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Xiong HJ, Luo YL, Deng DR, Zhu CW, Song JX, Weng JC, Fan XH, Li GF, Zeng Y, Li Y, Wu QH. In-situ synthesis Fe 3C@C/rGO as matrix for high performance lithium-sulfur batteries at room and low temperatures. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 668:448-458. [PMID: 38691955 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.04.193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2024] [Revised: 04/03/2024] [Accepted: 04/27/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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People have been focusing on how to improve the specific capacity and cycling stability of lithium-sulfur batteries at room temperature, however, on some special occasions such as cold cities and aerospace fields, the operating temperature is low, which dramatically hinders the performance of batteries. Here, we report an iron carbide (Fe3C)/rGO composite as electrode host, the Fe3C nanoparticles in the composite have strong adsorption and high catalytic ability for polysulfide. The rGO makes the distribution of Fe3C nanoparticles more disperse, and this specific structure makes the deposition of Li2S more uniform. Therefore, it realizes the rapid transformation and high performance of lithium-sulfur batteries at both room and low temperatures. At room temperature, after 100 cycles at 1C current density, the reversible specific capacity of the battery can be stabilized at 889 ± 7.1 mAh/g. Even at -40 °C, in the first cycle battery still emits 542.9 ± 3.7 mAh/g specific capacity. This broadens the operating temperature for lithium-sulfur batteries and also provides a new idea for the selection of host materials for sulfur in low-temperature lithium-sulfur batteries.
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- Hai-Ji Xiong
- Jimei University, College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
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- Jimei University, College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
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- Jimei University, College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China.
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- Jimei University, College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
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- Jimei University, College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
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- Jimei University, College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
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- Jimei University, College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
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- Jimei University, College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
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- Jimei University, College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
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- Jiangsu Key Lab of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
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- Jimei University, College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China.
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Pan H, Cheng Z, Zhou Z, Xie S, Zhang W, Han N, Guo W, Fransaer J, Luo J, Cabot A, Wübbenhorst M. Boosting Lean Electrolyte Lithium-Sulfur Battery Performance with Transition Metals: A Comprehensive Review. Nanomicro Lett 2023; 15:165. [PMID: 37386313 PMCID: PMC10310691 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01137-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have received widespread attention, and lean electrolyte Li-S batteries have attracted additional interest because of their higher energy densities. This review systematically analyzes the effect of the electrolyte-to-sulfur (E/S) ratios on battery energy density and the challenges for sulfur reduction reactions (SRR) under lean electrolyte conditions. Accordingly, we review the use of various polar transition metal sulfur hosts as corresponding solutions to facilitate SRR kinetics at low E/S ratios (< 10 µL mg-1), and the strengths and limitations of different transition metal compounds are presented and discussed from a fundamental perspective. Subsequently, three promising strategies for sulfur hosts that act as anchors and catalysts are proposed to boost lean electrolyte Li-S battery performance. Finally, an outlook is provided to guide future research on high energy density Li-S batteries.
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- Hui Pan
- Laboratory for Soft Matter and Biophysics, Faculty of Science, KU Leuven, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Science Engineering, KU Leuven, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Science Engineering, KU Leuven, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Science Engineering, KU Leuven, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Science Engineering, KU Leuven, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Science Engineering, KU Leuven, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Science Engineering, KU Leuven, 3001, Leuven, Belgium.
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- Lab of Electrolytes and Phase Change Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, People's Republic of China.
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- Advanced Materials Department, Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Sant Adria del Besos, 08930, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Laboratory for Soft Matter and Biophysics, Faculty of Science, KU Leuven, 3001, Leuven, Belgium.
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Li J, Li F, Pan J, Pan J, Liao J, Li H, Dong H, Shi K, Liu Q. Hollow Co 3S 4 Nanocubes Interconnected with Carbon Nanotubes as Nanoreactors to Accelerate Polysulfide Conversion for High-Performance Lithium–Sulfur Batteries. Ind Eng Chem Res 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.3c00253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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- Junhao Li
- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Clean Transportation Energy Chemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Clean Transportation Energy Chemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Clean Transportation Energy Chemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Clean Transportation Energy Chemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Clean Transportation Energy Chemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
- School of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Huizhou University, Huizhou 516007, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Huizhou University, Huizhou 516007, China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Clean Transportation Energy Chemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Jieyang Branch of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Rongjiang Laboratory), Jieyang 515200, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Clean Transportation Energy Chemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Jieyang Branch of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Rongjiang Laboratory), Jieyang 515200, China
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Deng T, Chen Y, Liu Y, Shang Z, Gong J. Constructing Janus Microsphere Membranes for Particulate Matter Filtration, Directional Water Vapor Transfer, and High-Efficiency Broad-Spectrum Sterilization. Small 2022; 18:e2205010. [PMID: 36328738 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202205010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Revised: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Commercial masks have significant drawbacks, including low water vapor transmission efficiency and limited ability to inhibit harmful microorganisms, whereas in this contribution, a series of Janus microsphere membranes are developed with hierarchical structures by quenching and crystallizing 12-hydroxystearic acid and halicin layer-by-layer on a polypropylene non-woven fabric, laminating them with hydrophilic cotton fibers in a one-pot process, and further demonstrate the potential of this composite system as masks. Through further optimization, excellent superhydrophobic/superhydrophilic properties (contact angle 157.1°/0°), superior filtering effects (93.54% for PM2.5 and 98.35% for PM10 ), with a low-filtration resistance (57 Pa) and a quality factor of up to 0.072 Pa-1 are achieved, all better than that of commercial N95 masks. In addition, the membrane allows for the directional transport of water vapor from the inside out, increasing the water vapor transmission rate by more than 20% compared with the monolayer hydrophobic microsphere membrane. It also has a bactericidal capacity of over 99.9999% against Escherichia coli and is tested for robustness and stability in various extreme environments. This work may shed light on designing novel filter media with versatile functions, meanwhile, the materials can also be used in protective equipment against the new coronavirus.
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- Tong Deng
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Weijin Road 92, Tianjin, 300072, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Weijin Road 92, Tianjin, 300072, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin, 300192, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Weijin Road 92, Tianjin, 300072, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Weijin Road 92, Tianjin, 300072, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin, 300192, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Weijin Road 92, Tianjin, 300072, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Weijin Road 92, Tianjin, 300072, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin, 300192, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Weijin Road 92, Tianjin, 300072, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Weijin Road 92, Tianjin, 300072, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin, 300192, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Weijin Road 92, Tianjin, 300072, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Weijin Road 92, Tianjin, 300072, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin, 300192, China
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Yang Y, Mu P, Li B, Li A, Zhang J. In Situ Separator Modification with an N-Rich Conjugated Microporous Polymer for the Effective Suppression of Polysulfide Shuttle and Li Dendrite Growth. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:49224-49232. [PMID: 36260419 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c15812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are very promising high-energy-density electrochemical energy storage devices, but suffer from serious Li polysulfide (LiPS) shuttle and uncontrollable Li dendrite growth. Here, we show in situ polyolefin separator modification with an N-rich conjugated microporous polymer (NCMP) for advanced Li-S battery. In situ polymerization generates an ultrathin NCMP coating on the whole external surface and the internal surface of the separator, which is substantially different from the conventional approaches with thick coatings only on the external surface. The NCMP coating with abundant N-containing groups (-NH2 and -N═), uniform nanopores (12.294 Å), and π-conjugated structure can simultaneously inhibit LiPS shuttle and regulate uniform nucleation and growth of Li dendrites. Consequently, the NCMP-based separator endows the Li-S battery with significantly enhanced cycling stability at high S loading (5.4 mg cm-2), lean electrolyte (E/S = 6.3 μL mg-1), and limited Li excess (50 μm).
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- Yanfei Yang
- Center of Eco-Material and Green Chemistry, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 730000Lanzhou, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, 730070Lanzhou, P. R. China
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- Center of Eco-Material and Green Chemistry, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 730000Lanzhou, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Petrochemical Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, 730050Lanzhou, P. R. China
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- Center of Eco-Material and Green Chemistry, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 730000Lanzhou, P. R. China
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Zhang Q, Zhang H, Hu P, Wu Y. Intrinsic Regularity of Catalytic Cobalt Chalcogenides in Lithium‐Sulfur Battery: Theoretical Study Delivers New Insights. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202201989. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202201989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Qi Zhang
- Institute of Industry & Equipment Technology Hefei University of Technology Anhui Province Key Lab of Aerospace Structural Parts Forming Technology and Equipment Hefei University of Technology Hefei 230009 P.R. China
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- Institute of Industry & Equipment Technology Hefei University of Technology Anhui Province Key Lab of Aerospace Structural Parts Forming Technology and Equipment Hefei University of Technology Hefei 230009 P.R. China
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- Institute of Industry & Equipment Technology Hefei University of Technology Anhui Province Key Lab of Aerospace Structural Parts Forming Technology and Equipment Hefei University of Technology Hefei 230009 P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Hefei University of Technology Hefei 230009 P.R. China
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Yang Z, Jia D, Zhao Q, Song D, Zhang Y, Gao J, Sun X, Ohsaka T, Matsumoto F, Shen Q, Wu J. Multichalcogen-Integrated Cathodes for Novel Lithium-Chalcogenide Batteries in Ether and Ester Electrolytes. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:32112-32123. [PMID: 35802395 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c08642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries and lithium-selenium (Li-Se) batteries that contain only one single active element have unique advantages and disadvantages. Inspired by ternary lithium batteries, multielement chalcogenide compounds with integrated advantages may improve upon the performance of lithium-chalcogenide batteries at the source. In this work, activated carbon (AC) with an Al2O3@SiO2 heterojunction is used as the carrier, and the performances and mechanisms of elemental substances (X/AC, X = S, Se, and Te) are studied in ether and ester electrolytes as the basis for preparing multielement chalcogenide composites (SST/AC, SST: S-Se-Te compound). In the ester electrolyte system, SST811/AC (where S/Se/Te = 8:1:1, molar ratio) exhibited the best cycling performance, and the capacity remained at 1024.9 mA h g-1 after 300 cycles. The characterization results revealed the mechanisms and sequences of the gradual liquid-phase reactions of SST/AC in ether electrolytes and the direct solid-phase reactions in ester electrolytes. The active elements in SST/AC fully demonstrated their own functions, enabling the effective construction of new lithium-chalcogenide battery systems. This work provides inspiration for the subsequent research of multielement lithium-chalcogenide batteries and paves the way for their application.
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- Zewen Yang
- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, PR China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Laser and Infrared System of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China
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- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, PR China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, PR China
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- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, PR China
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- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, PR China
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- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, PR China
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- Research Institute for Engineering, Kanagawa University, Kanagawa-Ku, Yokohama 221-8686, Japan
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- Research Institute for Engineering, Kanagawa University, Kanagawa-Ku, Yokohama 221-8686, Japan
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- Key Laboratory of Laser and Infrared System of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China
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- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, PR China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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Zhao Y, Wu L, Yu Y, Dai Y, Liao B, Pang H. Construction of a fast Li-ion path in a MOF-derived Fe 3O 4@NC sulfur host enables high-rate lithium-sulfur batteries. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:11665-11674. [PMID: 35848432 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt01876d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Besides the adjustment of the active centres, the precisely designed microstructures of the carbon hosts also play a significant role in improving the battery performance. Herein, MOF-derived Fe3O4@NCs were prepared through a molten salt-assisted calcination method at different carbonization temperatures. Compared with the materials obtained at 700 °C, LK450 calcined at a lower temperature of 450 °C maintains suitable pore sizes and more N-doping and exhibits excellent Li-ion transport performance. Thus, the S/LK450 cathode can achieve an outstanding rate performance of up to 5 C (∼528 mA h g-1) and an extremely low capacity decay of 0.037% per cycle after 500 cycles at 1C. Notably, even with a high sulfur loading (4.0 mg cm-2), the S/LK450 cathode can still deliver a high capacity of 673 mA h g-1 at 0.2C after 100 cycles. Briefly, this work demonstrates the superiorities to prepare the samples at relatively low carbonization temperatures, which guarantee a better ion path structure and sufficient N-doping in the carbon skeleton.
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- Yifang Zhao
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Industrial Surfactant, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510665, P. R. China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Industrial Surfactant, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510665, P. R. China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Industrial Surfactant, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510665, P. R. China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Industrial Surfactant, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510665, P. R. China.
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- Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510070, P. R. China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Industrial Surfactant, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510665, P. R. China.
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Huang Y, Lin L, Zhang C, Liu L, Li Y, Qiao Z, Lin J, Wei Q, Wang L, Xie Q, Peng D. Recent Advances and Strategies toward Polysulfides Shuttle Inhibition for High-Performance Li-S Batteries. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2022; 9:e2106004. [PMID: 35233996 PMCID: PMC9036004 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202106004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2021] [Revised: 01/29/2022] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are regarded as the most promising next-generation energy storage systems due to their high energy density and cost-effectiveness. However, their practical applications are seriously hindered by several inevitable drawbacks, especially the shuttle effects of soluble lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) which lead to rapid capacity decay and short cycling lifespan. This review specifically concentrates on the shuttle path of LiPSs and their interaction with the corresponding cell components along the moving way, systematically retrospect the recent advances and strategies toward polysulfides diffusion suppression. Overall, the strategies for the shuttle effect inhibition can be classified into four parts, including capturing the LiPSs in the sulfur cathode, reducing the dissolution in electrolytes, blocking the shuttle channels by functional separators, and preventing the chemical reaction between LiPSs and Li metal anode. Herein, the fundamental aspect of Li-S batteries is introduced first to give an in-deep understanding of the generation and shuttle effect of LiPSs. Then, the corresponding strategies toward LiPSs shuttle inhibition along the diffusion path are discussed step by step. Finally, general conclusions and perspectives for future research on shuttle issues and practical application of Li-S batteries are proposed.
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- Youzhang Huang
- State Key Lab for Physical Chemistry of Solid SurfacesFujian Key Laboratory of Materials GenomeCollaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy MaterialsCollege of MaterialsXiamen UniversityXiamen361005P. R. China
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- State Key Lab for Physical Chemistry of Solid SurfacesFujian Key Laboratory of Materials GenomeCollaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy MaterialsCollege of MaterialsXiamen UniversityXiamen361005P. R. China
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- State Key Lab for Physical Chemistry of Solid SurfacesFujian Key Laboratory of Materials GenomeCollaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy MaterialsCollege of MaterialsXiamen UniversityXiamen361005P. R. China
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- State Key Lab for Physical Chemistry of Solid SurfacesFujian Key Laboratory of Materials GenomeCollaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy MaterialsCollege of MaterialsXiamen UniversityXiamen361005P. R. China
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- State Key Lab for Physical Chemistry of Solid SurfacesFujian Key Laboratory of Materials GenomeCollaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy MaterialsCollege of MaterialsXiamen UniversityXiamen361005P. R. China
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- State Key Lab for Physical Chemistry of Solid SurfacesFujian Key Laboratory of Materials GenomeCollaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy MaterialsCollege of MaterialsXiamen UniversityXiamen361005P. R. China
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- State Key Lab for Physical Chemistry of Solid SurfacesFujian Key Laboratory of Materials GenomeCollaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy MaterialsCollege of MaterialsXiamen UniversityXiamen361005P. R. China
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- State Key Lab for Physical Chemistry of Solid SurfacesFujian Key Laboratory of Materials GenomeCollaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy MaterialsCollege of MaterialsXiamen UniversityXiamen361005P. R. China
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- State Key Lab for Physical Chemistry of Solid SurfacesFujian Key Laboratory of Materials GenomeCollaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy MaterialsCollege of MaterialsXiamen UniversityXiamen361005P. R. China
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- State Key Lab for Physical Chemistry of Solid SurfacesFujian Key Laboratory of Materials GenomeCollaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy MaterialsCollege of MaterialsXiamen UniversityXiamen361005P. R. China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Xiamen UniversityShenzhen518000P. R. China
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- State Key Lab for Physical Chemistry of Solid SurfacesFujian Key Laboratory of Materials GenomeCollaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy MaterialsCollege of MaterialsXiamen UniversityXiamen361005P. R. China
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He R, Tian G, Li S, Han Z, Zhong W, Cheng S, Xie J. Enhancing the Reversibility of Lithium Cobalt Oxide Phase Transition in Thick Electrode via Low Tortuosity Design. Nano Lett 2022; 22:2429-2436. [PMID: 35285233 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Lithium cobalt oxide (LCO) is a widely used cathode material for lithium-ion batteries. However, it suffers from irreversible phase transition during cycling because of high cutoff voltage or huge concentration polarization in thick electrode, resulting in deteriorated cyclability. Here, we design a low tortuous LiCoO2 (LCO-LT) electrode by ice-templating method and investigate the reversibility of LCO phase transition. LCO-LT thick electrode shows accelerated lithium-ion transport and reduced concentration polarization, achieving excellent rate capability and homogeneous actual operating voltage. Moreover, LCO-LT thick electrode exhibits a durable phase transition between O2 and H1-3, mitigated volume expansion, and suppressed microcrack formation. LCO-LT electrode (25 mg cm-2) delivers improved capacity retentions of 94.4% after 200 cycles and 93.3% after 150 cycles at cutoff voltages of 4.3 and 4.5 V, respectively. This strategy provides a new concept to improve the reversibility of LCO phase transition in thick electrode by low tortuosity design.
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- Renjie He
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die and Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China
- School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China
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Wu J, Ju Z, Zhang X, Xu X, Takeuchi KJ, Marschilok AC, Takeuchi ES, Yu G. Low-Tortuosity Thick Electrodes with Active Materials Gradient Design for Enhanced Energy Storage. ACS Nano 2022; 16:4805-4812. [PMID: 35234442 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c00129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The ever-growing energy demand of modern society calls for the development of high-loading and high-energy-density batteries, and substantial research efforts are required to optimize electrode microstructures for improved energy storage. Low-tortuosity architecture proves effective in promoting charge transport kinetics in thick electrodes; however, heterogeneous electrochemical mass transport along the depth direction is inevitable, especially at high C-rates. In this work, we create an active material gradient in low-tortuosity electrodes along ion-transport direction to compensate for uneven reaction kinetics and the nonuniform lithiation/delithiation process in thick electrodes. The gradual decrease of active material concentration from the separator to the current collector reduces the integrated ion diffusion distance and accelerates the electrochemical reaction kinetics, leading to improved rate capabilities. The structure advantages combining low-tortuosity pores and active material gradient offer high mass loading (60 mg cm-2) and enhanced performance. Comprehensive understanding of the effect of active material gradient architecture on electrode kinetics has been elucidated by electrochemical characterization and simulations, which can be useful for development of batteries with high-energy/power densities.
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- Jingyi Wu
- Materials Science and Engineering Program, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
- Interdisciplinary Science Department, Energy and Photon Sciences Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
- Institute for Electrochemically Stored Energy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
- Interdisciplinary Science Department, Energy and Photon Sciences Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
- Institute for Electrochemically Stored Energy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
- Interdisciplinary Science Department, Energy and Photon Sciences Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
- Institute for Electrochemically Stored Energy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Yang K, Kim S, Yang X, Cho M, Lee Y. Binder-Free and High-Loading Cathode Realized by Hierarchical Structure for Potassium-Sulfur Batteries. Small Methods 2022; 6:e2100899. [PMID: 35041292 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202100899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Revised: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Potassium-sulfur batteries have attracted significant research attention owing to the naturally abundant resources of potassium and sulfur, and have promising applications in large-scale energy storage systems. However, the sluggish reaction kinetics of K+ , low reaction activity of sulfur species, shuttling effect of polysulfides, and large volume change impede the development of these batteries. Moreover, the conventional electrode fabrication method with binders and current collectors renders it difficult to improve the areal sulfur loading and energy density. In this study, a binder-free and freestanding sulfur cathode is prepared by phase inversion and sulfurization of polyacrylonitrile. This sulfur cathode, with a hierarchically porous network, enables a high reversible capacity of 1345 mAh g-1 and a stable cycling performance with a capacity decay of 0.15% per cycle. Importantly, areal capacities of 3.1 and 4.2 mAh cm-2 are achieved even at high sulfur loadings of 3 and 7 mg cm-2 , owing to the favorable electron/ion transport in the cathode. The facile preparation method and excellent electrochemical properties reported herein can pave the way for developing high-performance K-S batteries.
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- Kaiwei Yang
- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK
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- Key Laboratory for Light-weight Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea
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Wu J, Ju Z, Zhang X, Quilty C, Takeuchi KJ, Bock DC, Marschilok AC, Takeuchi ES, Yu G. Ultrahigh-Capacity and Scalable Architected Battery Electrodes via Tortuosity Modulation. ACS Nano 2021; 15:19109-19118. [PMID: 34410706 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c06491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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A thick electrode with high areal capacity is a straightforward approach to maximize the energy density of batteries, but the development of thick electrodes suffers from both fabrication challenges and electron/ion transport limitations. In this work, a low-tortuosity LiFePO4 (LFP) electrode with ultrahigh loadings of active materials and a highly efficient transport network was constructed by a facile and scalable templated phase inversion method. The instant solidification of polymers during phase inversion enables the fabrication of ultrathick yet robust electrodes. The open and aligned microchannels with interconnected porous walls provide direct and short ion transport pathways, while the encapsulation of active materials in the carbon framework offers a continuous pathway for electron transport. Benefiting from the structural advantages, the ultrathick bilayer LiFePO4 electrodes (up to 1.2 mm) demonstrate marked improvements in rate performance and cycling stability under high areal loadings (up to 100 mg cm-2). Simulation and operando structural characterization also reveal fast transport kinetics. Combined with the scalable fabrication, our proposed strategy presents an effective alternative for designing practical high energy/power density electrodes at low cost.
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- Jingyi Wu
- Materials Science and Engineering Program, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
- Interdisciplinary Science Department, Energy and Photon Sciences Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
- Institute for Electrochemically Stored Energy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
- Interdisciplinary Science Department, Energy and Photon Sciences Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
- Institute for Electrochemically Stored Energy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
- Interdisciplinary Science Department, Energy and Photon Sciences Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
- Institute for Electrochemically Stored Energy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Wu J, Ju Z, Zhang X, Takeuchi KJ, Marschilok AC, Takeuchi ES, Yu G. Building Efficient Ion Pathway in Highly Densified Thick Electrodes with High Gravimetric and Volumetric Energy Densities. Nano Lett 2021; 21:9339-9346. [PMID: 34669404 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c03724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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A common practice in thick electrode design is to increase porosity to boost charge transport kinetics. However, a high porosity offsets the advantages of thick electrodes in both gravimetric and volumetric energy densities. Here we design a freestanding thick electrode composed of highly densified active material regions connected by continuous electrolyte-buffering voids. By wet calendering of the phase-inversion electrode, the continuous compact active material region and continuous ion transport network are controllably formed. Rate capabilities and cycling stability at high LiFePO4 loading of 126 mg cm-2 were achieved for the densified cathode with porosity as low as 38%. The decreased porosity and efficient void utilization enable high gravimetric/volumetric energy densities of 330 Wh kg-1 and 614 Wh L-1, as well as improved power densities. The versatility of this method and the industrial compatible "roll-to-roll" fabrication demonstrate an important step toward the practical application of thick electrodes.
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- Jingyi Wu
- Materials Science and Engineering Program, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
- Interdisciplinary Science Department, Energy and Photon Sciences Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
- Interdisciplinary Science Department, Energy and Photon Sciences Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
- Interdisciplinary Science Department, Energy and Photon Sciences Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Chen Z, Miao L, Fu Y, Shi L, Chen J, Liu X, Zhang L. Engineering Functional Interface with Built-in Catalytic and Self-Oxidation Sites for Highly Stable Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Chemistry 2021; 27:14444-14450. [PMID: 34347317 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have attracted great attention due to their high theoretical energy density. The rapid redox conversion of lithium polysulfides (LiPS) is effective for solving the serious shuttle effect and improving the utilization of active materials. The functional design of the separator interface with fast charge transfer and active catalytic sites is desirable for accelerating the conversion of intermediates. Herein, a graphene-wrapped MnCO3 nanowire (G@MC) was prepared and utilized to engineer the separator interface. G@MC with active Mn2+ sites can effectively anchor the LiPS by forming the Mn-S chemical bond according to our theoretical calculation results. In addition, the catalytic Mn2+ sites and conductive graphene layer of G@MC could accelerate the reversible conversion of LiPS via the spontaneous "self-redox" reaction and the rapid electron transfer in electrochemical process. As a result, the G@MC-based battery exhibits only 0.038 % capacity decay (per cycle) after 1000 cycles at 2.0 C. This work affords new insights for designing the integrated functional interface for stable Li-S batteries.
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- Zihan Chen
- The Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Mold of Ministry of Education, Henan Key Laboratory of Advanced Nylon Materials and Application, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Mold of Ministry of Education, Henan Key Laboratory of Advanced Nylon Materials and Application, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Mold of Ministry of Education, Henan Key Laboratory of Advanced Nylon Materials and Application, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Mold of Ministry of Education, Henan Key Laboratory of Advanced Nylon Materials and Application, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Mold of Ministry of Education, Henan Key Laboratory of Advanced Nylon Materials and Application, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Mold of Ministry of Education, Henan Key Laboratory of Advanced Nylon Materials and Application, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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Li D, Li H, Zheng S, Gao N, Li S, Liu J, Hou L, Liu J, Miao B, Bai J, Cui Z, Wang N, Wang B, Zhao Y. CoS 2-TiO 2@C Core-Shell fibers as cathode host material for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur batteries. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 607:655-661. [PMID: 34530186 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.08.171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Revised: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Owing to the low cost, high energy density, and high theoretical specific capacity, lithium-sulfur batteries have been deemed as a potential choice for future energy storage devices. However, they also have suffered from several scientific and technical issues including low conductivity, polysulfides migration, and volume changes. In this study, CoS2-TiO2@carbon core-shell fibers were fabricated through combination of coaxial electrospinning and selective vulcanization method. The core-shell fibers are able to efficiently host sulfur, confine polysulfides, and accelerate intermediates conversion. This electrode delivers an initial specific capacity of 1181.1 mAh g-1 and a high capacity of 736.5 mAh g-1 after 300 cycles with high coulombic efficiency over 99.5% (capacity decay of 0.06% per cycle). This strategy of isolating interactant and selective vulcanization provides new ideas for effectively constructing heterostructure materials for lithium-sulfur batteries.
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- Dianming Li
- Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, PR China
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- Chemical Engineering College, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Huhhot 010051, PR China
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- Chemical Engineering College, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Huhhot 010051, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, PR China.
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Liu T, Shi Z, Li H, Xue W, Liu S, Yue J, Mao M, Hu YS, Li H, Huang X, Chen L, Suo L. Low-Density Fluorinated Silane Solvent Enhancing Deep Cycle Lithium-Sulfur Batteries' Lifetime. Adv Mater 2021; 33:e2102034. [PMID: 34342060 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202102034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2021] [Revised: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The lithium metal anode (LMA) instability at deep cycle with high utilization is a crucial barrier for developing lithium (Li) metal batteries, resulting in excessive Li inventory and electrolyte demand. This issue becomes more severe in capacity-type lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. High-concentration or localized high-concentration electrolytes are noted as effective strategies to stabilize Li metal but usually lead to a high electrolyte density (>1.4 g mL-1 ). Here we propose a bifunctional fluorinated silane-based electrolyte with a low density of 1.0 g mL-1 that not only is much lighter than conventional electrolytes (≈1.2 g mL-1 ) but also form a robust solid electrolyte interface to minimize Li depletion. Therefore, the Li loss rate is reduced over 4.5-fold with the proposed electrolyte relative to its conventional counterpart. When paired with onefold excess LMA at the electrolyte weight/cell capacity (E/C) ratio of 4.5 g Ah-1 , the Li-S pouch cell using our electrolyte can survive for 103 cycles, much longer than with the conventional electrolyte (38 cycles). This demonstrates that our electrolyte not only reduces the E/C ratio but also enhances the cyclic stability of Li-S batteries under limited Li amounts.
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- Tao Liu
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Key Laboratory for Renewable Energy, Beijing Key Laboratory for New Energy Materials and Devices, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Key Laboratory for Renewable Energy, Beijing Key Laboratory for New Energy Materials and Devices, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Shandong University of Science and Technology Shandong, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Qingdao, 266590, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Key Laboratory for Renewable Energy, Beijing Key Laboratory for New Energy Materials and Devices, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Key Laboratory for Renewable Energy, Beijing Key Laboratory for New Energy Materials and Devices, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Key Laboratory for Renewable Energy, Beijing Key Laboratory for New Energy Materials and Devices, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Key Laboratory for Renewable Energy, Beijing Key Laboratory for New Energy Materials and Devices, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Key Laboratory for Renewable Energy, Beijing Key Laboratory for New Energy Materials and Devices, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Key Laboratory for Renewable Energy, Beijing Key Laboratory for New Energy Materials and Devices, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Key Laboratory for Renewable Energy, Beijing Key Laboratory for New Energy Materials and Devices, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Yangtze River Delta Physics Research Center Co. Ltd, Liyang, 213300, China
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Xiong D, Huang S, Fang D, Yan D, Li G, Yan Y, Chen S, Liu Y, Li X, Von Lim Y, Wang Y, Tian B, Shi Y, Yang HY. Porosity Engineering of MXene Membrane towards Polysulfide Inhibition and Fast Lithium Ion Transportation for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Small 2021; 17:e2007442. [PMID: 34278712 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202007442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Revised: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Detrimental lithium polysulfide (LiPS) shuttle effects and sluggish electrochemical conversion kinetics in lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries severely hinder their practical application. Separator modification has been extensively investigated as an effective strategy to address above issues. Nevertheless, in the case of functional separators, how to effectively block the LiPSs from diffusion while enabling the rapid Li ion transport remains a challenge. Herein, by using an "oxidation-etching" method, MXene membranes are presented with controllable in-plane pores as interlayer to regulate Li ion transportation and LiPS immobilization. Porous MXene membranes with optimized pore density and size can simultaneously anchor LiPS and ensure fast Li ion diffusion. Consequently, even with pure sulfur cathode, the improved Li-S batteries deliver excellent rate performance up to 2 C with a reversible capacity of 677.6 mAh g-1 and long-term cyclability over 500 cycles at 1 C with a low capacity decay of 0.07% per cycle. This work sheds new insights into the design of high-performance interlayers with manipulated nanochannels and tailored surface chemistry to regulate LiPSs trapping and Li ion diffusion in Li-S batteries.
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- Dongbin Xiong
- International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
- Pillar of Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 8 Somapah Road, Singapore, 487372, Singapore
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- Pillar of Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 8 Somapah Road, Singapore, 487372, Singapore
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- Pillar of Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 8 Somapah Road, Singapore, 487372, Singapore
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- International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
- Pillar of Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 8 Somapah Road, Singapore, 487372, Singapore
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- International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
- Pillar of Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 8 Somapah Road, Singapore, 487372, Singapore
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- Pillar of Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 8 Somapah Road, Singapore, 487372, Singapore
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- Pillar of Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 8 Somapah Road, Singapore, 487372, Singapore
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- Pillar of Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 8 Somapah Road, Singapore, 487372, Singapore
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- Key Laboratory of Material Physics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
- Engineering Technology Research Center for 2D Material Information Function Devices and Systems of Guangdong Province, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Pillar of Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 8 Somapah Road, Singapore, 487372, Singapore
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Wang N, Zhang X, Ju Z, Yu X, Wang Y, Du Y, Bai Z, Dou S, Yu G. Thickness-independent scalable high-performance Li-S batteries with high areal sulfur loading via electron-enriched carbon framework. Nat Commun 2021; 12:4519. [PMID: 34312377 PMCID: PMC8313709 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24873-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
Abstract
Increasing the energy density of lithium-sulfur batteries necessitates the maximization of their areal capacity, calling for thick electrodes with high sulfur loading and content. However, traditional thick electrodes often lead to sluggish ion transfer kinetics as well as decreased electronic conductivity and mechanical stability, leading to their thickness-dependent electrochemical performance. Here, free-standing and low-tortuosity N, O co-doped wood-like carbon frameworks decorated with carbon nanotubes forest (WLC-CNTs) are synthesized and used as host for enabling scalable high-performance Li-sulfur batteries. EIS-symmetric cell examinations demonstrate that the ionic resistance and charge-transfer resistance per unit electro-active surface area of S@WLC-CNTs do not change with the variation of thickness, allowing the thickness-independent electrochemical performance of Li-S batteries. With a thickness of up to 1200 µm and sulfur loading of 52.4 mg cm-2, the electrode displays a capacity of 692 mAh g-1 after 100 cycles at 0.1 C with a low E/S ratio of 6. Moreover, the WLC-CNTs framework can also be used as a host for lithium to suppress dendrite growth. With these specific lithiophilic and sulfiphilic features, Li-S full cells were assembled and exhibited long cycling stability.
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- Nana Wang
- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus, Squires Way, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
- Materials Science and Engineering Program and Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program and Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program and Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program and Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus, Squires Way, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus, Squires Way, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus, Squires Way, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus, Squires Way, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program and Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
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Wu J, Zhang X, Ju Z, Wang L, Hui Z, Mayilvahanan K, Takeuchi KJ, Marschilok AC, West AC, Takeuchi ES, Yu G. From Fundamental Understanding to Engineering Design of High-Performance Thick Electrodes for Scalable Energy-Storage Systems. Adv Mater 2021; 33:e2101275. [PMID: 34028911 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202101275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2021] [Revised: 03/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The ever-growing needs for renewable energy demand the pursuit of batteries with higher energy/power output. A thick electrode design is considered as a promising solution for high-energy batteries due to the minimized inactive material ratio at the device level. Most of the current research focuses on pushing the electrode thickness to a maximum limit; however, very few of them thoroughly analyze the effect of electrode thickness on cell-level energy densities as well as the balance between energy and power density. Here, a realistic assessment of the combined effect of electrode thickness with other key design parameters is provided, such as active material fraction and electrode porosity, which affect the cell-level energy/power densities of lithium-LiNi0.6 Mn0.2 Co0.2 O2 (Li-NMC622) and lithium-sulfur (Li-S) cells as two model battery systems, is provided. Based on the state-of-the-art lithium batteries, key research targets are quantified to achieve 500 Wh kg-1 /800 Wh L-1 cell-level energy densities and strategies are elaborated to simultaneously enhance energy/power output. Furthermore, the remaining challenges are highlighted toward realizing scalable high-energy/power energy-storage systems.
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- Jingyi Wu
- Materials Science and Engineering Program, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Science Department, Energy and Photon Sciences Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
- Institute for Electrochemically Stored Energy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Science Department, Energy and Photon Sciences Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
- Institute for Electrochemically Stored Energy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Science Department, Energy and Photon Sciences Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
- Institute for Electrochemically Stored Energy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Science Department, Energy and Photon Sciences Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
- Institute for Electrochemically Stored Energy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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Lu X, Zhou X, Yang Q, Huang X, Zheng Q, Lin D, Song Y. An in-situ electrodeposited cobalt selenide promotor for polysulfide management targeted stable Lithium-Sulfur batteries. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 600:278-287. [PMID: 34022724 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.05.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Revised: 05/03/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) have attracted much attention due to their high theoretical specific capacity, energy density and low cost. However, the commercial application of LSBs is hindered due to the lithium polysulfide (LiPS) shuttle as well as the sluggish reaction kinetics. Herein, cobalt selenide (Co0.85Se) nanowire arrays have been constructed on a carbon-modified separator by an in-situ electrodeposition technique without any other post-treatments such as coating with other ancillary materials. The introduced three-dimensional (3D) conductive carbon layer comprising of carbon nanotube (CNT) and acetylene black (AB) not only serves as the effective support for Co0.85Se (CS) but also builds a hierarchical structure to promote the e- transfer. The as-obtained CS-CNT/AB presents a strong anchoring effect on LiPSs and high electrocatalytic activity for sulfur reaction kinetics. As a result, the LSBs inserted with electrodeposition-enabled CS modified separator exhibit an outstanding rate capability (1560.4 mAh g-1 at 0.1 C) and relatively low capacity decay of only 0.068% per cycle over 500 cycles at 2.0 C. This study provides a promising strategy to realize the rational construction of high-efficiency and long-life LSBs.
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- Xiaoli Lu
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610066, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610066, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Graphene Joint Innovation Centre, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610066, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610066, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610066, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Graphene Joint Innovation Centre, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, PR China.
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Zhu T, Sha Y, Zhang H, Huang Y, Gao X, Ling M, Lin Z. Embedding Fe 3C and Fe 3N on a Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotube as a Catalytic and Anchoring Center for a High-Areal-Capacity Li-S Battery. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:20153-20161. [PMID: 33877793 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c03358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The biggest obstacles of putting lithium-sulfur batteries into practice are the sluggish redox kinetics of polysulfides and serious "shuttle effect" under high sulfur mass loading and lean-electrolyte conditions. Herein, Fe3C/Fe3N@nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (NCNTs) as multifunctional sulfur hosts are designed to realize high-areal-capacity Li-S batteries. The Fe3N and Fe3C particles attached to NCNT can promote the conversion of polysulfides. Besides, NCNT can not only enhance the chemisorption of polysulfides but also increase the special surface area and electrical conductivity by constructing a three-dimensional skeleton network. Integrating the merits of high electrical conductivity, high catalytic activity, and strong chemical binding interaction with lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) to achieve in situ anchoring conversion, the Fe3C/Fe3N@NCNT multifunctional hosts realize high sulfur mass loading and accelerate redox kinetics. The novel Fe3C/Fe3N@NCNT/S composite cathode exhibits steady cycle ability and a high areal capacity of 9.10 mAh cm-2 with a sulfur loading of 13.12 mg cm-2 at 2.20 mA cm-2 after 50 cycles.
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- Tuyuan Zhu
- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China
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Zhou T, Shen Z, Wu Y, Han T, Zhu M, Qiao X, Zhu Y, Zhang H, Liu J. A yolk-shell Fe 3O 4@void@carbon nanochain as shuttle effect suppressive and volume-change accommodating sulfur host for long-life lithium-sulfur batteries. Nanoscale 2021; 13:7744-7750. [PMID: 33928991 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr00658d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery is considered a promising next-generation secondary battery owing to its high theoretical capacity and energy density. However, the volume change and poor conductivity of sulfur, and the shuttle effect, restrict its practical applications. Herein, we develop a yolk-shell Fe3O4@S@C nanochain as the Li-S battery cathode in which sulfur is encapsulated between the Fe3O4 core and the carbon shell. After cycling 500 times at 0.2C, the Fe3O4@S@C nanochains exhibit a stable capacity of 625 mA h g-1 and a coulombic efficiency exceeding 99.8%. When measuring at temperatures of -5 and 45 °C, the capacities remain stable, and a well-reversible rate performance under repeated testing for three rounds is also achieved. Furthermore, density functional theory (DFT) calculations show large adsorption energies of Fe3O4 towards polysulfides, indicating the capability of suppressing the shuttle effect during long-term charge and discharge.
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- Ting Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, P.R. China.
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P.R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, P.R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, P.R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, P.R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, P.R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, P.R. China.
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P.R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, P.R. China.
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Dai Y, Zheng W, Li X, Liu A, Zhang W, Jiang X, Wu X, Tao J, He G. N-Doped Hierarchically Porous CNT@C Membranes for Accelerating Polysulfide Redox Conversion for High-Energy Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:2521-2529. [PMID: 33423461 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c17454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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To improve the structural design of electrodes and interlayers for practical applications of Li-S batteries, we report two scalable porous CNT@C membranes for high-energy Li-S batteries. The asymmetric CNT@C (1:2) membrane with both dense and macroporous layers can act as an Al-free cathode for current collection and high sulfur loading, while the symmetric CNT@C (1:1) membrane with hierarchically porous networks can be used as an interlayer to trap lithium polysulfides (LiPSs), thus weakening the shuttle effect by strong adsorption of the N atoms toward LiPSs. The doped N sites in carbon membranes are identified as bifunctional active centers that electrocatalytically accelerate the oxidation of Li2S and polysulfide conversion. First-principles calculations reveal that the pyridinic and pyrrolic N sites exhibit favorable reactivity for strong adsorption/dissociation of polysulfide species. They lead to greatly reduced energy and kinetic barrier for polysulfide conversion without weakening the polysulfide adsorption on the membrane. Using the synergistic circulation groove with the two membranes, the practical S loading can be tailored from 1.2 to 6.1 mg cm-2. The Li-S battery can deliver an areal capacity of 4.6 mA h cm-2 (684 mA h g-1) at 0.2 C even at an ultrahigh S loading of 6.1 mg cm-2 and a lean electrolyte to sulfur ratio of 5.3 μL mg-1. Our work for scalable membrane fabrication and structural design provides a promising strategy for practical applications of high-energy Li-S batteries.
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- Yan Dai
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Department of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Linggong Road 2#, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Department of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Linggong Road 2#, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Department of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Linggong Road 2#, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Department of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Linggong Road 2#, Dalian 116024, China
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- College of Life Science, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian, Liaoning 116600, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Department of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Linggong Road 2#, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Department of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Linggong Road 2#, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Department of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Linggong Road 2#, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Department of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Linggong Road 2#, Dalian 116024, China
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Garapati MS, Sundara R. Enhancing polysulfide confinement and redox kinetics by electrocatalytic interlayer for highly stable lithium–sulfur batteries. Electrochim Acta 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2020.137035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Zhang Q, Zhang X, Xiao Y, Li C, Tan HH, Liu J, Wu Y. Theoretical Insights into the Favorable Functionalized Ti 2C-Based MXenes for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. ACS Omega 2020; 5:29272-29283. [PMID: 33225158 PMCID: PMC7675968 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c04043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Because of the high specific surface area, excellent electronic conductivity, facile Li diffusion, and rich functional groups, Ti2C-based MXenes have been widely used to improve the electrochemical property of lithium-sulfur batteries. The complex surface functionalization (such as -OH, -S, -F, and -O) of MXenes boosts the performance but also causes controversies about the favorable functionalized surface in the electrochemical reaction during the charge and discharge process. In the present work, a theoretical study based on density functional theory has been carried out to clarify the favorable functionalized surface by comparing pristine Ti2C and -OH-, -S-, -F-, and -O-functionalized Ti2C surfaces from the aspects of adsorption ability, electronic conductivity, and kinetic conversion ability. It is found that compared with severe polysulfide deformation on pristine Ti2C and Ti2C(OH)2 surfaces, Ti2CO2, Ti2CS2, and Ti2CF2 have effective polysulfide adsorption. Ti2CO2 has the largest surface adsorption energy, followed by Ti2CS2, and Ti2CF2 is the weakest. Meanwhile, the narrow-band gap semiconductor property of Ti2CO2 during adsorption indicates worse electronic conductivity than metallic Ti2CS2 and Ti2CF2. In addition, for the kinetic conversion ability, the Ti2CS2 surface has the fastest polysulfide conversion and Li diffusion, followed by Ti2CF2, and Ti2CO2 represents the slowest conversion and diffusion. Accordingly, because of the medium binding energy, good electronic conductivity, and fast polysulfide conversion and Li diffusion, Ti2CS2 is revealed to be the favorable functionalized surface. More importantly, the origin for the Ti2CS2 surface with medium adsorption ability represents the fastest polysulfide conversion, and Li diffusion is further clarified. The great affinity of the Ti2CS2 surface to the product Li2S leads to facile polysulfide conversion. The uniform charge distribution on the Ti2CS2 surface contributes to the fast Li diffusion.
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- Qi Zhang
- Anhui
Province Key Lab of Aerospace Structural Parts Forming Technology
and Equipment, Institute of Industry & Equipment Technology, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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- Anhui
Province Key Lab of Aerospace Structural Parts Forming Technology
and Equipment, Institute of Industry & Equipment Technology, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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- Anhui
Province Key Lab of Aerospace Structural Parts Forming Technology
and Equipment, Institute of Industry & Equipment Technology, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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- Anhui
Province Key Lab of Aerospace Structural Parts Forming Technology
and Equipment, Institute of Industry & Equipment Technology, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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- Department
of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics and
Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital
Territory 2601, Australia
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- Anhui
Province Key Lab of Aerospace Structural Parts Forming Technology
and Equipment, Institute of Industry & Equipment Technology, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials,
Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University
of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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Long J, Zhang H, Ren J, Li J, Zhu M, Han T, Sun B, Zhu S, Zhang H, Liu J. A metal organic foam-derived multi-layered and porous copper sulfide scaffold as sulfur host with multiple shields for preventing shuttle effect in lithium-sulfur batteries. Electrochim Acta 2020; 356:136853. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2020.136853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Li X, Zhang Y, Wang S, Liu Y, Ding Y, He G, Jiang X, Xiao W, Yu G. Scalable High-Areal-Capacity Li-S Batteries Enabled by Sandwich-Structured Hierarchically Porous Membranes with Intrinsic Polysulfide Adsorption. Nano Lett 2020; 20:6922-6929. [PMID: 32833460 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The key to realizing practical applications of Li-S batteries lies in scalable fabrication of cathode materials with high sulfur-loading and strong binding of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs). We report a scalable CeO2-CNT@C porous membrane with a large porosity of 90%. Introducing CNTs is critical to increase the porosity and construct porous networks with CNTs as the skeleton and CeO2-doped carbon as the shell. The macropores can improve the transport of Li+ and electrolyte, while the porous networks possess high polysulfide-adsorbing and electron-transferring ability. The CeO2-CNT@C membrane can serve as an Al foil-free cathode and an interlayer for Li-S batteries. Moreover, CeO2 can immobilize LiPSs and can alleviate its shuttle effect. The Li-S batteries with a sulfur loading of 6.2 mg cm-2 deliver a capacity of 847 mA h g-1 after 100 cycles, showing a high areal capacity of 5.25 mA h cm-2 at a low electrolyte/sulfur ratio of 5.2 μL mg-1.
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- Xiangcun Li
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Chemical Engineering Department, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Chemical Engineering Department, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Chemical Engineering Department, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Chemical Engineering Department, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Chemical Engineering Department, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Chemical Engineering Department, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Chemical Engineering Department, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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