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Facile preparation and employment of NiCo2O4 host to stabilize the discharge products of soluble polysulfide

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The migration of the discharge products of polysulfide in the lithium-sulfur batteries inhibits their practical application. In addition, the poor electron transport also limits the specific capacity of the element sulfur. Therefore, these two problems must be solved to achieve the high electrochemical performance of the lithium-sulfur batteries. Herein, we prepared NiCo2O4 materials via a facile method and designed it as the sulfur host materials in the lithium-sulfur batteries. The as-prepared NiCo2O4/S (NCO/S) composites showed excellent ability to stabilize the discharge products of the soluble polysulfide. Also, the NCO/S composites exhibit high electronic conductivity compared to the pure S cathode. As a result, the as-prepared NCO/S composites display high specific capacity and superior cycling stability.

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Ban, L. Facile preparation and employment of NiCo2O4 host to stabilize the discharge products of soluble polysulfide. Ionics 28, 1845–1850 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-021-04428-9

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