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Hollow carbon spheres loaded with NiSe 2 nanoplates as multifunctional SeS 2 hosts for Li-SeS 2 batteries. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 608:2760-2767. [PMID: 34785051 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Revised: 10/31/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Selenium sulfide as a new alternative cathode material can effectively address the inferior electronic conductivity of sulfur, which is the main cause for poor electrochemical reactivity of conventional lithium-sulfur batteries (Li-S batteries). Therefore, in this work, hollow carbon spheres loaded with NiSe2 nanoplates were prepared as SeS2 hosts for Li-SeS2 batteries. The unique micro-mesoporous hollow carbon spheres not only provide channels for the diffusion of SeS2, but also afford spaces for alleviating the volume expansion of the active substance. Besides, the external polar NiSe2 nanoplates increase active sites for capturing polysulfides or polyselenides during the charge/discharge process. Meanwhile, the excellent electronic conductivity of NiSe2 can accelerate the catalytic reaction on the surface, thus reducing the loss of soluble intermediate products and finally suppressing the "shuttle effect". These extraordinary features of the as-proposed cathode offer many superiorities in electrochemical performances in terms of a high initial discharge capacity of 1139 mA h g-1 at a current rate of 0.1C and an excellent cycling life of up to 1000 cycles at 1C.
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Kang J, Tian X, Yan C, Wei L, Gao L, Ju J, Zhao Y, Deng N, Cheng B, Kang W. Customized Structure Design and Functional Mechanism Analysis of Carbon Spheres for Advanced Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2104469. [PMID: 35015928 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202104469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Revised: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) are attracting much attention due to their high theoretical energy density and are considered to be the predominant competitors for next-generation energy storage systems. The practical commercial application of LSBs is mainly hindered by the severe "shuttle effect" of the lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) and the serious damage of lithium dendrites. Various carbon materials with different characteristics have played an important role in overcoming the above-mentioned problems. Carbon spheres (CSs) are extensively explored to enhance the performance of LSBs owing to their superior structures. The review presents the state-of-the-art advances of CSs for advanced high-energy LSBs, including their preparation strategies and applications in inhibiting the "shuttle effect" of the LiPSs and protecting lithium anodes. The unique restriction effect of CSs on LiPSs is explained from three working mechanisms: physical confinement, chemical interaction, and catalytic conversion. From the perspective of interfacial engineering and 3D structure designing, the protective effect of CSs on the lithium anode is also analyzed. Not only does this review article contain a summary of CSs in LSBs, but also future directions and prospects are discussed. The systematic discussions and suggested directions can enlighten thoughts in the reasonable design of CSs for LSBs in near future.
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- Junbao Kang
- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, P. R. China
- School of Material Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, P. R. China
- School of Material Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, P. R. China
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Liu J, Wang J, Zhu L, Chen X, Ma Q, Xu Z, Sun S, Wang N, Chai Q, Yan W. Hollow urchin-like Mn 3O 4 microspheres as an advanced sulfur host for enabling Li-S batteries with high gravimetric energy density. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 606:1111-1119. [PMID: 34487931 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.08.096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Revised: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are considered to be promising candidates for next-generation storage systems. However, the practical applications are still hindered by the severe capacity decay, mainly caused by the large volume change, polysulfide shuttle and sluggish sulfur conversion kinetics. Herein, hollow urchin-like Mn3O4 (HU-Mn3O4) microspheres as sulfur hosts have been synthesized by the hydrothermal method and calcination treatment, aiming to prevent the polysulfide dissolution (benefiting from the strong polysulfide anchoring effect of Mn3O4) and alleviate the volume expansion of sulfur (benefiting from the special hollow structure). Meanwhile, the urchin-like thorny surface also facilitates the rapid ion/electron transfer and the abundant active sites for the fast sulfur redox kinetics. When used as the sulfur host in Li-S batteries, the S@HU-Mn3O4 cathode delivers a high initial capacity of 1137.4 mAh g-1 with a slow capacity decay of 0.042% after 200 cycles at 0.2 C. Even under the conditions of lean electrolyte (E/S = 7 mL g-1) and low N/P ratio (N/P = 2.1), the S@HU-Mn3O4 cathode still enables a stable cycling performance with a high gravimetric energy density (202 Wh kg cell-1), demonstrating its great potential in the development of future practical Li-S battery materials.
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- Jianwei Liu
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an 710049, China; Zhejiang Research Institude of Xi'an Jiaotong University, 328 Wenming Road, Hangzhou 310000, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an 710049, China; Zhejiang Research Institude of Xi'an Jiaotong University, 328 Wenming Road, Hangzhou 310000, China.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an 710049, China; School of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Weinan Normal University, Chaoyang Street, Weinan 714099, China; Zhejiang Research Institude of Xi'an Jiaotong University, 328 Wenming Road, Hangzhou 310000, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an 710049, China; Zhejiang Research Institude of Xi'an Jiaotong University, 328 Wenming Road, Hangzhou 310000, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an Polytechnic University, Xi'an 710048, China
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- Xi'an Hantang Analysis & Test Co., Ltd., Xi'an 710201, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an 710049, China.
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Li N, Qin B, Kang H, Cai N, Huang S, Xiao Q. Engineering hollow carbon spheres: directly from solid resin spheres to porous hollow carbon spheres via air induced linker cleaving. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:13873-13881. [PMID: 34477661 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr03392a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Hollow carbon spheres (HCSs) have broad application in many fields such as catalysis, adsorption and energy storage. Due to various restrictions on hard and soft templates, self-templating methods have received extensive attention. Generally, the conventional self-templating method includes two steps, including the hollowing and carbonization process. Herein, a facile novel one-step air induced linker cleaving (AILC) method was developed to synthesize HCSs using 3-aminophenol formaldehyde (APF) resin spheres as the carbon precursor. In this case, the cavitation and carbonization processes occur simultaneously. The as-prepared HCSs were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and Raman spectroscopy. It was found that the cleavage of the ether bond groups (Ar-O-C) and the methylene (-CH2) in the APF resulted in cavitation and carbonization. The degree of cavitation and carbonization can be adjusted by controlling the thermal treatment temperature and time in air. Furthermore, the sulfur cathode containing HCSs heated at 400 °C exhibited excellent electrochemical performance with an initial discharge capacity of 1006 mA h g-1 at 0.2 C, and a low capacity decay rate of 0.097% per cycle over 500 cycles at 1 C. The novel one-step AILC strategy will pave a new avenue for the synthesis of hollow carbon spheres and their promising application in different areas.
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- Neng Li
- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.
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Peng T, Zhang N, Wang Y, Zhao M, Sun W, Zhang D, Yan H, Lu Y, Luo Y. Rooting MnO2 nanosheet on carbon nanoboxes as efficient catalytic host for lithium–sulfur battery. J Solid State Electrochem 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10008-020-04828-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Wang L, Liu F, Ning Y, Bradley R, Yang C, Yong KT, Zhao B, Wu W. Biocompatible Mesoporous Hollow Carbon Nanocapsules for High Performance Supercapacitors. Sci Rep 2020; 10:4306. [PMID: 32152348 PMCID: PMC7062802 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-61138-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2019] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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A facile and general method for the controllable synthesis of N-doped hollow mesoporous carbon nanocapsules (NHCNCs) with four different geometries has been developed. The spheres (NHCNC-1), low-concaves (NHCNC-2), semi-concaves (NHCNC-3) and wrinkles (NHCNC-4) shaped samples were prepared and systematically investigated to understand the structural effects of hollow particles on their supercapacitor performances. Compared with the other three different shaped samples (NHCNC-1, NHCNC-2, and NHCNC-4), the as-synthesized semi-concave structured NHCNC-3 demonstrated excellent performance with high gravimetric capacitance of 326 F g−1 (419 F cm−3) and ultra-stable cycling stability (96.6% after 5000 cycles). The outstanding performances achieved are attributed to the unique semi-concave structure, high specific surface area (1400 m2 g−1), hierarchical porosity, high packing density (1.41 g cm−3) and high nitrogen (N) content (up to 3.73%) of the new materials. These carbon nanocapsules with tailorable structures and properties enable them as outstanding carriers and platforms for various emerging applications, such as nanoscale chemical reactors, catalysis, batteries, solar energy harvest, gas storage and so on. In addition, these novel carbons have negligible cytotoxicity and high biocompatibility for human cells, promising a wide range of bio applications, such as biomaterials, drug delivery, biomedicine, biotherapy and bioelectronic devices.
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- Lijian Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, 16 Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, United Kingdom.,MatSurf Ltd, The Old Stables Marion Lodge, Little Salkeld, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 1NW, United Kingdom.,School of Energy Resources, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Biomedical Measurements and Ultrasound Imaging, School of Biomedical Engineering, Health Sciences Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering, City, University of London, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB, United Kingdom.
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Yu Z, Liu M, Guo D, Wang J, Chen X, Li J, Jin H, Yang Z, Chen X, Wang S. Radially Inwardly Aligned Hierarchical Porous Carbon for Ultra‐Long‐Life Lithium–Sulfur Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:6406-6411. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201914972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Zhisheng Yu
- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang ProvinceCollege of Chemistry and Materials EngineeringWenzhou University Wenzhou 325035 China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang ProvinceCollege of Chemistry and Materials EngineeringWenzhou University Wenzhou 325035 China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang ProvinceCollege of Chemistry and Materials EngineeringWenzhou University Wenzhou 325035 China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang ProvinceCollege of Chemistry and Materials EngineeringWenzhou University Wenzhou 325035 China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang ProvinceCollege of Chemistry and Materials EngineeringWenzhou University Wenzhou 325035 China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang ProvinceCollege of Chemistry and Materials EngineeringWenzhou University Wenzhou 325035 China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang ProvinceCollege of Chemistry and Materials EngineeringWenzhou University Wenzhou 325035 China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang ProvinceCollege of Chemistry and Materials EngineeringWenzhou University Wenzhou 325035 China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang ProvinceCollege of Chemistry and Materials EngineeringWenzhou University Wenzhou 325035 China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang ProvinceCollege of Chemistry and Materials EngineeringWenzhou University Wenzhou 325035 China
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Radially Inwardly Aligned Hierarchical Porous Carbon for Ultra‐Long‐Life Lithium–Sulfur Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201914972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Li Y, Jiang T, Yang H, Lei D, Deng X, Hao C, Zhang F, Guo J. A heterostuctured Co3S4/MnS nanotube array as a catalytic sulfur host for lithium–sulfur batteries. Electrochim Acta 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.135311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Encapsulation of Few-Layer MoS 2 in the Pores of Mesoporous Carbon Hollow Spheres for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. NANOMATERIALS 2019; 9:nano9091247. [PMID: 31484297 PMCID: PMC6780156 DOI: 10.3390/nano9091247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Revised: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Integrating a highly conductive carbon host and polar inorganic compounds has been widely reported to improve the electrochemical performances for promising low-cost lithium sulfur batteries. Herein, a MoS2/mesoporous carbon hollow sphere (MoS2/MCHS) structure has been proposed as an efficient sulfur cathode via a simple wet impregnation method and gas phase vulcanization method. Multi-fold structural merits have been demonstrated for the MoS2/MCHS structures. On one hand, the mesoporous carbon hollow sphere (MCHS) matrix, with abundant pore structures and high specific surface areas, could load a large amount of sulfur, improve the electronical conductivity of sulfur electrodes, and suppress the volume changes during the repeated sulfur conversion processes. On the other hand, ultrathin multi-layer MoS2 nanosheets are revealed to be uniformly distributed in the mesoporous carbon hollow spheres, enhancing the physical adsorption and chemical entrapment functionalities towards the soluble polysulfide species. Having benefited from these structural advantages, the sulfur-impregnated MoS2/MCHS cathode presents remarkably improved electrochemical performances in terms of lower voltage polarization, higher reversible capacity (1094.3 mAh g−1), higher rate capability (590.2 mAh g−1 at 2 C), and better cycling stability (556 mAh g−1 after 400 cycles at 2 C) compared to the sulfur-impregnated MCHS cathode. This work offers a novel delicate design strategy for functional materials to achieve high performance lithium sulfur batteries.
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Jiang M, Wang R, Wang K, Gao S, Han J, Yan J, Cheng S, Jiang K. Hierarchical porous Fe/N doped carbon nanofibers as host materials for high sulfur loading Li-S batteries. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:15156-15165. [PMID: 31380537 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr04408f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Improving the sulfur utilization and cycling stability especially under high sulfur loading (>2 mg cm-2) is challenging due to the poor conductivity of sulfur and high soluble nature of polysulfides. Herein, we develop novel self-supporting carbon nanofibers with hierarchical porous structures and Fe/N absorption/nucleation centers (Fe/N-HPCNF) as high performance sulfur hosts via a facile co-spinning method. The highly interior porous carbon fiber structure provides good electrolyte infiltration, stable conductive networks and sufficient surfaces for fast Li+/electron transport and sulfur redox while maintaining high sulfur area loading. In addition, the abundant Fe/N heteroatoms evenly dispersed in the fiber strongly restrain polysulfide diffusion through a chemisorption effect and meanwhile regulate homogeneous sulfur nucleation, enhancing the stability of cathodes. Consequently, S@Fe/N-HPCNF cathodes realize a high initial specific capacity of 1273 mA h g-1 (areal capacity: 4.5 mA h cm-2) and long cycle life over 500 cycles with a high sulfur loading of 3.5 mg cm-2. A stable capacity of 6.6 mA h cm-2 is achieved even under 9 mg cm-2 sulfur. What's more, a pouch cell prototype with an ultrahigh sulfur area density (54 mg cm-2) was assembled and successfully lighted 10 yellow light-emitting diodes (LED), demonstrating the convenient scale-up of our S@Fe/N-HPCNF cathodes.
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- Mao Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China.
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Fu A, Wang C, Pei F, Cui J, Fang X, Zheng N. Recent Advances in Hollow Porous Carbon Materials for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2019; 15:e1804786. [PMID: 30721557 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201804786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Revised: 01/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are considered as one of the most potential next-generation rechargeable batteries due to their high theoretical energy density. However, some critical issues, such as low capacity, poor cycling stability, and safety concerns, must be solved before Li-S batteries can be used practically. During the past decade, tremendous efforts have been devoted to the design and synthesis of electrode materials. Benefiting from their tunable structural parameters, hollow porous carbon materials (HPCM) remarkably enhance the performances of both sulfur cathodes and lithium anodes, promoting the development of high-performance Li-S batteries. Here, together with the templated synthesis of HPCM, recent progresses of Li-S batteries based on HPCM are reviewed. Several important issues in Li-S batteries, including sulfur loading, polysulfide entrapping, and Li metal protection, are discussed, followed by a summary on recent research on HPCM-based sulfur cathodes, modified separators, and lithium anodes. After the discussion on emerging technical obstacles toward high-energy Li-S batteries, prospects for the future directions of HPCM research in the field of Li-S batteries are also proposed.
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- Ang Fu
- Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005, China
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- Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005, China
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- Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005, China
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Jiang M, Wang K, Gao S, Wang R, Han J, Yan J, Cheng S, Jiang K. Selenium as Extra Binding Site for Sulfur Species in Sulfurized Polyacrylonitrile Cathodes for High Capacity Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries. ChemElectroChem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201801816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Mao Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringHuazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan Hubei 430074 China
- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and EngineeringHuazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan Hubei 430074 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringHuazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan Hubei 430074 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringHuazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan Hubei 430074 China
- School of Physics and Information Engineering & Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Chemical Materials and Devices of Ministry of EducationJianghan University, Wuhan Hubei 430056 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringHuazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan Hubei 430074 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and EngineeringHuazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan Hubei 430074 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and EngineeringHuazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan Hubei 430074 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringHuazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan Hubei 430074 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringHuazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan Hubei 430074 China
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Du J, Liu L, Yu Y, Hu Z, Zhang Y, Liu B, Chen A. Tuning Confined Nanospace for Preparation of N-doped Hollow Carbon Spheres for High Performance Supercapacitors. CHEMSUSCHEM 2019; 12:303-309. [PMID: 30398304 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201802403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2018] [Revised: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The structural parameters and surface functionalities of hollow carbon spheres are critical for their electrochemical performance. Herein, preparation of N-doped-hollow carbon spheres (N-HCS) with tunable structural parameters and surface properties is reported by using a confined pyrolysis strategy. Polystyrene/polyaniline (PSPAN) was pyrolyzed in a silica shell, which provided a confined nanospace. PSPAN functioned as both the core and a source of carbon and nitrogen. The surface properties and structural parameters of the obtained N-HCS could be optimized by regulating the pore size of the silica shell. The silica shell coating also prevented agglomeration of the N-HCS, leading to a regular and well-distributed spherical morphology. The N-HCS synthesized in relatively porous conditions had thinner shell, larger mesopore size, higher surface area, and higher nitrogen content and showed excellent electrochemical performance as a supercapacitor with a specific capacitance of 436.5 F g-1 at 0.5 A g-1 .
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- Juan Du
- College of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, 70 Yuhua Road, Shijiazhuang, 050018, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, 70 Yuhua Road, Shijiazhuang, 050018, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, 70 Yuhua Road, Shijiazhuang, 050018, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, 70 Yuhua Road, Shijiazhuang, 050018, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, 70 Yuhua Road, Shijiazhuang, 050018, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, 70 Yuhua Road, Shijiazhuang, 050018, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, 70 Yuhua Road, Shijiazhuang, 050018, P. R. China
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Wang R, Wang K, Gao S, Jiang M, Han J, Zhou M, Cheng S, Jiang K. Electrocatalysis of polysulfide conversion by conductive RuO 2 nano dots for lithium-sulfur batteries. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:16730-16737. [PMID: 30156247 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr04182b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
The practical use of the rechargeable lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery is still restricted by poor cycle life and rate performance caused by the shuttle of soluble redox intermediates and low conductivity of S/Li2S. A comprehensive approach is to tune the multi-electron redox reactions and construct reversible chemical bonds with polysulfide intermediates. In this study, RuO2 nano dots (NDs) are proposed to anchor polysulfides, trigger the surface-mediated reduction of polysulfides and to facilitate the formation of Li2S2/Li2S through its catalytic effect for the first time. When serving as the sulfur host, the RuO2 NDs can retard the shuttle of polysulfides, accelerate the redox reaction of polysulfides, and therefore result in improved sulfur utilization and enhanced rate performance. The designed RuO2@NMCs/S ternary electrodes with high sulfur loading of 70 wt% could achieve a low decay rate of 0.07% per cycle for 500 cycles at a 0.5 C-rate. Realized by fast electrode kinetics, the reversible capacity of 634 mA h g-1 is attained at a high C-rate of 5 C. Overall, this strategy sheds new light on the oxide mediators for reversible modulation of electrochemical reactions in lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries.
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- Ruxing Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China.
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Jiang K, Gao S, Wang R, Jiang M, Han J, Gu T, Liu M, Cheng S, Wang K. Lithium Sulfonate/Carboxylate-Anchored Polyvinyl Alcohol Separators for Lithium Sulfur Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:18310-18315. [PMID: 29682968 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b03290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A monolayer poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)-based separator with pendant sulfonate/carboxylate groups and compact morphology is synthesized to suppress the essential lithium polysulfide permeation in lithium sulfur batteries (LSBs). The Li+ transference number is significantly increased to 0.8, much higher than that of a commercial separator (0.43). The polysulfide retention is verified by idle test in a polysulfide-rich electrolyte under the internal electric field of the cell. The LSB with an additive-free electrolyte attains a Coulombic efficiency around 98% and delivered capacity of 804 mA h g-1 at 2.5 A g-1. After 500 cycles, it retains 901 mA h g-1 at 1.5 A g-1 with extra low fading rate of 0.016% per cycle. Overall, this monolayer PVA-based separator provides a facile and effective technique to assemble highly stable LSBs.
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Du H, Gui X, Yang R, Lin Z, Liang B, Chen W, Zheng Y, Zhu H, Chen J. In situ sulfur loading in graphene-like nano-cell by template-free method for Li-S batteries. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:3877-3883. [PMID: 29417971 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr07500f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Carbon nanomaterials with 3D structures as sulfur hosts have been widely developed in lithium-sulfur batteries because of their high specific surface area, high conductivity and structural stability. However, sulfur, loaded by melting-diffusion method, is usually attached to the outside surface of carbon host, resulting in weak adsorption to expose polysulfide. Herein, we report a template-free method for synthesizing graphene-like nano-cell (GLC) with high in situ sulfur loading (S@GLC). The GLC is expected to provide physical adsorption by enclosed graphene cell architecture and chemical adsorption by pyridinic N-doping and oxygen functional group. With these merits, the S@GLC cathode owned high sulfur content (72%) and also, it exhibited a reversible specific capacity of 1253 mA h g-1 at 0.2C, excellent rate performance, and long cycling stability (502 mA h g-1 after 400 cycles at 1C).
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- Huiwei Du
- State Key Lab of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China.
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