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Lv R, Luo C, Liu B, Hu K, Wang K, Zheng L, Guo Y, Du J, Li L, Wu F, Chen R. Unveiling Confinement Engineering for Achieving High-Performance Rechargeable Batteries. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2400508. [PMID: 38452342 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202400508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Revised: 03/03/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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The confinement effect, restricting materials within nano/sub-nano spaces, has emerged as an innovative approach for fundamental research in diverse application fields, including chemical engineering, membrane separation, and catalysis. This confinement principle recently presents fresh perspectives on addressing critical challenges in rechargeable batteries. Within spatial confinement, novel microstructures and physiochemical properties have been raised to promote the battery performance. Nevertheless, few clear definitions and specific reviews are available to offer a comprehensive understanding and guide for utilizing the confinement effect in batteries. This review aims to fill this gap by primarily summarizing the categorization of confinement effects across various scales and dimensions within battery systems. Subsequently, the strategic design of confinement environments is proposed to address existing challenges in rechargeable batteries. These solutions involve the manipulation of the physicochemical properties of electrolytes, the regulation of electrochemical activity, and stability of electrodes, and insights into ion transfer mechanisms. Furthermore, specific perspectives are provided to deepen the foundational understanding of the confinement effect for achieving high-performance rechargeable batteries. Overall, this review emphasizes the transformative potential of confinement effects in tailoring the microstructure and physiochemical properties of electrode materials, highlighting their crucial role in designing novel energy storage devices.
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- Ruixin Lv
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Material Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Material Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
- Advanced Technology Research Institute, Beijing Institute of Technology, Jinan, 250300, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Material Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Material Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Material Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Material Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Material Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Material Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Material Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
- Advanced Technology Research Institute, Beijing Institute of Technology, Jinan, 250300, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Electric Vehicles in Beijing, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Material Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
- Advanced Technology Research Institute, Beijing Institute of Technology, Jinan, 250300, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Electric Vehicles in Beijing, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Material Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Electric Vehicles in Beijing, Beijing, 100081, China
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Deng Y, Tang W, Zhu Y, Ma J, Zhou M, Shi Y, Yan P, Liu R. Catalytic VS 2 -VO 2 Heterostructure that Enables a Self-Supporting Li 2 S Cathode for Superior Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. SMALL METHODS 2023:e2300186. [PMID: 37093188 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202300186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2023] [Revised: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) have become very promising next-generation energy-storage technologies owing to their high energy densities and cost-effectiveness. However, the poor electrical conductivity of the active material, volume changes that occur during cycling, the "shuttle effect" involving lithium polysulfides (LiPSs), and lithium dendrite growth limit their commercializability. Herein, the preparation of a CC@VS2 -VO2 @Li2 S@C electrode prepared by the in situ growth of a VS2 -VO2 heterostructure on carbon cloth (CC), loaded with Li2 S, and finally coated with a carbon shell, is reported. The cell with the CC@VS2 -VO2 @Li2 S@C cathode exhibits superior cycling stability and rate performance owing to synergy between its various components. The cell delivers a high discharge specific capacity of 919.8 mA g-1 at 0.2 C, with a capacity of 588.9 mAh g-1 retained after 500 cycles with an average capacity attenuation of 0.072% per cycle. The cell exhibits discharge capacities of 937.6, 780.2, 641.9, 541, and 462.8 mAh g-1 at current densities of 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 C, respectively. This study provides a new approach for catalyzing LiPS conversion and promoting LSB applications.
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- Yirui Deng
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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Yang J, Qu Y, Lin X, Wang L, Zheng Z, Zhuang J, Duan L. MoO3/MoS2 flexible paper as sulfur cathode with synergistic suppress shuttle effect for lithium-sulfur batteries. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.140378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Li M, Peng H, Pei Y, Wang F, Zhu Y, Shi R, He X, Lei Z, Liu Z, Sun J. MoS 2 nanosheets grown on hollow carbon spheres as a strong polysulfide anchor for high performance lithium sulfur batteries. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:23636-23644. [PMID: 33216101 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr05727d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Lithium sulfur batteries are expected to be one of the most promising energy storage systems due to their high energy density, low cost and environmental friendliness. However, the shuttle effect of lithium polysulfides severely hampers their practical application. The design of the sulfur cathode is one of the most important approaches to overcome the problem. In this work, MoS2 nanosheets have been successfully grown on the surface of hollow carbon spheres (HCS) to obtain MoS2@HCS nanocomposites with uniform morphology. The growth behavior of MoS2 nanosheets was also proved by adjusting the pore structure of HCS. With a sulfur loading of 74%, the MoS2@HCS/S cathode exhibits a high initial reversible capacity of 1419 mA h g-1 at a current density of 0.1 C and remains at 1010 mA h g-1 after 100 cycles. Even at 0.5 C, a capacity of 795 mA h g-1 can be retained after 600 cycles, corresponding to a capacity retention rate of 63.1%. By adjusting the concentration of the sulfur source, the relationship between different growth quantities of MoS2 and the cycling performance of the battery was also investigated. The excellent electrochemical performance of the MoS2@HCS/S cathode can be fully attributed to its physical and chemical double adsorption effect on lithium polysulfides, which has been confirmed through the visible adsorption and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) experiments. This work provides a simple design concept and method to synthesize a nanocomposite-based sulfur host for high performance lithium sulfur batteries.
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- Miaoran Li
- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry (MOE), Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Devices, Shaanxi Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, 620 West Chang'an Street, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710119, China.
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Chen Z, Liao A, Guo Z, Yu F, Mei T, Zhang Z, Irshad MS, Liu C, Yu L, Wang X. A controllable flower-like FeMoO4/FeS2/Mo2S3 composite as efficient sulfur host for lithium-sulfur batteries. Electrochim Acta 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2020.136561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Shi M, Zhang S, Jiang Y, Jiang Z, Zhang L, Chang J, Wei T, Fan Z. Sandwiching Sulfur into the Dents Between N, O Co-Doped Graphene Layered Blocks with Strong Physicochemical Confinements for Stable and High-Rate Li-S Batteries. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2020; 12:146. [PMID: 34138132 PMCID: PMC7770931 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-020-00477-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The development of lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) is restricted by their poor cycle stability and rate performance due to the low conductivity of sulfur and severe shuttle effect. Herein, an N, O co-doped graphene layered block (NOGB) with many dents on the graphene sheets is designed as effective sulfur host for high-performance LSBs. The sulfur platelets are physically confined into the dents and closely contacted with the graphene scaffold, ensuring structural stability and high conductivity. The highly doped N and O atoms can prevent the shuttle effect of sulfur species by strong chemical adsorption. Moreover, the micropores on the graphene sheets enable fast Li+ transport through the blocks. As a result, the obtained NOGB/S composite with 76 wt% sulfur content shows a high capacity of 1413 mAh g-1 at 0.1 C, good rate performance of 433 mAh g-1 at 10 C, and remarkable stability with 526 mAh g-1 at after 1000 cycles at 1 C (average decay rate: 0.038% per cycle). Our design provides a comprehensive route for simultaneously improving the conductivity, ion transport kinetics, and preventing the shuttle effect in LSBs.
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- Mengjiao Shi
- Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Energy Materials Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Autonomous Region, Institute of Applied Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, People's Republic of China.
- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, 266580, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, People's Republic of China.
- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, 266580, People's Republic of China.
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