-Ion Batteries. Electron. Mater. Lett. 15, 727–732 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13391-019-00169-0

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