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This work attempts to address some of the performance-related issues of lithium-sulfur batteries by retaining the long-chain polysulfide intermediates on the cathode via heteroatom-doping of the carbon host structure. Herein, we report nitrogen and transition metal doped graphene nanotubes (M-GNTs) which were utilized as carbon host structures for sulfur (M-GNTs@S) to be used as a cathode material for lithium-sulfur batteries. The top performing M-GNTs@S are nitrogen, cobalt, nickel, and iron doped (FCN-GNTs). The nitrogen and metal dopants are effective in increasing the kinetics of the lithium-sulfur batteries, enhancing rate capability, and increasing cycle lifetime at C/5 and 1C. The FCN-GNT material exhibits a 554.4 mAh g-1 discharge capacity after 500 cycles at 1C (0.08% capacity loss per cycle). In addition, a high areal sulfur loading (~4.5 mg S cm-2) was achieved leading to discharge capacities of 1234.7 mAh g-1 (5.52 mAh cm-2) at C/20 and 909.0 mAh g-1 (4.07 mAh cm-2) at C/5. After ten cycles at C/5, the ultra-high sulfur loading cells discharged 828.0 mAh g-1 (3.70 mAh cm-2)."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Heteroatom-doped Graphene Nanotubes as Carbon Host Materials for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Alexandridis, Paschalis","Chemical and Biological Engineering"],"dc:creator":["Hultman, Benjamin"],"dc:date":["2018-10-26T02:00:14Z","2018","2018-08-09 23:08:03"],"dc:description":["M.S.","In order to further increase the boundaries of energy storage, new battery chemistries must be explored with higher theoretical capacities than that of conventional lithium-ion batteries. Lithium-sulfur batteries have shown promise for enhanced energy density and discharge capacities which could lead to a huge shift in commercialized battery technologies. This work attempts to address some of the performance-related issues of lithium-sulfur batteries by retaining the long-chain polysulfide intermediates on the cathode via heteroatom-doping of the carbon host structure. Herein, we report nitrogen and transition metal doped graphene nanotubes (M-GNTs) which were utilized as carbon host structures for sulfur (M-GNTs@S) to be used as a cathode material for lithium-sulfur batteries. The top performing M-GNTs@S are nitrogen, cobalt, nickel, and iron doped (FCN-GNTs). The nitrogen and metal dopants are effective in increasing the kinetics of the lithium-sulfur batteries, enhancing rate capability, and increasing cycle lifetime at C/5 and 1C. The FCN-GNT material exhibits a 554.4 mAh g-1 discharge capacity after 500 cycles at 1C (0.08% capacity loss per cycle). In addition, a high areal sulfur loading (~4.5 mg S cm-2) was achieved leading to discharge capacities of 1234.7 mAh g-1 (5.52 mAh cm-2) at C/20 and 909.0 mAh g-1 (4.07 mAh cm-2) at C/5. After ten cycles at C/5, the ultra-high sulfur loading cells discharged 828.0 mAh g-1 (3.70 mAh cm-2)."],"dc:format":["application/pdf"],"dc:identifier":["http://hdl.handle.net/10477/78465"],"dc:language":["eng"],"dc:publisher":["State University of New York at Buffalo"],"dc:rights":["Users of works found in University at Buffalo Institutional Repository (UBIR) are responsible for identifying and contacting the copyright owner for permission to reuse. 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