Date of download: 12/22/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Cathode Loading Effect on Sulfur Utilization in Lithium–Sulfur Battery J. Electrochem. En. Conv. Stor.. 2016;13(2):021002-021002-9. doi:10.1115/1.4034738 Figure Legend: (a) Cycling performance of sulfur electrodes with different loading, (b) first cycle areal discharge capacity as a function of sulfur loading, (c) 30th cycle areal discharge capacity as a function of sulfur loading, and (d) Coulombic efficiency as a function of sulfur loading for selected cycles

Date of download: 12/22/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Cathode Loading Effect on Sulfur Utilization in Lithium–Sulfur Battery J. Electrochem. En. Conv. Stor.. 2016;13(2):021002-021002-9. doi:10.1115/1.4034738 Figure Legend: (a) Electrode thickness and sulfur loading, (b) TGA curve of an electrode with 4.50 mg cm−2 loading, (c) loading capacity as a function of coating gap, (d)–(f) SEM images of electrodes with sulfur loading of 0.80, 1.83, and 2.71 mg cm−2, and (g) overlap of EDS spectrum of these electrodes

Date of download: 12/22/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Cathode Loading Effect on Sulfur Utilization in Lithium–Sulfur Battery J. Electrochem. En. Conv. Stor.. 2016;13(2):021002-021002-9. doi:10.1115/1.4034738 Figure Legend: (a) First discharge voltage profile of sulfur electrodes with different loading, (b)–(d) discharge voltage profile of selected cycles of sulfur electrodes with 1.28, 2.23, and 4.18 mg cm−2 loading, (e) SEM micrographs of sulfur electrodes with loading ∼2.36 mg cm−2 at different stages of cycling, and (f) EDS spectrum of samples in (e), inset is the S/C peak maximum ratio plotted with cycle number

Date of download: 12/22/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Cathode Loading Effect on Sulfur Utilization in Lithium–Sulfur Battery J. Electrochem. En. Conv. Stor.. 2016;13(2):021002-021002-9. doi:10.1115/1.4034738 Figure Legend: (a) and (b) Nyquist plots of sulfur electrode with loading 0.77 and 2.62 mg cm−2, respectively, during the first cycle, (c) equivalent circuit used for fitting and comparison between fitted results and original data for a specific curve, and (d)–(g) capacity, contact resistance R2, charge transfer resistance R1, and electrolyte resistance R3 as a function of cycle number for the two cells in (a) and (b). 1.8 V, 2.1 V, and 2.6 V in the legend correspond to the voltage cut-off chosen for the impedance spectrum to be taken, as it was introduced in the experimental details

Date of download: 12/22/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Cathode Loading Effect on Sulfur Utilization in Lithium–Sulfur Battery J. Electrochem. En. Conv. Stor.. 2016;13(2):021002-021002-9. doi:10.1115/1.4034738 Figure Legend: (a) Capacity evolution for electrodes with higher sulfur loading with low-rate first discharge activation, (b) capacity evolution for electrodes with higher sulfur loading with a carbon-interlayer cell design, (c) first discharge curves of electrodes of similar loading with and without carbon-coated interlayers, (d) initial areal discharge as a function of sulfur loading, and (e) 30th cycle areal discharge capacity as a function of sulfur loading