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Liu X, Guo Q, Li Y, Ma Y, Ma X, Liu P, Duan D, Zhang Z, Zhou X, Liu S. "Wane and wax" strategy: Enhanced evolution kinetics of liquid phase Li 2S 4 to Li 2S via mutually embedded CNT sponge/Ni-porous carbon electrocatalysts. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 649:481-491. [PMID: 37356149 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.06.144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Revised: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/27/2023]
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The lithium-sulfur battery (Li-S) has been considered a promising energy storage system, however, in the practical application of Li-S batteries, considerable challenges remain. One challenge is the low kinetics involved in the conversion of Li2S4 to Li2S. Here, we reveal that highly dispersed Ni nanoparticles play a unique role in the reduction of Li2S4. Ni-porous carbon (Ni-PC) decorated in situ on a free-standing carbon nanotube sponge (CNTS/Ni-PC) enriches the current response of liquid phase Li2S4 and Li2S2 around the cathode more than 8.1 and 5.7 times higher than that of the CNTS blank sample, respectively, greatly boosting the kinetics and decreasing the reaction overpotential of Li2S4 reduction (lower Tafel slope and larger current response). Thus, with the same total overpotential, more space is provided for the concentration difference overpotential, allowing the more soluble polysulfide intermediates farther away from the surface of the conductive materials to be reduced based on the "wane and wax" strategy, and significantly improving the sulfur utilization. Consequently, S@CNTS/Ni-PC delivers excellent rate performance (812.4 mAh·g-1 at 2C) and a remarkable areal capacity of 10.1 mAh·cm-2. This work provides a viable strategy for designing a target catalyst to enhance the conversion kinetics in the Li2S4 reduction process.
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- Xiaoxiao Liu
- College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, PR China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, PR China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, PR China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, PR China
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- Shandong Haihua Group Company Limited, Weifang 262737, PR China
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- Department of Energy Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Shanxi Institute of Energy, Jinzhong 030600, PR China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, PR China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, PR China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, PR China
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Sun J, Liu Y, Liu L, Bi J, Wang S, Du Z, Du H, Wang K, Ai W, Huang W. Interface Engineering Toward Expedited Li 2 S Deposition in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: A Critical Review. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023:e2211168. [PMID: 36756778 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202211168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) with superior energy density are among the most promising candidates of next-generation energy storage techniques. As the key step contributing to 75% of the overall capacity, Li2 S deposition remains a formidable challenge for LSBs applications because of its sluggish kinetics. The severe kinetic issue originates from the huge interfacial impedances, indicative of the interface-dominated nature of Li2 S deposition. Accordingly, increasing efforts have been devoted to interface engineering for efficient Li2 S deposition, which has attained inspiring success to date. However, a systematic overview and in-depth understanding of this critical field are still absent. In this review, the principles of interface-controlled Li2 S precipitation are presented, clarifying the pivotal roles of electrolyte-substrate and electrolyte-Li2 S interfaces in regulating Li2 S depositing behavior. For the optimization of the electrolyte-substrate interface, efforts on the design of substrates including metal compounds, functionalized carbons, and organic compounds are systematically summarized. Regarding the regulation of electrolyte-Li2 S interface, the progress of applying polysulfides catholytes, redox mediators, and high-donicity/polarity electrolytes is overviewed in detail. Finally, the challenges and possible solutions aiming at optimizing Li2 S deposition are given for further development of practical LSBs. This review would inspire more insightful works and, more importantly, may enlighten other electrochemical areas concerning heterogeneous deposition processes.
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- Jinmeng Sun
- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE) & Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE) & Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE) & Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE) & Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE) & Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE) & Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Strait Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (SLoFE), Strait Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE, Future Technologies), Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350117, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE) & Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE) & Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE) & Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
- Strait Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (SLoFE), Strait Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE, Future Technologies), Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350117, China
- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing, 211816, China
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Qi X, Huang L, Luo Y, Chen Q, Chen Y. Ni 3Sn 2/nitrogen-doped graphene composite with chemisorption and electrocatalysis as advanced separator modifying material for lithium sulfur batteries. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 628:896-910. [PMID: 36030715 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Lithium-sulfur batteries have been widely studied because of their advantages of abundant reserves, environmental friendliness, low cost andhighspecific capacity. However, the volume expansionand the low electrical conductivity of sulfur, and the shuttle effect of polysulfides limit their application. Herein,wesynthesizea two-dimensional layered Ni3Sn2/nitrogen-doped graphene (NG) composite asseparator modifying material for lithium-sulfur batteries. The Ni3Sn2formed by dual metal salts Ni(NO3)2·6H2O and SnCl2·2H2O can adsorb polysulfide and catalyze its transformation to improve the electrochemical reaction kinetics. Moreover, the layered NG can not only disperse the Ni3Sn2particles, but alsoensure rapid electron transfer. Therefore, the lithium-sulfur battery with the Ni3Sn2/NG modified separator shows excellent electrochemical performance. At a current rate of 1 C, the lithium-sulfur battery with the Ni3Sn2/NG modified separator can provide a high initial discharge capacity of 1022.1 mAh g-1and maintain a reversible specific capacity of 758.3 mAh g-1after 400 cycles.
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- Xinmei Qi
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, PR China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, PR China; Engineering Research Center of Alternative Energy Materials & Devices, Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610065, PR China.
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, PR China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, PR China
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- Institute of New Energy and Low-Carbon Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610207, PR China; Engineering Research Center of Alternative Energy Materials & Devices, Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610065, PR China
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Xu L, Li H, Zhao G, Sun Y, Wang H, Guo H. Ni 3FeN functionalized carbon nanofibers boosting polysulfide conversion for Li–S chemistry. RSC Adv 2022; 12:6930-6937. [PMID: 35424588 PMCID: PMC8982135 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra09041k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Limiting the shuttle effect of polysulfides is an important means to realizing high energy density lithium–sulfur batteries (Li–S).
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- Lufu Xu
- School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
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Wang Z, Lu J, Li S, Guo Y, Lian F, Wang A, Jin Z, Wang W. Rational Design of β-NiOOH Nanosheet-Sheathed CNTs as a Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Practical Li-S Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:58789-58798. [PMID: 34865464 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c19915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The shuttle effects of polysulfide intermediates (LiPSs) and sluggish kinetics during sulfur reduction reaction (SRR) process severely exacerbate the electrochemical performances of Li-S batteries. Herein, a unique nanocatalyst comprising β-NiOOH nanosheets uniformly implanted on the surface of carbon nanotubes (CNT@NiOOH) was designed and synthesized for sulfur cathodes. The β-NiOOH nanosheets have great capability of adsorbing LiPSs as well as superior catalytic activity for accelerating LiPS conversion, providing a more efficient method to restrain shuttle effects and improve the kinetics of SRR. Moreover, the nanometer-scale epitaxial growth and uniform distribution of β-NiOOH on CNTs provide a multidimensional catalytic skeleton with sufficient accessible active surfaces, unimpeded LiPS diffusion pathways, and resultant high utilization of active sites. Simultaneously, stable electron transportation pathways are also obtained by being synthesized on CNTs to avoid the faultiness of poor electron conductivity of β-NiOOH. These conspicuous advantages contribute to fully exert the catalytic and LiPS anchoring potential of CNT@NiOOH, bringing about the ultralong cycle performance and excellent capacity reversibility at a high discharge rate. Reticular CNT@NiOOH frameworks are assembled with the sulfur composite materials (SCMs) by a self-assembly method, and a super-high capacity of 813.3 mA h g-1 after 400 cycles at 0.5 C with a small capacity degradation of 0.07% per cycle is achieved. Furthermore, the 3 A h pouch-type cell with the SCM/CNT@NiOOH cathode attains a super-high energy density of about 320 W h kg-1 and shows a superior capacity retention as high as 75.9% after 50 cycles at 0.2 C. This work provides a promising method to accelerate the SRR process and restrain the shuttle effects for practical long-life and high-capacity Li-sulfur batteries.
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- Zilong Wang
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Energy Storage Technology and Materials, Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Energy Storage Technology and Materials, Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- School of Science, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Energy Storage Technology and Materials, Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- Inorganic Nonmetallic Materials Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science & Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Energy Storage Technology and Materials, Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Energy Storage Technology and Materials, Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Energy Storage Technology and Materials, Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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Li Y, Wang X, Wang L, Jia D, Yang Y, Liu X, Sun M, Zhao Z, Qiu J. Ni@Ni 3N Embedded on Three-Dimensional Carbon Nanosheets for High-Performance Lithium/Sodium-Sulfur Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:48536-48545. [PMID: 34609835 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c11793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are recognized as one of the most promising next-generation energy storage devices, but their practical application is greatly limited by several obstacles, such as the highly insulating nature and sluggish redox kinetics of sulfur and the dissolution of lithium polysulfides. Herein, three-dimensional carbon nanosheet frameworks anchored with Ni@Ni3N heterostructure nanoparticles (denoted Ni@Ni3N/CNS) are designed and fabricated by a chemical blowing and thermal nitridation strategy. It is demonstrated that the Ni@Ni3N heterostructure can effectively accelerate polysulfide conversion and promote the chemical trapping of polysulfides. Meanwhile, the carbon nanosheet frameworks of Ni@Ni3N/CNS establish a highly conductive network for fast electron transportation. The cells with Ni@Ni3N heterostructures as the catalyst in the cathode show excellent electrochemical performance, revealing stable cycling over 600 cycles with a low-capacity fading rate of 0.04% per cycle at 0.5 C and high-rate capability (594 mAh g-1 at 3 C). Furthermore, Ni@Ni3N/CNS can also work well in room-temperature sodium-sulfur (RT-Na/S) batteries, delivering a high specific capacity (454 mAh g-1 after 400 cycles at 0.5 C). This work provides a rational way to prepare the metal-metal nitride heterostructures to enhance the performance both of Li-S and RT-Na/S batteries.
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- Yong Li
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Energy Materials and Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Energy Materials and Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, 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, 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, China
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- Key Lab of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials, Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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- Key Lab of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials, Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Energy Materials and Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Energy Materials and Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Energy Materials and Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
- School of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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