A triple-synergistic small-molecule sulfur cathode promises energetic Cu-S electrochemistry

Metal-sulfur batteries have received great attention for electrochemical energy storage due to high theoretical capacity and low cost, but their further development is impeded by low sulfur utilization, poor electrochemical kinetics, and serious shuttle effect of the sulfur cathode. To avoid these problems, herein, a triple-synergistic small-molecule sulfur cathode is designed by employing N, S co-doped hierarchical porous bamboo charcoal as a sulfur host in an aqueous Cu-S battery. Expect the enhanced conductivity and chemisorption induced by N, S synergistic co-doping, the intrinsic synergy of macro-/meso-/microporous triple structure also ensures space-confined small-molecule sulfur as high utilization reactant and effectively alleviates the volume expansion during conversion reaction. Under a further joint synergy between hierarchical structure and heteroatom doping, the resulting sulfur cathode endows the Cu-S battery with outstanding electrochemical performance. Cycled at 5 A g-1, it can deliver a high reversible capacity of 2,509.8 mAh g-1 with a good capacity retention of 97.9% after 800 cycles. In addition, a flexible hybrid pouch cell built by a small-molecule sulfur cathode, Zn anode, and gel electrolytes can firmly deliver high average operating voltage of about 1.3 V with a reversible capacity of over 2,500 mAh g-1 under various destructive conditions, suggesting that the triple-synergistic small-molecule sulfur cathode promises energetic metal-sulfur batteries.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:120

Enthalten in:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 120(2023), 42 vom: 17. Okt., Seite e2312091120

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lin, Xia [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Junwei [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Huihui [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Jiaxi [VerfasserIn]
Miao, Zhonghao [VerfasserIn]
Shu, Guangchang [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Shuyuan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Tianyuan [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Haoxiang [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Liyuan [VerfasserIn]
Shu, Jie [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aqueous Cu-S battery
Heteroatom co-doping
Hierarchical porous carbon
Journal Article
Small-molecule sulfur
Triple-synergistic effect

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Date Revised 10.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1073/pnas.2312091120

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363058648