PROMOTING POLYSULFIDES REDOX CONVERSION BY SULFUR-DEFICIENT ZNS1 X HOLLOW POLYHEDRONS FOR LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES
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Date
2021-08-21
Authors
Gao, Wanjie
Jin, Qianwen
Liu, Yanyu
Zhang, Yongguang
Wang, Xin
Bakenov, Zhumabay
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Materials & Design
Abstract
Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are deemed as the attractive systems for high-energy storage. However,
the polysulfides shuttling with slow redox kinetics has seriously hindered their practical applications.
Herein, sulfur-deficient zinc sulfide (ZnS1 x) hollow polyhedrons are synthesized as the multifunctional
sulfur host material via the sulfurization and high-temperature annealing method. The unique hollow
structure could supply adequate void spaces for sulfur loading and alleviate volumetric expansion of sul fur upon the cycling process. Besides, ZnS1 x hollow polyhedrons with abundant sulfur vacancies can pro vide effective adsorption sites to chemically immobilize polysulfides and enhance polysulfides redox
conversion as confirmed by theoretical calculation results and electrocatalytical experiments. Thus, the
S/ZnS1 x cathode delivers the remarkable initial capacity (1206 mAh g 1 at 0.2 C) and excellent cycling
stability (592 mAh g 1 after 500 cycles at 1 C). The study points out the idea of functional cathode mate rial for Li-S batteries based on a simple yet efficient vacancy engineering metho
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Type of access: Open Access, Sulfur-deficient, Hollow structure, Sulfur host, Polysulfides redox conversion, Lithium-sulfur battery
Citation
Gao, W., Jin, Q., Liu, Y., Zhang, Y., Wang, X., & Bakenov, Z. (2021). Promoting polysulfides redox conversion by sulfur-deficient ZnS1 hollow polyhedrons for lithium-sulfur batteries. Materials & Design, 210, 110060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.110060