Article
Chemistry, Physical
Nannan Wang, Jun Wang, Jingjuan Zhao, Junhai Wang, Junqi Pan, Jiarui Huang
Summary: A nanosheet-like porous-carbon@reduced graphene oxide (PC@rGO) composite was prepared successfully via a facile method, showing high capacity and reversible capacity in Li-S batteries, indicating a promising direction for research on high energy density Li-S batteries.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Xiangtao Yu, Xiaoming Zhu, Ziyuan Pei, Yongpeng Li, Chenwei Li, Zhuyin Sui
Summary: This study improved the electrochemical activity of the sulfur cathode by introducing manganese dioxide and nitrogen-doped porous graphene, preventing rapid capacity decay. The prepared pNGA/MnO2@S cathode showed excellent comprehensive electrochemical performance with high specific capacities and good cycling stability.
DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Hongtao Yu, Andreas Siebert, Shilin Mei, Raul Garcia-Diez, Roberto Felix, Ting Quan, Yaolin Xu, Johannes Frisch, Regan G. Wilks, Marcus Baer, Chun Pei, Yan Lu
Summary: The study demonstrates the construction of a freestanding MoS3/PPy/NF cathode, composed of MoS3/PPy nanowires deposited on porous nickel foam, for use in Li-S batteries. The cathode exhibits enhanced structural stability and superior cycling performance, with the potential to improve the sulfur equivalent cathode material for Li-S batteries.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Jong-Hyuk Bae, So-Ri Lee, Hae-Young Choi, Jun-Woo Park, Byung Gon Kim, Doohun Kim, Seog-Young Yoon, You-Jin Lee
Summary: A high-energy-density Li-S battery with a porous metal-carbon composite cathode and a metal sponge skeleton-Li composite anode was successfully fabricated. The 3D metal composite electrodes provided a robust conductive pathway, improving the electrical/ionic transport. The well-designed full cells exhibited excellent electrochemical performance, achieving high sulfur loading and energy density.
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Wanjie Gao, Yanyu Liu, Yongguang Zhang, Nurzhan Baikalov, Aishuak Konarov, Zhumabay Bakenov
Summary: This study prepared nitrogen-doped graphitized porous carbon with embedded nickel-iron alloy nanoparticles as a sulfur host for improved lithium-sulfur battery performance. Through density functional theory calculations and excellent electronic conductivity and adsorption capabilities, effective management of soluble lithium polysulfides was achieved.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Jing Jiang, Hongyu Wang, Jiquan Zhao, Jingde Li, Guihua Liu, Yongguang Zhang
Summary: The study successfully addressed the challenges in the application of lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) by fabricating a porous microsphere-based sulfur cathode, Mg ZIF-67/CNT@GO composite. This composite showed improved electrical conductivity, reduced loss of polysulfides, and enhanced catalytic performance, leading to promising electrochemical performance of the LSBs.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yan Jia, Yi-Song Zhao, Xiao-Xiao Yang, Meng-Xin Ren, Yu-Qian Wang, Bu-Yue Lei, Dong-Lin Zhao
Summary: A simple one-step hydrothermal method was used to design nitrogen-doped graphene aerogel composites with encapsulated sulfur, resulting in outstanding electrochemical performance including high sulfur content, excellent capacity retention, and good adsorption capacity for lithium polysulfide, attributed to the nitrogen-doped graphene aerogel's coating of sulfur, improvement of conductivity, and strong adsorption capacity of doped nitrogen atoms.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Pu Cheng, Dianliang Cao, Kai Sun, Yiding Li, Yujun Fu, Yonggang Zhao, Dequan Liu, Deyan He
Summary: By developing a new strategy to construct V2O5 yolk-shell microspheres/graphene nanosheets on a commercial poly-propylene separator as a vice-electrode, the lithium-sulfur batteries show a larger voltage window and significantly improved electrochemical performance.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Lei Huang, Tuxiang Guan, Han Su, Yu Zhong, Feng Cao, Yongqi Zhang, Xinhui Xia, Xiuli Wang, Ningzhong Bao, Jiangping Tu
Summary: In this study, a synergistic interface bonding enhancement strategy was reported to construct flexible fiber-shaped composite cathodes. Polypyrrole@sulfur (PPy@S) nanospheres were implanted into the built-in cavity of self-assembled reduced graphene oxide fibers (rGOFs) using a facile microfluidic assembly method. The resulting cathode showed enhanced electrochemical performance and high-rate capability.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Cheng Ma, Zhufeng Zheng, Xianfeng Jia, Xiaojun Liu, Jitong Wang, Wenming Qiao, Licheng Ling
Summary: By synthesizing nitrogen-doped interconnected hollow carbon nanocages, this research achieved a high sulfur loading of 80wt% and high capacity sulfur cathode in lithium sulfur batteries with excellent initial capacity, rate performance, and long lifespan.
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Jian Cheng, Yongchuan Liu, Xiangxin Zhang, Xiaofei Miao, Yuanqiang Chen, Sujing Chen, Junhong Lin, Yining Zhang
Summary: The interconnected porous honeycomb hollow carbon spheres (IPHHCSs) prepared by increasing template sphere concentration and introducing cationic surfactants demonstrate favorable features for energy storage devices. With rich N-doping and high specific surface areas, the IPHHCSs show superior rate capability and cycling stability for supercapacitor and lithium-sulfur battery applications, making them promising materials for high-rate energy storage systems.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Hao-Jie Li, Yi-Hua Song, Kai Xi, Wei Wang, Sheng Liu, Guo-Ran Li, Xue-Ping Gao
Summary: This study demonstrates that enhancing the adsorption ability for polysulfide anions by introducing sulfur vacancies in a high-sulfur-loading cathode can improve the kinetics of the polysulfide conversion process, leading to high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries. The sulfur vacancies in Co9S8-x/N-G effectively improve the electrode process kinetics for the catalytic conversion of polysulfides, resulting in a high areal capacity and long-term cycling stability. These results suggest that utilizing sulfur vacancies could be an effective approach for achieving high-energy lithium-sulfur batteries.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
(2021)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Tian Yang, Jun Xia, Zhihong Piao, Lin Yang, Shichao Zhang, Yalan Xing, Guangmin Zhou
Summary: The increasing demand for wearable electronic devices has led to a growing interest in flexible batteries with high stability and desirable energy density. Graphene, known for its good conductivity and flexibility, has been used in various components of flexible lithium-sulfur batteries to improve their flexibility, energy density, and cycling stability.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Gaocheng Liu, Jiewei Yang, Yongtao Wang, Honghai Lin, Mingtao Zheng, Hang Hu, Hanwu Dong, Xiangrong Liu, Yingliang Liu, Yong Xiao
Summary: In this study, 2D porous nitrogen-doped carbon nanosheets were successfully synthesized using environmentally friendly materials. The resulting material exhibited unique structure and excellent electrochemical performance, making it a promising candidate for lithium-sulfur batteries.
JOURNAL OF ENERGY STORAGE
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Jiuqing Liu, Fanli Zeng, Zikun Hong, Junying He, Qihou Li, Feifei Song, Lishun Bai, Chen Cheng, Zehao Chen, Liandong Tang, Chen Duan, Zhirong Chen
Summary: By using a simple non-solvent phase separation (NIPS) method, porous composite films were obtained as free-standing interlayers for lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs), which can not only provide hierarchical channels for improving lithium-ion transfer number, but also have excellent physicochemical stability and strong adsorption capability towards lithium polysulfide (LiPS). Compared with the pristine one, the representative lithium-sulfur battery with graphene/polyetherimide/ZrO2 interlayer (GPZ) shows good initial cycle discharge specific capacity, better capacity retention after 200 cycles, and good rate performance. This work provides a facile and promising way to achieve functional interlayer with high stability for high performance lithium-sulfur batteries.
JOURNAL OF ENERGY STORAGE
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Jiuhui Han, Hongping Li, Zhen Lu, Gang Huang, Isaac Johnson, Kentaro Watanabe, Mingwei Chen
Summary: The study presents a new method for controllably synthesizing 3D porous carbon materials through a sequential metastable carbide-mediated chemical dealloying approach, resulting in 3D bimodal porous amorphous carbon with geometrically well-defined and topologically self-similar meso- and microporosities. This synthetic route allows independent and precise control of bimodal porosity, enabling outstanding ion diffusion and rate performance.
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
(2021)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Feifei Zhang, Mengqi Gao, Shiqiang Huang, Hang Zhang, Xun Wang, Lijun Liu, Ming Han, Qing Wang
Summary: The redox-targeting (RT) process offers great operation flexibility for energy storage and conversion applications, boosting energy density and providing a versatile research platform for various chemistries. The recent progress of RT-based energy storage and conversion systems demonstrates the versatility of RT processes for different energy-related applications, highlighting the critical roles of RT reactions and addressing deployment challenges for advanced large-scale energy storage and conversion.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Wenxi Wang, Gang Huang, Yizhou Wang, Zhen Cao, Luigi Cavallo, Mohamed N. Hedhili, Husam N. Alshareef
Summary: A 3D zinc foil with hierarchical porous architecture is developed using a non-aqueous organic acid etching strategy, which significantly enhances the accessibility to aqueous electrolytes. The 3D zinc anode enables preferential plating of zinc in the porous texture with suppressed dendrite growth, leading to a long cycle life and improved rate performance.
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Sifei Zhuo, Gang Huang, Rachid Sougrat, Jing Guo, Nini Wei, Le Shi, Renyuan Li, Hanfeng Liang, Yusuf Shi, Qiuyu Zhang, Peng Wang, Husam N. Alshareef
Summary: Hierarchical nanocapsules containing Cu-doped MoS2 nanopetals enclosed in carbonaceous nanotubes have been developed for rechargeable magnesium batteries. These nanocapsules exhibit excellent energy storage performance and efficient electron/ion transfer channels.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chao-Le Li, Gang Huang, Yue Yu, Qi Xiong, Jun-Min Yan, Xin-Bo Zhang
Summary: The research team has developed a deep eutectic electrolyte (DEE) by mixing N-methylacetamide and lithium bis-(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide, which fulfills the requirements for long-term operation of LOBs. LOBs with the NMA-based DEE exhibit high discharge capacity, excellent rate performance, and superb cycling lifetime, injecting new vitality into electrolyte design and promoting the development of high-performance LOBs.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Fangwang Ming, Yunpei Zhu, Gang Huang, Abdul-Hamid Emwas, Hanfeng Liang, Yi Cui, Husam N. Alshareef
Summary: This work proposes a hybrid electrolyte induced by the salting-in effect as an effective strategy to achieve a highly reversible zinc anode with good stability and compatibility. By altering the solvation structure and reducing parasitic side reactions, this electrolyte ensures a stable zinc anode with excellent cycling stability.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yun-hai Zhu, Yang-feng Cui, Zi-long Xie, Zhen-bang Zhuang, Gang Huang, Xin-bo Zhang
Summary: This Review summarizes the latest decoupled aqueous batteries based on pH-decoupling electrolytes, analyzes their inherent defects and problems, and discusses critical scientific issues for future applications.
NATURE REVIEWS CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Gang Huang, Jun Yin, Guodong Zou, Zahra Bayhan, Wenli Zhao, Fangwang Ming, Xiangming Xu, Hanfeng Liang, Omar F. Mohammed, Husam N. Alshareef
Summary: A V2S3@C@V2S3 heterostructure anode with abundant hetero-interfaces and controllable V2S3 crystallinity and size was developed, showing highly reversible capacity and excellent cycling stability.
MATERIALS TODAY ENERGY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yang-feng Cui, Zhen-bang Zhuang, Zi-long Xie, Ren-fei Cao, Qi Hao, Ning Zhang, Wan-qiang Liu, Yun-hai Zhu, Gang Huang
Summary: Alkaline Zn-MnO2 batteries suffer from capacity degradation, limiting their lifespan. To overcome this challenge, a hybrid Zn-MnO2 battery is proposed, which achieves high working voltage and long cycle life through optimized reaction conditions and a specially designed membrane.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yizhou Wang, Xiangming Xu, Jian Yin, Gang Huang, Tianchao Guo, Zhengnan Tian, Rajeh Alsaadi, Yunpei Zhu, Husam N. Alshareef
Summary: In this study, large-area, mono-orientated 2D material (MoS2) is used for the first time to electrodeposit truly epitaxial Zn anodes. The continuous MoS2 films are shown to be an effective strategy for suppressing metal dendrites.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yang-feng Cui, Ren-fei Cao, Jia-yi Du, Zhen-bang Zhuang, Zi-long Xie, Qing-shuang Wang, Di Bao, Wan-qiang Liu, Yun-hai Zhu, Gang Huang
Summary: Aqueous Zn-based batteries exhibit excellent cycling performance at high rates but show poor recyclability at low rates. It is found that this inconsistency is caused by the reconstructed electrode/electrolyte interface at high rates, where a compact electrical double layer (EDL) and tightly absorbed Zn2+ ions on the Zn electrode surface lead to the formation of corrosion-resistant Zn deposits.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Weide Shao, Biao Lu, Jinpeng Cao, Jianing Zhang, Hairu Cao, Feifei Zhang, Chunling Zhang
Summary: Electrocatalysis and electrosynthesis are promising technologies for utilizing green renewable energy by converting and storing electrical energy in chemical forms. Most studies focus on developing advanced electrodes or active molecules to improve performance. However, the intrinsic characteristics of the electrodes limit direct acquisition and electron transfer. The introduction of redox mediators as intermediate electron carriers or reservoirs, without changing the final products, provides a unique approach to accelerate the electrochemical performance of these energy conversions. This review provides an overview of recent developments in electrocatalysis and electrosynthesis using redox mediators and a comprehensive discussion on the principles and construction of these systems.
CHEMISTRY-AN ASIAN JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Yi-Fei Chen, Jia-Hong Li, Tian-Tian Liu, Si-Hang You, Peng Liu, Fu-Jin Li, Meng-Qi Gao, Shu-Guang Chen, Fei-Fei Zhang
Summary: NiFe LDHs have been deposited on carbon cloth using a simple electrodeposition method, forming a NiFe LDHs-NiFe alloy gradient hybrid coating. The electrode exhibits highly active bifunctional oxygen evolution and hydrogen evolution reactions. The NiFe alloy acts as a stable electron highway and skeleton bridge, leading to outstanding stability in overall water splitting.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Wenli Zhao, Zhen Cao, Zahra Bayhan, Hanfeng Liang, Yongjiu Lei, Long Chen, Mushtaq A. Dar, Zeyad Almutairi, Luigi Cavallo, Gang Huang, Husam N. Alshareef
Summary: This research presents a dendrite-free and highly stable Na metal anode by transferring a cation-deficient Ti0.87O2 nanosheet layer onto the Na surface. The Ti0.87O2 layer seamlessly connects to the Na surface and prevents layer fracture. It also has strong Na thorn adsorption ability, high ionic conductivity, and restricts Na plating, leading to improved performance of batteries.
MATERIALS TODAY ENERGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Zhaolin Na, Houkai Qi, Shaohui Li, Yingbin Wu, Qingshuang Wang, Gang Huang
Summary: In this study, a gradient Zn anode (LLP@TreatedZn) with a passivated-layer at the top and fresh-zinc-layer at the bottom was developed using potassium permanganate solution treatment and laser lithography. The passivation layer prevents corrosion and side reactions, while promoting preferential deposition of Zn at the bottom of the microchannel. The LLP@Treated Zn anodes exhibited stable cycling performance over 700h at high current densities. Laser lithography also allowed for the fabrication of Zn anodes with different surface morphologies.
ACS ENERGY LETTERS
(2023)
