Article
Chemistry, Physical
Kun Zhang, Zhenxin Zhao, Xiaomin Wang
Summary: The combination of chemical immobilization and accelerated conversion has been certified as the most effective method to inhibit the shuttle effect. In this study, a bifunctional catalyst, Ni2P/rGO, is proposed to anchor and catalyze the conversion of polysulfides. The results show that Ni2P/rGO can significantly increase the active sites and accelerate the conversion kinetics of polysulfides.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Long Jiao, Hao Jiang, Yechen Lei, Shuilin Wu, Qili Gao, Shuyu Bu, Xin Kong, Shuo Yang, Dengkun Shu, Chenyang Li, Heng Li, Bowen Cheng, Chun-Sing Lee, Wenjun Zhang
Summary: This study proposes a strategy of constructing a dual mediator system to achieve efficient and durable modulation of polysulfide conversion kinetics in Li-S batteries. The dual mediator system bridges full-range electrochemical catalysis and strengthened chemical reduction processes, resulting in improved battery performance.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Dongjiu Xie, Yaolin Xu, Eneli Hark, Zdravko Kochovski, Xuefeng Pan, Xia Zhang, Johannes Schmidt, Yan Lu
Summary: In this study, carbon-coated mesoporous Fe3O4 nanospindles were developed as a catalytic sulfur host material to improve the electrochemical performance of Li-S batteries. The conductive C@M-Fe3O4 particles with rich triple-phase sites can accelerate the conversion of LiPSs and promote the nucleation and growth of Li2S, leading to enhanced cycling stability and high capacity.
MATERIALS TODAY ENERGY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Weiwei Sun, Yujie Li, Shuangke Liu, Chang Liu, Xiaojian Tan, Kai Xie
Summary: A new sulfur host FeSe2@C NBs is proposed in this study, which can effectively suppress polysulfide shuttle effect, accelerate sulfur redox conversion, and show better performance in lithium-sulfur batteries.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Minhui Li, Hui Wang, Xuyun Wang, Xianguo Ma, Jianwei Ren, Rongfang Wang
Summary: In this study, a FeCo/Fe3C-CNC composite was used as the cathode to address the poor cycling stability and capacity fading in lithium-sulfur batteries. The composite improved battery performance by tuning electronic structure, providing catalytic capability, and inhibiting shuttle effect. It exhibited a good specific capacity and low capacity fading rate, demonstrating its potential for application in lithium-sulfur batteries.
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Yu Ren, Mingyu Wang, Xin-Yu Yang, Wen-Jie Xu, Qi-Ju Lei, Jiao Zhang, Jian-Xin Wen, Jia-Xin Gu, Zi-Sheng Chao, Hong-Guang Jin
Summary: In this study, porphyrin-based metal-organic frameworks supported by carbon nanotubes were demonstrated to be efficient electrocatalysts for accelerating polysulfide redox kinetics in lithium-sulfide batteries, leading to improved electrochemical performances.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Cheng Ma, Xianfeng Jia, Xiaojun Liu, Jitong Wang, Wenming Qiao, Jianguo Yu, Licheng Ling
Summary: Ultrafine NbN decorated nitrogen-doped porous carbon nanosheets were synthesized using phenolic resol as a carbon precursor. The nanosheets showed efficient polysulfide trapping and fast redox reaction kinetics, leading to high capacity and capacity retention even at high sulfur content. The findings provide a new method for practical application of lithium-sulfur batteries with superior sulfur utilization and long lifespan.
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Eunji Kim, Jihun Kim, Taewoong Lee, Haisu Kang, Seunggun Yu, Jun-Woo Park, Seung Geol Lee, Oi Lun Li, Jin Hong Lee
Summary: This study prepared N, S dual-doped carbon materials and applied them in Li-S batteries, successfully reducing cell polarization and effectively alleviating the lithium polysulfide shuttling behavior, resulting in improved specific capacity of the battery.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Dawei Yang, Zhifu Liang, Pengyi Tang, Chaoqi Zhang, Mingxue Tang, Qizhen Li, Jordi Jacas Biendicho, Junshan Li, Marc Heggen, Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski, Ming Xu, Jordi Llorca, Jordi Arbiol, Joan Ramon Morante, Shu-Lei Chou, Andreu Cabot
Summary: In this study, a 1D pi-d conjugated metal-organic framework (MOF), Ni-MOF-1D, is presented as an efficient sulfur host to overcome the shuttling behavior and sluggish conversion kinetics of intermediate lithium polysulfides (LiPS) in lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs). Ni-MOF-1D exhibits a remarkable binding strength to trap soluble LiPS species and acts as an effective catalyst for S reduction and Li2S oxidation. The delocalization of electrons in the pi-d system of Ni-MOF-1D provides superior electrical conductivity, leading to excellent performance in LSBs.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Raphael Richter, Joachim Haecker, Zhirong Zhao-Karger, Timo Danner, Norbert Wagner, Maximilian Fichtner, K. Andreas Friedrich, Arnulf Latz
Summary: Metal-sulfur (Me-S) batteries show promise but face challenges such as fast capacity loss, low power density, and fast self-discharge. This study uses a pseudo-two-dimensional continuum model to analyze degradation behavior during cycling of Li-S and Mg-S batteries, focusing on the redistribution of active sulfur and its impact on long-term stability.
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Kunyang Zou, Weitao Jing, Xin Dai, Xinxing Chen, Ming Shi, Zhiyin Yao, Ting Zhu, Junjie Sun, Yuanzhen Chen, Yan Liu, Yongning Liu
Summary: A modified template method was proposed to synthesize nitrogen/oxygen dual-doped honeycomb-like carbon as a sulfur host, which offers physical entrapment and chemical adsorption/catalytic conversion sites for polysulfides, resulting in high sulfur loading and specific capacity. This structure provides a new strategy for constructing polysulfide confinement structures to achieve robust Li-S batteries.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Sung Joon Park, So Yeon Yang, Sang A. Han, Yun Jeong Choi, Taehee Kim, Min-Sik Park, Jung Ho Kim, Ki Jae Kim
Summary: By coating ordered mesoporous Mn2O3 (m-Mn2O3) and highly conductive Super P (SP) on polyethylene (PE) separators, we have designed a multifunctional composite separator to enhance the reversibility and cycling stability of lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs). The m-Mn2O3 offers fast chemisorption of polysulfides dissolved in electrolyte, and the highly conductive SP physically mitigates the crossover of polysulfides and reversibly reutilizes them during cycling. In practice, the LSB cell assembled with the separator coated with m-Mn2O3 and SP delivers a high reversible capacity of 553 mAh g-1 at a current density of 0.5 C, even after 300 cycles.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Kailiang Qi, Ruiying Lei, Fan Zhang, Yuzhou Luo
Summary: In this study, an N, P co-doped porous carbon (NPPC) was synthesized by one-step solid-state pyrolysis of a mixture of bio-wastes and potassium hydroxide. The NPPC displayed a hierarchically porous structure with high specific surface area. The S/NPPC composite material showed a high initial reversible capacity and excellent cycling performance in a lithium-sulfur battery. This work provides a simple method to convert abandoned bio-wastes into ideal cathode materials for lithium-sulfur batteries.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Pan Xiong, Fan Zhang, Xiuyun Zhang, Yifan Liu, Yunyan Wu, Shijian Wang, Javad Safaei, Bing Sun, Renzhi Ma, Zongwen Liu, Yoshio Bando, Takayoshi Sasaki, Xin Wang, Junwu Zhu, Guoxiu Wang
Summary: Regulating the transport of anions and cations at the atomic scale is crucial in membrane-based separation technologies and the development of high-performance alkali metal batteries. The use of negatively charged Ti0.87O2 nanosheets coated polypropylene separators can reduce the non-uniform transport of alkali metal ions and detrimental shuttling effect of anions, ensuring homogeneous ion flux and promoting fast alkali-ion diffusion.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Lian Wu, Yue Yu, Yongqiang Dai, Yifang Zhao, Wei Zeng, Bing Liao, Hao Pang
Summary: In this study, CoS2 particles intercalated/coated-MMT as an efficient sulfur host were synthesized, leading to an obtained S/CoS2@MMT cathode with outstanding rate performance and cycling stability in Li-S batteries. The host exhibited great application prospects with a higher sulfur loading of 4.0 mg cm(-2).
Review
Chemistry, Physical
Miao Zhang, Wei Chen, Lanxin Xue, Yu Jiao, Tianyu Lei, Junwei Chu, Jianwen Huang, Chuanhui Gong, Chaoyi Yan, Yichao Yan, Yin Hu, Xianfu Wang, Jie Xiong
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2020)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Anjun Hu, Weiqiang Lv, Tianyu Lei, Wei Chen, Yin Hu, Chaozhu Shu, Xianfu Wang, Lanxin Xue, Jianwen Huang, Xinchuan Du, Hongbo Wang, Kai Tang, Chuanhui Gong, Jun Zhu, Weidong He, Jianping Long, Jie Xiong
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yin Hu, Wei Chen, Tianyu Lei, Yu Jiao, Hongbo Wang, Xuepeng Wang, Gaofeng Rao, Xianfu Wang, Bo Chen, Jie Xiong
Review
Chemistry, Physical
Yin Hu, Wei Chen, Tianyu Lei, Yu Jiao, Jianwen Huang, Anjun Hu, Chuanhui Gong, Chaoyi Yan, Xianfu Wang, Jie Xiong
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2020)
Review
Chemistry, Physical
Anjun Hu, Mingjie Zhou, Tianyu Lei, Yin Hu, Xinchuan Du, Chuanhui Gong, Chaozhu Shu, Jianping Long, Jun Zhu, Wei Chen, Xianfu Wang, Jie Xiong
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2020)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Lanxin Xue, Wei Chen, Yin Hu, Tianyu Lei, Chengtao Yang, Mingjie Zhou, Xing Zhang, Anjun Hu, Yaoyao Li, Xianfu Wang, Jie Xiong
Summary: In this study, a ferroelectric decoration layer of BiFeO3 nanoparticles was applied on a commercial separator to construct a polarization field, accelerating Li-ion migratory process and effectively eliminating barren areas near the anode surface. This facilitated dense and smooth nucleation of lithium deposition, resulting in long-term stability and high Coulombic efficiency. The use of BFO/PP separator in Li-S pouch cells also showed significant improvements in specific capacity and capacity decay over cycles, demonstrating the potential for highly practical Li metal batteries.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Lanxin Xue, Li Zeng, Wenbin Kang, Haiyan Chen, Yin Hu, Yaoyao Li, Wei Chen, Tianyu Lei, Yichao Yan, Chengtao Yang, Anjun Hu, Xianfu Wang, Jie Xiong, Chuhong Zhang
Summary: This study introduces an innovative interfacial engineering approach by decorating a 3D printed carbonaceous scaffold with Li2S and healing the printed adjacent interface to improve mass transport. The 3D printed electrodes demonstrate high active material use and loading-insensitive performance, delivering outstanding areal capacity and fast kinetics under elevated loading densities, thus advancing the performance of Li2S cathodes closer toward real-world applications.
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Mingjie Zhou, Yaoyao Li, Tianyu Lei, Wei Chen, Gaofeng Rao, Lanxin Xue, Anjun Hu, Yuxin Fan, Jianwen Huang, Yin Hu, Xianfu Wang, Jie Xiong
Summary: Introducing a dense functional layer composed of ion-inserted metal-organic frameworks on the separator can enhance the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries by improving mass transfer and ensuring high polysulfides entrapment efficiency.
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chunyuan Li, Yaoyao Li, Yuxin Fan, Fan Wang, Tianyu Lei, Wei Chen, Anjun Hu, Lanxin Xue, Jianwen Huang, Chunyang Wu, Chengtao Yang, Yin Hu, Yichao Yan
Summary: This article reviews the progress made in mapping techniques for Li-S batteries, highlighting the various aspects and technical applications to guide future research and improve battery performance.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yaoyao Li, Yuanpeng Liu, Lanxin Xue, Wei Chen, Tianyu Lei, Anjun Hu, Jianwen Huang, Xuepeng Wang, Xianfu Wang, Bo Chen, Yin Hu, Chengtao Yang, Jie Xiong
Summary: By using ZIF-67 as an anionphilic additive, this research successfully eliminated the anion depletion region and promoted lithium salt dissociation, reducing the risk of short-circuit in lithium metal batteries and improving the battery's capacity and cycling performance.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Fei Li, Anjun Hu, Xiaoli Zhao, Tongwei Wu, Wei Chen, Tianyu Lei, Yin Hu, Ming Huang, Xianfu Wang
Summary: Micro-supercapacitors (MSCs) assembled with intersecting nanoflake-built MnO2 NTAs exhibit high energy density, excellent cycling stability, and desirable flexibility due to their large electroactive surface area, structural stability, wettability, and short transport path of ions and electrons. The output voltage and capacitance of the MSCs can be easily controlled by rational interconnection for practical use. This novel strategy for fabricating high-energy and flexible 3D NTA-based MSCs opens up a new avenue for portable and wearable electronic devices.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Physical
Lanxin Xue, Yaoyao Li, Anjun Hu, Mingjie Zhou, Wei Chen, Tianyu Lei, Yichao Yan, Jianwen Huang, Chengtao Yang, Xianfu Wang, Yin Hu, Jie Xiong
Summary: This article summarizes the recent applications of in situ/operando Raman techniques for monitoring the real-time variations in Li-S batteries, aiming to reveal the reaction mechanism and guide the design of strategies for improving battery performances.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Anjun Hu, Wei Chen, Xinchuan Du, Yin Hu, Tianyu Lei, Hongbo Wang, Lanxin Xue, Yaoyao Li, He Sun, Yichao Yan, Jianping Long, Chaozhu Shu, Jun Zhu, Baihai Li, Xianfu Wang, Jie Xiong
Summary: An artificial hybrid SEI layer composed of lithium-antimony alloy and lithium fluoride was constructed to reduce electron tunneling between the Li anode and SEI, resulting in uniform Li deposition and stable Li plating/stripping behaviors at an ultrahigh rate. This work uncovers the internal mechanism of Li+ transport within the SEI component, providing a pathway to stabilize the Li anode under practical high-rate conditions.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yin Hu, Anjun Hu, Jianwei Wang, Xiaobin Niu, Mingjie Zhou, Wei Chen, Tianyu Lei, Jianwen Huang, Yaoyao Li, Lanxin Xue, Yuxin Fan, Xianfu Wang, Jie Xiong
Summary: The introduction of CoIn2S4 nanostructured particles as a catalyst boosts the polysulfide conversion kinetics in the Li-S battery, allowing for improved performance at high rates. This study provides insights into a new catalytic mechanism and opens up new pathways for constructing highly practical Li-S batteries.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Tianyu Lei, Yin Hu, Wei Chen, Weiqiang Lv, Yu Jiao, Xuepeng Wang, Xiaoxue Lv, Yichao Yan, Jianwen Huang, Junwei Chu, Chaoyi Yan, Chunyang Wu, Xianfu Wang, Weidong He, Jie Xiong
ENERGY STORAGE MATERIALS
(2020)
