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Breaking Barriers to High‐Practical Li‐S Batteries with Isotropic Binary Sulfiphilic Electrocatalyst: Creating a Virtuous Cycle for Favorable Polysulfides Redox Environments

Investigations into lithium–sulfur batteries (LSBs) has focused primarily on the initial conversion of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) to Li(2)S(2). However, the subsequent solid–solid reaction from Li(2)S(2) to Li(2)S and the Li(2)S decomposition process should be equally prioritized. Creating a virtu...

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Autores principales: Xiao, Wei, Yoo, Kisoo, Kim, Jong‐Hoon, Xu, Hengyue
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10667854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37867214
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202303916
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Yoo, Kisoo
Kim, Jong‐Hoon
Xu, Hengyue
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Yoo, Kisoo
Kim, Jong‐Hoon
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description Investigations into lithium–sulfur batteries (LSBs) has focused primarily on the initial conversion of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) to Li(2)S(2). However, the subsequent solid–solid reaction from Li(2)S(2) to Li(2)S and the Li(2)S decomposition process should be equally prioritized. Creating a virtuous cycle by balancing all three chemical reaction processes is crucial for realizing practical LSBs. Herein, amorphous Ni(3)B in synergy with carbon nanotubes (aNi(3)B@CNTs) is proposed to implement the consecutive catalysis of S(8(solid)) → LiPSs((liquid)) → Li(2)S((solid)) →LiPSs((liquid)). Systematic theoretical simulations and experimental analyses reveal that aNi(3)B@CNTs with an isotropic structure and abundant active sites can ensure rapid LiPSs adsorption‐catalysis as well as uniform Li(2)S precipitation. The uniform Li(2)S deposition in synergy with catalysis of aNi(3)B enables instant/complete oxidation of Li(2)S to LiPSs. The produced LiPSs are again rapidly and uniformly adsorbed for the next sulfur evolution process, thus creating a virtuous cycle for sulfur species conversion. Accordingly, the aNi(3)B@CNTs‐based cell presents remarkable rate capability, long‐term cycle life, and superior cyclic stability, even under high sulfur loading and extreme temperature environments. This study proposes the significance of creating a virtuous cycle for sulfur species conversion to realize practical LSBs.
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spelling pubmed-106678542023-10-22 Breaking Barriers to High‐Practical Li‐S Batteries with Isotropic Binary Sulfiphilic Electrocatalyst: Creating a Virtuous Cycle for Favorable Polysulfides Redox Environments Xiao, Wei Yoo, Kisoo Kim, Jong‐Hoon Xu, Hengyue Adv Sci (Weinh) Research Articles Investigations into lithium–sulfur batteries (LSBs) has focused primarily on the initial conversion of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) to Li(2)S(2). However, the subsequent solid–solid reaction from Li(2)S(2) to Li(2)S and the Li(2)S decomposition process should be equally prioritized. Creating a virtuous cycle by balancing all three chemical reaction processes is crucial for realizing practical LSBs. Herein, amorphous Ni(3)B in synergy with carbon nanotubes (aNi(3)B@CNTs) is proposed to implement the consecutive catalysis of S(8(solid)) → LiPSs((liquid)) → Li(2)S((solid)) →LiPSs((liquid)). Systematic theoretical simulations and experimental analyses reveal that aNi(3)B@CNTs with an isotropic structure and abundant active sites can ensure rapid LiPSs adsorption‐catalysis as well as uniform Li(2)S precipitation. The uniform Li(2)S deposition in synergy with catalysis of aNi(3)B enables instant/complete oxidation of Li(2)S to LiPSs. The produced LiPSs are again rapidly and uniformly adsorbed for the next sulfur evolution process, thus creating a virtuous cycle for sulfur species conversion. Accordingly, the aNi(3)B@CNTs‐based cell presents remarkable rate capability, long‐term cycle life, and superior cyclic stability, even under high sulfur loading and extreme temperature environments. This study proposes the significance of creating a virtuous cycle for sulfur species conversion to realize practical LSBs. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-10-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10667854/ /pubmed/37867214 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202303916 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Advanced Science published by Wiley‐VCH GmbH https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Xiao, Wei
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Breaking Barriers to High‐Practical Li‐S Batteries with Isotropic Binary Sulfiphilic Electrocatalyst: Creating a Virtuous Cycle for Favorable Polysulfides Redox Environments
title Breaking Barriers to High‐Practical Li‐S Batteries with Isotropic Binary Sulfiphilic Electrocatalyst: Creating a Virtuous Cycle for Favorable Polysulfides Redox Environments
title_full Breaking Barriers to High‐Practical Li‐S Batteries with Isotropic Binary Sulfiphilic Electrocatalyst: Creating a Virtuous Cycle for Favorable Polysulfides Redox Environments
title_fullStr Breaking Barriers to High‐Practical Li‐S Batteries with Isotropic Binary Sulfiphilic Electrocatalyst: Creating a Virtuous Cycle for Favorable Polysulfides Redox Environments
title_full_unstemmed Breaking Barriers to High‐Practical Li‐S Batteries with Isotropic Binary Sulfiphilic Electrocatalyst: Creating a Virtuous Cycle for Favorable Polysulfides Redox Environments
title_short Breaking Barriers to High‐Practical Li‐S Batteries with Isotropic Binary Sulfiphilic Electrocatalyst: Creating a Virtuous Cycle for Favorable Polysulfides Redox Environments
title_sort breaking barriers to high‐practical li‐s batteries with isotropic binary sulfiphilic electrocatalyst: creating a virtuous cycle for favorable polysulfides redox environments
topic Research Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10667854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37867214
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202303916
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