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Hollow amorphous CoS was synthesized via a sulfidation of zeolitic imidazolate framework-67 (ZIF-67), which possessed the characters of physical entrapment and chemical interaction between sulfur species. The prepared hollow amorphous CoS possessed high initial capacity of 1276 mAh·g−1 at 0.2 C and reversible capacity of 812 mAh·g−1 after 120 cycles, which was better than common CoS nanoparticles. What's more, it still delivered 606 mAh·g−1 during 200 cycles at 1 C with an average coulombic efficiency of about 98.2%. These above results indicated that the hollow amorphous CoS possessed great potential as the cathode of high-performance Li–S battery.
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This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52003239), the Science Foundation of Yancheng Institute of Technology (No. xjr2019031), the Science Foundation of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (ZSTU) (Nos. 11152932612005 and 11150131722006), and Key Research and Development Program of Zhejiang Province (No. 2021C01074).
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Yu, Y., Zhang, L., Yan, Y. et al. Hollow amorphous CoS to reversible storage sulfur as cathode of Li–S battery. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 20479–20486 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-08862-x
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