@article{89f38f8bb2594931954b1e140418acda,
title = "Using an AlCl3/Urea Ionic Liquid Analog Electrolyte for Improving the Lifetime of Aluminum-Sulfur Batteries",
abstract = "Aluminum-sulfur (Al−S) chemistry is attractive for the development of next-generation rechargeable battery systems. However, only a few reversible Al−S cells have been reported until now. This paper demonstrates that the use of an AlCl3/urea electrolyte in Al−S cells is a promising approach to improve the cycle life and reach a high discharge voltage plateau of ∼1.6–2.0 V. In contrast to the instability of sulfur in the conventional AlCl3/EMIC electrolyte, sulfur is chemically stable in the AlCl3/urea electrolyte, which allows better cell cycling stability. The Al−S cell delivers an initial capacity of ∼700 mAh gs −1 and maintains a capacity of up to ∼500 mAh gs −1 after 100 cycles.",
keywords = "AlCl/urea, aluminium−sulfurbatteries, carbon nanotubes, high discharge voltage plateau, long cycle life",
author = "Yinghui Bian and Yu Li and Zhichao Yu and Hui Chen and Kewen Du and Chaochao Qiu and Guoxin Zhang and Zichuan Lv and Lin, {Meng Chang}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors acknowledge the financial support fromthe Taishan Scholar Project of Shandong Province of China (No.tsqn20161025) and Qingdao entrepreneurial innovation leaders plan (No.16-8-3-1-zhc). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim",
year = "2018",
month = dec,
day = "3",
doi = "10.1002/celc.201801198",
language = "English",
volume = "5",
pages = "3607--3611",
journal = "ChemElectroChem",
issn = "2196-0216",
publisher = "John Wiley and Sons Ltd",
number = "23",
}