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Zhang W, Zhang G, Ma J, Xie Z, Gao Z, Yu K, Peng L. The Role of Transition Metal Versus Coordination Mode in Single-Atom Catalyst for Electrocatalytic Sulfur Reduction Reaction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024. [PMID: 38830270 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c01811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
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Electrocatalytic sulfur reduction reaction (SRR) is emerging as an effective strategy to combat the polysulfide shuttling effect, which remains a critical factor impeding the practical application of the Li-S battery. Single-atom catalyst (SAC), one of the most studied catalytic materials, has shown considerable potential in addressing the polysulfide shuttling effect in a Li-S battery. However, the role played by transition metal vs coordination mode in electrocatalytic SRR is trial-and-error, and the general understanding that guides the synthesis of the specific SAC with desired property remains elusive. Herein, we use first-principles calculations and machine learning to screen a comprehensive data set of graphene-based SACs with different transition metals, heteroatom doping, and coordination modes. The results reveal that the type of transition metal plays the decisive role in SAC for electrocatalytic SRR, rather than the coordination mode. Specifically, the 3d transition metals exhibit admirable electrocatalytic SRR activity for all of the coordination modes. Compared with the reported N3C1 and N4 coordinated graphene-based SACs covering 3d, 4d, and 5d transition metals, the proposed para-MnO2C2 and para-FeN2C2 possess significant advantages on the electrocatalytic SRR, including a considerably low overpotential down to 1 mV and reduced Li2S decomposition energy barrier, both suggesting an accelerated conversion process among the polysulfides. This study may clarify some understanding of the role played by transition metal vs coordination mode for SAC materials with specific structure and desired catalytic properties toward electrocatalytic SRR and beyond.
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- Wentao Zhang
- Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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Zhao M, Peng HJ, Li BQ, Huang JQ. Kinetic Promoters for Sulfur Cathodes in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Acc Chem Res 2024. [PMID: 38319810 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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ConspectusLithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have attracted worldwide attention as promising next-generation rechargeable batteries due to their high theoretical energy density of 2600 Wh kg-1. The actual energy density of Li-S batteries at the pouch cell level has significantly exceeded that of state-of-the-art Li-ion batteries. However, the overall performances of Li-S batteries under practical working conditions are limited by the sluggish conversion kinetics of the sulfur cathodes. To overcome the above challenge, various kinetic promotion strategies have been proposed to accelerate the multiphase and multi-electron cathodic redox reactions between sulfur, lithium polysulfides (LiPSs), and lithium sulfide. Nowadays, kinetic promoters have been massively employed in sulfur cathodes to achieve Li-S batteries with high energy densities, high rates, and long lifespans. A comprehensive and timely summary of cutting-edge kinetic promoters for sulfur cathodes is of great essence to afford an in-depth understanding of the unique Li-S electrochemistry.In this Account, we outline the recent efforts on the design of sulfur cathode kinetic promoters for advanced Li-S batteries. The latest progress is discussed in detail regarding heterogeneous, homogeneous, and semi-immobilized kinetic promoters. Heterogeneous promoters, representatively known as electrocatalysts, function mainly by reducing the energy barriers of the interfacial electrochemical reactions. The working mechanism, activity regulation strategies, and reconstitution/deactivation processes of the heterogeneous promoters are reviewed to provide guiding principles for rational design. In comparison, homogeneous promoters are able to fully contact with the reaction interfaces and regulate the electron/ion-inaccessible reactants in working Li-S batteries. Redox mediators and redox comediators are typical homogeneous promoters. The former establishes extra chemical reaction pathways to circumvent the originally sluggish steps and boost the overall kinetics, while the latter fundamentally modifies the LiPS molecules to enhance their redox kinetics. For semi-immobilized promoters, the active units are generally anchored on the cathode substrate through flexible chains with mobile characteristics. Such a design endows the promoter with both heterogeneous and homogeneous characteristics to comprehensively regulate the multiphase sulfur redox reactions involving both mobile and immobile reactants.Overall, this Account summarizes the fundamental electrochemistry, design principles, and practical promotion effects of the various kinetic promoters used for the sulfur cathodes in Li-S batteries. We believe that this Account will provide an in-depth and cutting-edge understanding of the unique sulfur electrochemistry, thereby providing guidance for further development of high-performance Li-S batteries and analogous rechargeable battery systems.
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- Meng Zhao
- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, Sichuan, China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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Xie M, Liu J, Dai L, Peng H, Xie Y. Advances and prospects of porphyrin derivatives in the energy field. RSC Adv 2023; 13:24699-24730. [PMID: 37601600 PMCID: PMC10436694 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra04345b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023] Open
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At present, porphyrin is developing rapidly in the fields of medicine, energy, catalysts, etc. More and more reports on its application are being published. This paper mainly takes the ingenious utilization of porphyrin derivatives in perovskite solar cells, dye-sensitized solar cells, and lithium batteries as the background to review the design idea of functional materials based on the porphyrin structural unit in the energy sector. In addition, the modification and improvement strategies of porphyrin are presented by visually showing the molecular structures or the design synthesis routes of its functional materials. Finally, we provide some insights into the development of novel energy storage materials based on porphyrin frameworks.
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- Mingfa Xie
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University Changsha 410083 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University Changsha 410083 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University Changsha 410083 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University Changsha 410083 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University Changsha 410083 China
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Xu R, Shao J, Gao K, Chen Y, Li J, Liu Y, Hou X, Ji H, Yi S, Zhang L, Liu C, Liang X, Gao Y, Zhang Z. Highly stable lithium sulfur batteries enhanced by flocculation and solidification of soluble polysulfides in routine ether electrolyte. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 649:223-233. [PMID: 37348342 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.06.065] [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: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) are among the most promising next-generation high energy density energy-storage systems. However, practical application has been hindered by fundamental problems, especially shuttling by the higher-order polysulfides (PSs) and slow redox kinetics. Herein, a novel electrolyte-based strategy is proposed by adding an ultrasmall amount of the low-cost and commercially available cationic antistatic agent octadecyl dimethyl hydroxyethyl quaternary ammonium nitrate (SN) into a routine ether electrolyte. Due to the strong cation-anion interaction and bridge-bonding with SN, rapid flocculation of the soluble polysulfide intermediates into solid-state polysulfide-SN sediments is found, which significantly inhibited the adverse shuttling effect. Moreover, a catalytic effect was also demonstrated for conversion of the polysulfide-SN intermediates, which enhanced the redox kinetics of Li-S batteries. Encouragingly, for cells with only 0.1 % added SN, an initial specific capacity of 783.6 mAh/g and a retained specific capacity of 565.7 mAh/g were found at 2C after 200 cycles, which corresponded to an ultralow capacity decay rate of only 0.014 % per cycle. This work may provide a simple and promising regulation strategy for preparing highly stable Li-S batteries.
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- Rui Xu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Kexue Ave 100, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Kexue Ave 100, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Kexue Ave 100, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Kexue Ave 100, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Kexue Ave 100, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Kexue Ave 100, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Kexue Ave 100, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Kexue Ave 100, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Kexue Ave 100, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Kexue Ave 100, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Mold (Ministry of Education), National Engineering Research Center for Advanced Polymer Processing Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shangda Rd 99, Shanghai 200444, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Kexue Ave 100, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
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Yang Z, Hu Z, Yan G, Li M, Feng Y, Qu X, Zhang X. Multi-function hollow nanorod as an efficient sulfur host accelerates sulfur redox reactions for high-performance Li-S batteries. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 629:65-75. [PMID: 36152581 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.09.015] [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: 06/16/2022] [Revised: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The "shuttle effect" of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) leads to loss of active materials and the deterioration of cycle stability, which seriously restricts the practical progress of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. The diffusion of soluble discharge intermediate is the root cause of the above problems. Herein, we synthesized a porous organic framework material (HUT-8) based on triazine network, the polar groups above the hollow structure can not only adsorb LiPSs through electron donating effect, but also anchored cobalt (II) ions provide a large number of binding sites for the in-situ growth of CoS2. This ensured maximized exposure of catalytic centre and improve their interactions with sulfur redox species under the confinement of mesopores, which can catalytically accelerate capture/diffusion of LiPSs and precipitation/decomposition of Li2S. Based on the synergistic effect of the composite materials, the CoS2-HUT-8/S cathode maintained a capacity of 583 mAh g-1 after 500 cycles at 1 C, and a minimum capacity fading rate of 0.046% per cycle. A freestanding CoS2-HUT-8/S cathode with sulfur loading of 5.2 mg cm-2 delivered a high areal capacity of 4.01 mAh cm-2 under a lean electrolyte, which would provide great potential for the practical progress of Li-S batteries.
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- Zhipeng Yang
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Functional Polymers, Department of Polymer Materials and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, PR China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Functional Polymers, Department of Polymer Materials and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, PR China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Functional Polymers, Department of Polymer Materials and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, PR China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Functional Polymers, Department of Polymer Materials and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, PR China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Functional Polymers, Department of Polymer Materials and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, PR China.
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Functional Polymers, Department of Polymer Materials and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, PR China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Functional Polymers, Department of Polymer Materials and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, PR China.
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Jia J, Liu H, Liao S, Liu K, Wang Y. Early Braking of Overwarmed Lithium-Ion Batteries by Shape-Memorized Current Collectors. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:9122-9130. [PMID: 36321633 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c03645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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In the context of the constant impending energy crisis, the lithium-ion battery as a burgeoning energy storage means is showing extraordinary talents in many energy relevant investigations. However, fire and explosion would probably occur when the battery is encountered with overheating, at which the shrinking of the separator routinely causes an internal short circuit. Herein, we develop a kind of novel shape-memorized current collector (SMCC), which can successfully brake battery thermal runaway at the battery internal overheating status. Unlike traditional current collectors made of commercial copper foils, SMCC is made of a micropatterned shape memory micron-sized film with copper deposition. SMCC displays ideal conductivity at normal temperatures and turns to be insulative at overheating temperatures. Following this principle, the battery consisting of an SMCC can run normally at temperatures lower than 90 °C, while it quickly achieves self-shutdown before the occurrence of battery combustion and explosion.
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- Jichen Jia
- Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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Wang Z, You Y, Cai Y, Ni J, Liu Y, Zhang H. Cluster-type Lithium Polysulfides Regulator for High Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Guan H, Dong Y, Kang X, Han Y, Cheng Z, Han L, Xie L, Chen W, Zhang J. Extraordinary electrochemical performance of lithium–sulfur battery with 2D ultrathin BiOBr/rGO sheet as an efficient sulfur host. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 626:374-383. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.06.148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Revised: 06/18/2022] [Accepted: 06/26/2022] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Li XY, Feng S, Zhao CX, Cheng Q, Chen ZX, Sun SY, Chen X, Zhang XQ, Li BQ, Huang JQ, Zhang Q. Regulating Lithium Salt to Inhibit Surface Gelation on an Electrocatalyst for High-Energy-Density Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:14638-14646. [PMID: 35791913 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c04176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have great potential as high-energy-density energy storage devices. Electrocatalysts are widely adopted to accelerate the cathodic sulfur redox kinetics. The interactions among the electrocatalysts, solvents, and lithium salts significantly determine the actual performance of working Li-S batteries. Herein, lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI), a commonly used lithium salt, is identified to aggravate surface gelation on the MoS2 electrocatalyst. In detail, the trifluoromethanesulfonyl group in LiTFSI interacts with the Lewis acidic sites on the MoS2 electrocatalyst to generate an electron-deficient center. The electron-deficient center with high Lewis acidity triggers cationic polymerization of the 1,3-dioxolane solvent and generates a surface gel layer that reduces the electrocatalytic activity. To address the above issue, Lewis basic salt lithium iodide (LiI) is introduced to block the interaction between LiTFSI and MoS2 and inhibit the surface gelation. Consequently, the Li-S batteries with the MoS2 electrocatalyst and the LiI additive realize an ultrahigh actual energy density of 416 W h kg-1 at the pouch cell level. This work affords an effective lithium salt to boost the electrocatalytic activity in practical working Li-S batteries and deepens the fundamental understanding of the interactions among electrocatalysts, solvents, and salts in energy storage systems.
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- Xi-Yao Li
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taishan University, Shandong 271021, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.,School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.,School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.,School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.,School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.,School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Cao Z, Guo J, Jia J, Zhang Z, Yin Y, Yang M, Yang S. In situ self-boosting catalytic synthesizing free-standing N, S rich transition metal sulfide/hierarchical CNF-CNT architectures enable high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.140549] [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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Zhang H, Shang Z, Luo G, Jiao S, Cao R, Chen Q, Lu K. Redox Catalysis Promoted Activation of Sulfur Redox Chemistry for Energy-Dense Flexible Solid-State Zn-S Battery. ACS NANO 2022; 16:7344-7351. [PMID: 34889091 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c08645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In aqueous Zn-ion batteries, the intercalation chemistry often foil attempts at the realization of high energy density. Unlocking the full potential of zinc-sulfur redox chemistry requires the manipulation of the feedbacks between kinetic response and the cathode's composition. The cell degradation mechanism also should be tracked simultaneously. Herein, we design a high-energy Zn-S system where the high-capacity cathode was fabricated by in situ interfacial polymerization of Fe(CN)64--doped polyaniline within the sulfur nanoparticle. Compared with sulfur, the FeII/III(CN)64/3- redox mediators exhibit substantially faster cation (de)insertion kinetics. The higher cathodic potential (FeII(CN)64-/FeIII(CN)63- ∼ 0.8 V vs S/S2- ∼ 0.4 V) spontaneously catalyzes the full reduction of sulfur during battery discharge (S8 + Zn2FeII(CN)6 ↔ ZnS + Zn1.5FeIII(CN)6, ΔG = -24.7 kJ mol-1). The open iron redox species render a lower energy barrier to ZnS activation during the reverse charging process, and the facile Zn2+ intercalative transport facilitates highly reversible conversion between S and ZnS. The yolk-shell structured cathode with 70 wt % sulfur delivers a reversible capacity of 1205 mAh g-1 with a flat operation voltage of 0.58 V, a fade rate over 200 cycles of 0.23%/cycle, and an energy density of 720 Wh kgsulfur-1. A range of ex situ investigations reveal the degradation nature of Zn-S cells: aggregation of inactive ZnS nanocrystals rather than the depletion of Zn anode. Impressively, the flexible solid-state Zn battery employing the composite cathode was assembled, realizing an energy density of 375 Wh kgsulfur-1. The proposed redox electrocatalysis effect provides reliable insights into the tunable Zn-S chemistry.
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- Hong Zhang
- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui Graphene Engineering Laboratory, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui Graphene Engineering Laboratory, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui Graphene Engineering Laboratory, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui Graphene Engineering Laboratory, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui Graphene Engineering Laboratory, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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Li X, Feng S, Zhao M, Zhao C, Chen X, Li B, Huang J, Zhang Q. Surface Gelation on Disulfide Electrocatalysts in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202114671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Xi‐Yao Li
- Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Taishan University Shandong 271021 P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P.R. China
- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P.R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P.R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P.R. China
- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P.R. China
- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P.R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P.R. China
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Muthuraj D, Murugan R, Pavul Raj RP, Kandregula GR, Ramanujam K. Dual-role Magnesium Aluminate Ceramic Film as an Advanced Separator and Polysulfide Trapper in Li-S battery: Experimental and DFT investigations. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj05347g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Developing an advanced separator that could stop the polysulfide shuttling remains a work-in-progress in the Li-S battery domain. Most of the work reported so far concentrates on functionalizing the commercial...
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Li XY, Feng S, Zhao M, Zhao CX, Chen X, Li BQ, Huang JQ, Zhang Q. Surface Gelation on Disulfide Electrocatalysts in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202114671. [PMID: 34889012 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202114671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are deemed as future energy storage devices due to ultrahigh theoretical energy density. Cathodic polysulfide electrocatalysts have been widely investigated to promote sluggish sulfur redox kinetics. Probing the surface structure of electrocatalysts is vital to understanding the mechanism of polysulfide electrocatalysis. In this work, we for the first time identify surface gelation on disulfide electrocatalysts. Concretely, the Lewis acid sites on disulfides trigger the ring-opening polymerization of the dioxolane solvent to generate a surface gel layer, covering disulfides and reducing the electrocatalytic activity. Accordingly, a Lewis base triethylamine (TEA) is introduced as a competitive inhibitor. Consequently, Li-S batteries with disulfide electrocatalysts and TEA afford high specific capacity and improved rate responses. This work affords new insights on the actual surface structure of electrocatalysts in Li-S batteries.
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- Xi-Yao Li
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taishan University, Shandong, 271021, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P.R. China.,Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P.R. China.,Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P.R. China.,Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China
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Zhao CX, Li XY, Zhao M, Chen ZX, Song YW, Chen WJ, Liu JN, Wang B, Zhang XQ, Chen CM, Li BQ, Huang JQ, Zhang Q. Semi-Immobilized Molecular Electrocatalysts for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:19865-19872. [PMID: 34761937 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c09107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries constitute promising next-generation energy storage devices due to the ultrahigh theoretical energy density of 2600 Wh kg-1. However, the multiphase sulfur redox reactions with sophisticated homogeneous and heterogeneous electrochemical processes are sluggish in kinetics, thus requiring targeted and high-efficient electrocatalysts. Herein, a semi-immobilized molecular electrocatalyst is designed to tailor the characters of the sulfur redox reactions in working Li-S batteries. Specifically, porphyrin active sites are covalently grafted onto conductive and flexible polypyrrole linkers on graphene current collectors. The electrocatalyst with the semi-immobilized active sites exhibits homogeneous and heterogeneous functions simultaneously, performing enhanced redox kinetics and a regulated phase transition mode. The efficiency of the semi-immobilizing strategy is further verified in practical Li-S batteries that realize superior rate performances and long lifespan as well as a 343 Wh kg-1 high-energy-density Li-S pouch cell. This contribution not only proposes an efficient semi-immobilizing electrocatalyst design strategy to promote the Li-S battery performances but also inspires electrocatalyst development facing analogous multiphase electrochemical energy processes.
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- Chang-Xin Zhao
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.,School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.,School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.,School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.,Shanxi Research Institute for Clean Energy, Tsinghua University, Taiyuan 030032, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.,School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.,School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Zhao Z, Yi Z, Li H, Pathak R, Cheng X, Zhou J, Wang X, Qiao Q. Understanding the modulation effect and surface chemistry in a heteroatom incorporated graphene-like matrix toward high-rate lithium-sulfur batteries. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:14777-14784. [PMID: 34473163 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr03390e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The underlying interface effects of sulfur hosts/polysulfides at the molecular level are of great significance to achieve advanced lithium-sulfur batteries. Herein, we systematically study the polysulfide-binding ability and the decomposition energy barrier of Li2S enabled by different kinds of nitrogen (pyridinic N, pyrrolic N and graphitic N) and phosphorus (P-O, PO and graphitic P) doping and decipher their inherent modulation effect. The doping process helps in forming a graphene-like structure and increases the micropores/mesopores, which can expose more active sites to come into contact with polysulfides. First-principles calculations reveal that the PO possesses the highest binding energies with polysulfides due to the weakening of the chemical bonds. Besides, PO as a promoter is beneficial for the free diffusion of lithium ions, and the pyridinic N and pyrrolic N can greatly reduce the kinetic barrier and catalyze the polysulfide conversion. The synergetic effects of nitrogen and phosphorus as bifunctional active centers help in achieving an in situ adsorption-diffusion-conversion process of polysulfides. Benefiting from these features, the graphene-like network achieves superior rate capability (a high reversible capacity of 954 mA h g-1 at 2C) and long-term stability (an ultralow degradation rate of 0.009% around 800 cycles at 5C). Even at a high sulfur loading of 5.6 mg cm-2, the cell can deliver an areal capacity of 4.6 mA h cm-2 at 0.2C.
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- Zhenxin Zhao
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanxi Key Laboratory of New Energy Materials and Devices, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, PR China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, 030001, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanxi Key Laboratory of New Energy Materials and Devices, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, PR China.
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- Applied Materials Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanxi Key Laboratory of New Energy Materials and Devices, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, PR China.
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanxi Key Laboratory of New Energy Materials and Devices, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, PR China.
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanxi Key Laboratory of New Energy Materials and Devices, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, PR China.
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- Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
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Wang P, Xi B, Zhang Z, Huang M, Feng J, Xiong S. Atomic Tungsten on Graphene with Unique Coordination Enabling Kinetically Boosted Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:15563-15571. [PMID: 33904241 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202104053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Revised: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Use of catalytic materials is regarded as the most desirable strategy to cope with sluggish kinetics of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) transformation and severe shuttle effect in lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs). Single-atom catalysts (SACs) with 100 % atom-utilization are advantagous in serving as anchoring and electrocatalytic centers for LiPSs. Herein, a novel kind of tungsten (W) SAC immobilized on nitrogen-doped graphene (W/NG) with a unique W-O2 N2 -C coordination configuration and a high W loading of 8.6 wt % is proposed by a self-template and self-reduction strategy. The local coordination environment of W atom endows the W/NG with elevated LiPSs adsorption ability and catalytic activity. LSBs equipped with W/NG modified separator manifest greatly improved electrochemical performances with high cycling stability over 1000 cycles and ultrahigh rate capability. It indicates high areal capacity of 6.24 mAh cm-2 with robust cycling life at a high sulfur mass loading of 8.3 mg cm-2 .
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- Peng Wang
- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution & Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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Zhang X, Jin Q, Nan Y, Hou L, Li B, Chen X, Jin Z, Zhang X, Huang J, Zhang Q. Electrolyte Structure of Lithium Polysulfides with Anti‐Reductive Solvent Shells for Practical Lithium–Sulfur Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202103470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Xue‐Qiang Zhang
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Photonic and Electronic Bandgap Materials Ministry of Education School of Physics and Electronic Engineering Harbin Normal University Harbin 150025 P. R. China
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- School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Alberta Edmonton ABT6G 1H9 Canada
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Alberta Edmonton ABT6G 1H9 Canada
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- Key Laboratory for Photonic and Electronic Bandgap Materials Ministry of Education School of Physics and Electronic Engineering Harbin Normal University Harbin 150025 P. R. China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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Wang P, Xi B, Zhang Z, Huang M, Feng J, Xiong S. Atomic Tungsten on Graphene with Unique Coordination Enabling Kinetically Boosted Lithium–Sulfur Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202104053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Peng Wang
- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry Ministry of Education School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials Shandong University Jinan 250100 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry Ministry of Education School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials Shandong University Jinan 250100 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry Ministry of Education School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials Shandong University Jinan 250100 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry Ministry of Education School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials Shandong University Jinan 250100 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution & Processing of Materials Ministry of Education School of Materials Science and Engineering Shandong University Jinan 250061 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry Ministry of Education School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials Shandong University Jinan 250100 P. R. China
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Zhang XQ, Jin Q, Nan YL, Hou LP, Li BQ, Chen X, Jin ZH, Zhang XT, Huang JQ, Zhang Q. Electrolyte Structure of Lithium Polysulfides with Anti-Reductive Solvent Shells for Practical Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:15503-15509. [PMID: 33913574 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202103470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery is regarded as a promising secondary battery. However, constant parasitic reactions between the Li anode and soluble polysulfide (PS) intermediates significantly deteriorate the working Li anode. The rational design to inhibit the parasitic reactions is plagued by the inability to understand and regulate the electrolyte structure of PSs. Herein, the electrolyte structure of PSs with anti-reductive solvent shells was unveiled by molecular dynamics simulations and nuclear magnetic resonance. The reduction resistance of the solvent shell is proven to be a key reason for the decreased reactivity of PSs towards Li. With isopropyl ether (DIPE) as a cosolvent, DIPE molecules tend to distribute in the outer solvent shell due to poor solvating power. Furthermore, DIPE is more stable than conventional ether solvents against Li metal. The reactivity of PSs is suppressed by encapsulating PSs into anti-reductive solvent shells. Consequently, the cycling performance of working Li-S batteries was significantly improved and a pouch cell of 300 Wh kg-1 was demonstrated. The fundamental understanding in this work provides an unprecedented ground to understand the electrolyte structure of PSs and the rational electrolyte design in Li-S batteries.
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- Xue-Qiang Zhang
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Photonic and Electronic Bandgap Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Harbin Normal University, Harbin, 150025, P. R. China
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- School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, ABT6G 1H9, Canada
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, ABT6G 1H9, Canada
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- Key Laboratory for Photonic and Electronic Bandgap Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Harbin Normal University, Harbin, 150025, P. R. China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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Li Y, Xu J, Xu D, He Y, Sun X, Niu D, Zhang X. A Synergistic Strategy with 3D Highly Conductive Carbon Matrix‐Decorated with Low Loading of CdS Quantum Dots as a Sulfur Host for Advanced Li−S Batteries. ChemElectroChem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202100297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Yangping Li
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering School of Chemical Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering School of Chemical Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering School of Chemical Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering School of Chemical Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering School of Chemical Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering School of Chemical Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering School of Chemical Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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Deng X, Li Y, Li L, Qiao S, Lei D, Shi X, Zhang F. Sulfonated covalent organic framework modified separators suppress the shuttle effect in lithium-sulfur batteries. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 32:275708. [PMID: 33765671 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/abf211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) have gained intense research enthusiasm due to their high energy density. Nevertheless, the 'shuttle effect' of soluble polysulfide (a discharge product) reduces their cycling stability and capacity, thus restricting their practical application. To tackle this challenging issue, we herein report a sulfonated covalent organic framework modified separator (SCOF-Celgard) that alleviates the shuttling of polysulfide anions and accelerates the migration of Li+ions. Specifically, the negatively charged sulfonate can inhibit the same charged polysulfide anion through electrostatic repulsion, thereby improving the cycle stability of the battery and preventing the Li-anode from being corroded. Meanwhile, the sulfonate groups may facilitate the positively charged lithium ions to pass through the separator. Consequently, the battery assembled with the SCOF-Celgard separator exhibits an 81.1% capacity retention after 120 cycles at 0.5 C, which is far superior to that (55.7%) of the battery with a Celgard separator. It has a low capacity degradation of 0.067% per cycle after 600 cycles at 1 C, and a high discharge capacity (576 mAh g-1) even at 2 C. Our work proves that the modification of a separator with a SCOF is a viable and effective route for enhancing the electrochemical performance of a LSB.
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- Xiaoyu Deng
- School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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Zhao M, Chen X, Li XY, Li BQ, Huang JQ. An Organodiselenide Comediator to Facilitate Sulfur Redox Kinetics in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2007298. [PMID: 33586230 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202007298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2020] [Revised: 12/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are considered as promising next-generation energy storage devices due to their ultrahigh theoretical energy density, where soluble lithium polysulfides are crucial in the Li-S electrochemistry as intrinsic redox mediators. However, the poor mediation capability of the intrinsic polysulfide mediators leads to sluggish redox kinetics, further rendering limited rate performances, low discharge capacity, and rapid capacity decay. Here, an organodiselenide, diphenyl diselenide (DPDSe), is proposed to accelerate the sulfur redox kinetics as a redox comediator. DPDSe spontaneously reacts with lithium polysulfides to generate lithium phenylseleno polysulfides (LiPhSePSs) with improved redox mediation capability. The as-generated LiPhSePSs afford faster sulfur redox kinetics and increase the deposition dimension of lithium sulfide. Consequently, the DPDSe comediator endows Li-S batteries with superb rate performance of 817 mAh g-1 at 2 C and remarkable cycling stability with limited anode excess. Moreover, Li-S pouch cells with the DPDSe comediator achieve an actual initial energy density of 301 Wh kg-1 and 30 stable cycles. This work demonstrates a novel redox comediation strategy with an effective organodiselenide comediator to facilitate the sulfur redox kinetics under pouch cell conditions and inspires further exploration in mediating Li-S kinetics for practical high-energy-density batteries.
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- Meng Zhao
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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MOF-derived Co9S8 nano-flower cluster array modified separator towards superior lithium sulfur battery. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Dai H, Wang L, Zhao Y, Xue J, Zhou R, Yu C, An J, Zhou J, Chen Q, Sun G, Huang W. Recent Advances in Molybdenum-Based Materials for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. RESEARCH (WASHINGTON, D.C.) 2021; 2021:5130420. [PMID: 33748762 PMCID: PMC7949955 DOI: 10.34133/2021/5130420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries as power supply systems possessing a theoretical energy density of as high as 2600 Wh kg-1 are considered promising alternatives toward the currently used lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, the insulation characteristic and huge volume change of sulfur, the generation of dissolvable lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) during charge/discharge, and the uncontrollable dendrite formation of Li metal anodes render Li-S batteries serious cycling issues with rapid capacity decay. To address these challenges, extensive efforts are devoted to designing cathode/anode hosts and/or modifying separators by incorporating functional materials with the features of improved conductivity, lithiophilic, physical/chemical capture ability toward LiPSs, and/or efficient catalytic conversion of LiPSs. Among all candidates, molybdenum-based (Mo-based) materials are highly preferred for their tunable crystal structure, adjustable composition, variable valence of Mo centers, and strong interactions with soluble LiPSs. Herein, the latest advances in design and application of Mo-based materials for Li-S batteries are comprehensively reviewed, covering molybdenum oxides, molybdenum dichalcogenides, molybdenum nitrides, molybdenum carbides, molybdenum phosphides, and molybdenum metal. In the end, the existing challenges in this research field are elaborately discussed.
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- Henghan Dai
- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China
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- Institute of Photonics Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454003, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China
- Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), Xi'an 710072, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China
- Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), Xi'an 710072, China
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Chen F, Cheng X, Zhao Z, Wang X. Hierarchical Porous N, P co-doped rGO Modified Separator to Enhance the Cycling Stability of Lithium-sulfur Batteries. ACTA CHIMICA SINICA 2021. [DOI: 10.6023/a21030117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Lei F, Cao Y, Fu Y, Li Y, Wang R, Qiu S, Zhang Z. In Situ Self-Polymerization to Form Hollow Graphitized Carbon Nanocages with Embedded Cobalt Nanoparticles for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Chemistry 2020; 26:13295-13304. [PMID: 32627241 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur batteries, owing to the multi-electron participation in the redox reaction, possess enormous energy density, which has aroused much attention. Nevertheless, the detrimental shuttle effect, volume expansion, and electrical insulation of sulfur, have hindered their application. To improve the cyclability, a functional host, consisting of Co nanoparticles and N-doped hollow graphitized carbon (Co-NHGC) material, is elaborated, which has the advantages of: 1) the graphitized carbon material working as an electronic matrix to improve the utilization rate of sulfur; 2) the hollow structure relieving the stress change caused by volume expansion; 3) the rich active sites catalyze the electrochemical reaction of sulfur and entrap polysulfides. These advantages significantly improve the performance of the lithium-sulfur batteries. Accordingly, the S@Co-NHGC cathode exhibits excellent initial specific capacity, high coulombic efficiency, and excellent rate performance. This work utilizes a novel method of dopamine in situ etching of a metal-organic framework to synthetize the Co-NHGC host of sulfur, which will hopefully provide inspiration for other energy materials.
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- Feifei Lei
- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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Jiang S, Huang S, Yao M, Zhu J, Liu L, Niu Z. Bimetal-organic frameworks derived Co/N-doped carbons for lithium-sulfur batteries. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Wang Y, Xu Y, Ma S, Duan R, Zhao Y, Zhang Y, Liu Z, Li C. Low temperature performance enhancement of high-safety Lithium–Sulfur battery enabled by synergetic adsorption and catalysis. Electrochim Acta 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2020.136470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Zhang K, Zhang F, Pan H, Yu J, Wang L, Wang D, Wang L, Hu G, Zhang J, Qian Y. Dual taming of polysufides by phosphorus-doped carbon for improving electrochemical performances of lithium–sulfur battery. Electrochim Acta 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2020.136648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Zhao M, Li BQ, Zhang XQ, Huang JQ, Zhang Q. A Perspective toward Practical Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2020; 6:1095-1104. [PMID: 32724844 PMCID: PMC7379100 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c00449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have long been expected to be a promising high-energy-density secondary battery system since their first prototype in the 1960s. During the past decade, great progress has been achieved in promoting the performances of Li-S batteries by addressing the challenges at the laboratory-level model systems. With growing attention paid to the application of Li-S batteries, new challenges at practical cell scales emerge as the bottleneck. In this Outlook, the key parameters for practical Li-S batteries to achieve practical high energy density are emphasized regarding high-sulfur-loading cathodes, lean electrolytes, and limited excess anodes. Subsequently, the key scientific problems are redefined in practical Li-S batteries beyond the previous ones under ideal conditions. Finally, viable strategies are proposed to address the above challenges as future research directions.
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- Meng Zhao
- School
of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing
Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
- Advanced
Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology,
Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua
University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology,
Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua
University, Beijing 100084, China
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- School
of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing
Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
- Advanced
Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology,
Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua
University, Beijing 100084, China
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Razaq R, Zhang N, Xin Y, Li Q, Wang J, Zhang Z. Dense MoS
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Micro‐Flowers Planting on Biomass‐Derived Carbon Fiber Network for Multifunctional Sulfur Cathodes. ChemistrySelect 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202001729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Rameez Razaq
- Institute of Catalysis for Energy and Environment College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shenyang Normal University Shenyang 110034 Liaoning China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fluorine Chemistry and Chemical Materials University of Jinan Jinan 250022 Shandong China
- University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute JiaoTong University Shanghai
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fluorine Chemistry and Chemical Materials University of Jinan Jinan 250022 Shandong China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fluorine Chemistry and Chemical Materials University of Jinan Jinan 250022 Shandong China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fluorine Chemistry and Chemical Materials University of Jinan Jinan 250022 Shandong China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fluorine Chemistry and Chemical Materials University of Jinan Jinan 250022 Shandong China
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- Institute of Catalysis for Energy and Environment College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shenyang Normal University Shenyang 110034 Liaoning China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fluorine Chemistry and Chemical Materials University of Jinan Jinan 250022 Shandong China
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Yang XX, Du WZ, Li XT, Zhang Y, Qian Z, Biggs MJ, Hu C. Cobalt(II) Tetraaminophthalocyanine-modified Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes as an Efficient Sulfur Redox Catalyst for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. CHEMSUSCHEM 2020; 13:3034-3044. [PMID: 32189456 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202000648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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An efficient Li-S redox catalyst consisting of MWCNTs covalently modified by cobalt(II) tetraaminophthalocyanines (TaPcCo-MWCNTs) is developed. Effective lithium polysulfide (LiPS) capturing is enabled by the lithiophilic N-containing phthalocyanine rings and the sulfiphilic Co central atoms. This adsorption geometry utilizes the Co unoccupied d-orbitals as electron super-exchange highways. Elevated kinetics of LiPSs reactions in the liquid phase as well as liquid-solid transitions were revealed by electrochemical measurements and density functional theory calculations. Uniform deposition of Li2 S films was also observed, which preserves cathode integrity and sulfur utilization during cell cycling. The catalyzed sulfur redox is also significantly facilitated by the fast electron and Li-ion transport to and from the reaction sites through the conductive MWCNT skeletons and the lithiophilic substituent amino groups on TaPcCo. With 6 wt % addition of TaPcCo-MWCNT in the cathode coatings, high sulfur utilization is achieved with areal sulfur loadings of up to 7 mg cm-2 . Stable long-term cycling is achieved at 1 C at a sulfur loading of 5 mg cm-2 , with an initial areal capacity of 4.4 mAh cm-2 retention of 3.5 mAh cm-2 after 500 cycles. Considering the high structural diversity of phthalocyanines macromolecules, this study provides opportunities for a new class of Li-S catalysts.
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- Xiao-Xia Yang
- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Ji'nan, 250061, Shandong, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Ji'nan, 250061, Shandong, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Ji'nan, 250061, Shandong, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Ji'nan, 250061, Shandong, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Ji'nan, 250061, Shandong, P. R. China
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- College of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, United Kingdom
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Ji'nan, 250061, Shandong, P. R. China
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Zhao M, Peng H, Li B, Chen X, Xie J, Liu X, Zhang Q, Huang J. Electrochemical Phase Evolution of Metal‐Based Pre‐Catalysts for High‐Rate Polysulfide Conversion. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:9011-9017. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202003136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Meng Zhao
- School of Materials Science & Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
- Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University Stanford CA 94305 USA
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
- Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University Stanford CA 94305 USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
- Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University Stanford CA 94305 USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
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Zhao M, Peng H, Li B, Chen X, Xie J, Liu X, Zhang Q, Huang J. Electrochemical Phase Evolution of Metal‐Based Pre‐Catalysts for High‐Rate Polysulfide Conversion. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202003136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Meng Zhao
- School of Materials Science & Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
- Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University Stanford CA 94305 USA
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
- Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University Stanford CA 94305 USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
- Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University Stanford CA 94305 USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
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Chen W, Li B, Zhao C, Zhao M, Yuan T, Sun R, Huang J, Zhang Q. Electrolyte Regulation towards Stable Lithium‐Metal Anodes in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries with Sulfurized Polyacrylonitrile Cathodes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201912701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Wei‐Jing Chen
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and TechnologyDepartment of Chemical EngineeringTsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic ChemistryBeijing Forestry University Beijing 100083 P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and TechnologyDepartment of Chemical EngineeringTsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and TechnologyDepartment of Chemical EngineeringTsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary ScienceBeijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic ChemistryBeijing Forestry University Beijing 100083 P. R. China
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- Center for Lignocellulose Science and EngineeringDalian Polytechnic University Dalian 116034 P. R. China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary ScienceBeijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and TechnologyDepartment of Chemical EngineeringTsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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Chen W, Li B, Zhao C, Zhao M, Yuan T, Sun R, Huang J, Zhang Q. Electrolyte Regulation towards Stable Lithium‐Metal Anodes in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries with Sulfurized Polyacrylonitrile Cathodes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:10732-10745. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201912701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Wei‐Jing Chen
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and TechnologyDepartment of Chemical EngineeringTsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic ChemistryBeijing Forestry University Beijing 100083 P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and TechnologyDepartment of Chemical EngineeringTsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and TechnologyDepartment of Chemical EngineeringTsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary ScienceBeijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic ChemistryBeijing Forestry University Beijing 100083 P. R. China
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- Center for Lignocellulose Science and EngineeringDalian Polytechnic University Dalian 116034 P. R. China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary ScienceBeijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and TechnologyDepartment of Chemical EngineeringTsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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Zhao M, Li B, Peng H, Yuan H, Wei J, Huang J. Lithium‐Schwefel‐Batterien mit Magerelektrolyt: Herausforderungen und Perspektiven. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201909339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Meng Zhao
- School of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engieering and Technology Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engieering and Technology Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
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Zhao M, Li B, Peng H, Yuan H, Wei J, Huang J. Lithium–Sulfur Batteries under Lean Electrolyte Conditions: Challenges and Opportunities. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:12636-12652. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201909339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 277] [Impact Index Per Article: 69.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Meng Zhao
- School of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chmeical Reaction Engieering and Technology Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chmeical Reaction Engieering and Technology Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
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Li Z, Zhou C, Hua J, Hong X, Sun C, Li HW, Xu X, Mai L. Engineering Oxygen Vacancies in a Polysulfide-Blocking Layer with Enhanced Catalytic Ability. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e1907444. [PMID: 31995271 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201907444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Revised: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The practical application of the lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery is seriously restricted by its shuttle effect, low conductivity, and low sulfur loading. Herein, first-principles calculations are conducted to verify that the introduction of oxygen vacancies in TiO2 not only enhances polysulfide adsorption but also greatly improves the catalytic ability and both the ion and electron conductivities. A commercial polypropylene (PP) separator decorated with TiO2 nanosheets with oxygen vacancies (OVs-TiO2 @PP) is fabricated as a strong polysulfide barrier for the Li-S battery. The thickness of the OVs-TiO2 modification layer is only 500 nm with a low areal mass of around 0.12 mg cm-2 , which enhances the fast lithium-ion penetration and the high energy density of the whole cell. As a result, the cell with the OVs-TiO2 @PP separator exhibits a stable electrochemical behavior at 2.0 C over 500 cycles, even under a high sulfur loading of 7.1 mg cm-2 , and an areal capacity of 5.83 mAh cm-2 remains after 100 cycles. The proposed strategy of engineering oxygen vacancies is expected to have wide applications in Li-S batteries.
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- Zhaohuai Li
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
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- International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanostructure Research Centre (NRC), Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
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- Platform of Inter/Transdisciplinary Energy Research, International Research Center for Hydrogen Energy, International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
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Li Z, Zhou HY, Zhao FL, Wang TX, Ding X, Han BH, Feng W. Three-dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks as Host Materials for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10118-020-2384-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hu X, Zhong L, Shu C, Fang Z, Yang M, Li J, Yu D. Versatile, Aqueous Soluble C2N Quantum Dots with Enriched Active Edges and Oxygenated Groups. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:4621-4630. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b11169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Xuanhe Hu
- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer-based Composites of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer-based Composites of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer-based Composites of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer-based Composites of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer-based Composites of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer-based Composites of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer-based Composites of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People’s Republic of China
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Guan R, Zhong L, Wang S, Han D, Xiao M, Sun L, Meng Y. Synergetic Covalent and Spatial Confinement of Sulfur Species by Phthalazinone-Containing Covalent Triazine Frameworks for Ultrahigh Performance of Li-S Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:8296-8305. [PMID: 31985210 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b21481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries severely suffer from the shuttling of soluble polysulfides intermediates, insulation of sulfur and lithium sulfides, and volumetric expansion of sulfur electrodes, which result in the fast capacity decay and low utilization of active materials. To overcome these issues, a new type of porous phthalazinone-based covalent triazine frameworks (P-CTFs) with inherent N and O atoms has been in situ grown onto conductive reduced graphene oxide (rGO) by the sulfur-mediated cyclization of dinitrile monomers to afford the S/P-CTF@rGO hybrids. The well-designed structure endows the S/P-CTF@rGO composites with several features for enhanced Li-S batteries: (i) the nanoporous structure can spatially trap the sulfur species within the P-CTFs; (ii) the covalent binding of sulfur and polar groups of phthalazinone and triazine in P-CTFs exhibits strong chemical attachment and adsorption with polysulfides and further limits the diffusion of polysulfides; (iii) the conductive rGO and semiconductive P-CTFs help faster electronic transportation and accelerate the electrochemical process. Therefore, the S/P-CTF@rGO cathodes show greatly enhanced electrochemical performances with a high initial specific capacity of 1130 mAh g-1 at 0.5C and a good capacity retention of 81.4% after 500 cycles, indicating only 0.04% degradation per cycle.
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- Ruiteng Guan
- School of Physics , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province/State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province/State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology , Sun Yat-sen University , Zhuhai 519082 , P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province/State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , P. R. China
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- Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science and Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering , University of Connecticut , Storrs , Connecticut 06269 , United States
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- The Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province/State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , P. R. China
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Shi Z, Wang L, Xu H, Wei J, Yue H, Dong H, Yin Y, Yang S. A soluble single atom catalyst promotes lithium polysulfide conversion in lithium sulfur batteries. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:12056-12059. [PMID: 31536062 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc06168a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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CoPcCl is used as a catalytic electrolyte additive for lithium sulfur batteries under the guidance of theoretical calculations. The electrolyte additive strategy is easier to realize and more effective compared with the fabrication of catalytic host materials. Adding CoPcCl in the electrolyte enhanced the sulfur utilization remarkably.
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- Zhenpu Shi
- College of Physics and Material Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China. and National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Motive Power and Key Materials, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China and Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Motive Power and Key Materials, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China
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- Henan Huarui High-Tech Materials Co., Ltd, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China
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- College of Physics and Material Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China. and National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Motive Power and Key Materials, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China and Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Motive Power and Key Materials, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China
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- College of Physics and Material Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China. and National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Motive Power and Key Materials, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China and Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Motive Power and Key Materials, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China
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- College of Physics and Material Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China. and National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Motive Power and Key Materials, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China and Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Motive Power and Key Materials, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China
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- College of Physics and Material Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China. and National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Motive Power and Key Materials, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China and Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Motive Power and Key Materials, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China
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- College of Physics and Material Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China. and National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Motive Power and Key Materials, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China and Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Motive Power and Key Materials, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China
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- College of Physics and Material Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China. and National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Motive Power and Key Materials, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China and Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Motive Power and Key Materials, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China
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