1. Volume 2, Issue 2, Pages 323-336 (February 2018)
A Two-Dimensional Porous Carbon-Modified Separator for High-Energy-Density Li-S Batteries 
Fei Pei, Lele Lin, Ang Fu, Shiguang Mo, Daohui Ou, Xiaoliang Fang, Nanfeng Zheng 
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3. Figure 1
Schematic Illustration of the Synthesis and Application of the Separator in Li-S Batteries
(A) Shuttling effect.
(B) The separator with a barrier layer for suppressing the polysulfide migration.
(C) The synthetic procedures for the nanosheets.
(D) Vacuum filtration deposition for the synthesis of the separator.
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4. Figure 2
Characterizations of the Nanosheets and Separator
(A–C) Scanning EM images at low (A) and high (B) magnification, and TEM image (C) of the nanosheets.
(D and E) Optical photographs of small (D) and large (E) area separators.
(F) The separator derived paper crane.
(G) Scanning EM image of the pristine PP separator.
(H–J) Top-down (H), and low (I) and high (J) magnification cross-section scanning EM images of the separator.
(K) N2 sorption isotherm.
(L) Pore-size distribution.
(M and N) XPS spectrum (M) and N 1s XPS spectrum (N) of the nanosheets.
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5. Figure 3 Polysulfide-Trapping Capability of the G@PC/PP Separator
(A) Optical photographs for the polysulfide solution treated with the same weights of the barrier materials.
(B) Optical photographs of the PC/PP, G/PP, CNT/PP, CB/PP, and PP separators (the weight of the barrier layers is 0.075 mg cm−2).
(C) Polysulfide permeation measurements for the PC/PP, G/PP, CNT/PP, CB/PP, and PP separators during the course of polysulfide diffusion from the left side to the right side of the U-shaped glass bottles.
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6. Figure 4
Electrochemical Performance of the Slurry-Coated S/CB Cathode Equipped with the Separator
(A) Charge/discharge curves of the cell at 0.2 C.
(B) Cycling performances of the PC/PP, G/PP, CNT/PP, CB/PP, and PP cells at 0.2 C.
(C) Charge/discharge curves of the cell at various rates.
(D) Rate capabilities of the PC/PP, G/PP, CNT/PP, CB/PP, and PP cells.
(E) The corresponding capacities at 5 C.
(F) Cycling stability of the cell at 1 C.
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7. Figure 5
Electrochemical Performance of the Self-Supporting CNT/S Cathodes Equipped with the Separator
(A) Optical photographs of the CNT and CNT/S papers.
(B–D) Thermogravimetric curve (B), and low (C) and high (D) magnification scanning EM images of the CNT/S cathodes.
(E) Charge/discharge curves of the CNT/S-12.0 cell at 0.2 C.
(F) Cycling performances of the CNT/S-6.0, -9.0, and cells at 0.2 C.
(G) Cycling performance of the CNT/S-6.0 cell at 0.5 C. The weight of the barrier layers in CNT/S-6.0, -9.0, and cells is 0.075 mg cm−2.
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