Premium
Conductive and Catalytic Triple‐Phase Interfaces Enabling Uniform Nucleation in High‐Rate Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
Author(s) -
Yuan Hong,
Peng HongJie,
Li BoQuan,
Xie Jin,
Kong Long,
Zhao Meng,
Chen Xiao,
Huang JiaQi,
Zhang Qiang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advanced energy materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.08
H-Index - 220
eISSN - 1614-6840
pISSN - 1614-6832
DOI - 10.1002/aenm.201802768
Subject(s) - redox , materials science , electrochemistry , nucleation , polysulfide , separator (oil production) , electrolyte , chemical engineering , electrocatalyst , battery (electricity) , sulfur , lithium (medication) , catalysis , lithium–sulfur battery , chemisorption , inorganic chemistry , electrode , chemistry , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , medicine , physics , engineering , metallurgy , endocrinology , power (physics)
Rechargeable lithium–sulfur batteries have attracted tremendous scientific attention owing to their superior energy density. However, the sulfur electrochemistry involves multielectron redox reactions and complicated phase transformations, while the final morphology of solid‐phase Li 2 S precipitates largely dominate the battery's performance. Herein, a triple‐phase interface among electrolyte/CoSe 2 /G is proposed to afford strong chemisorption, high electrical conductivity, and superb electrocatalysis of polysulfide redox reactions in a working lithium–sulfur battery. The triple‐phase interface effectively enhances the kinetic behaviors of soluble lithium polysulfides and regulates the uniform nucleation and controllable growth of solid Li 2 S precipitates at large current density. Therefore, the cell with the CoSe 2 /G functional separator delivers an ultrahigh rate cycle at 6.0 C with an initial capacity of 916 mAh g −1 and a capacity retention of 459 mAh g −1 after 500 cycles, and a stable operation of high sulfur loading electrode (2.69–4.35 mg cm −2 ). This work opens up a new insight into the energy chemistry at interfaces to rationally regulate the electrochemical redox reactions, and also inspires the exploration of related energy storage and conversion systems based on multielectron redox reactions.