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Preparation of lamellar structure MoS2@rGO/S and its energy storage performance

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Aiming at the lithium polysulfides’ shuttle effect, elemental sulfur’s poor conductivity, and large volume changes in the lithium sulfur battery (LSB), the petal MoS2 (high adsorption to lithium polysulfides) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO, excellent conductivity, and structural stability) were introduced in the LSB. MoS2@rGO was prepared by growing MoS2 in situ on the surface of graphene oxide (GO). MoS2@rGO/S cathode material was prepared by thermally melting sulfur on MoS2@rGO. Morphological structure and electrochemical properties of the samples were characterized. The results show that the prepared MoS2 is a petal-like structure and grows in situ on the GO. The composite MoS2@rGO/S shows a lamellar structure and an excellent electrochemical performance: its first discharge specific capacity is up to 1243.3 mAh g−1 at 0.1 C. Even at 3 C, its discharge specific capacity is 732.0 mAh g−1. Its capacity decay rate for 200 cycles at 0.5 C is only 0.09%.

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The work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51602266), Sichuan Province Key R&D Project (2021YFG0216), Sichuan Provincial Central Leading Local Science and Technology Development Project (2021ZYD0066), Chengdu Technology Innovation R&D Project (2022-YF05-00320-SN), and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2682020ZT83).

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    Huang Yang, Yang Weitong, Liu Qingqing, Lu Xiaoying & Jiang Qi

  2. Suzhou Nuclear Power Research Institute, Suzhou, 215004, China

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Yang, H., Weitong, Y., Lijun, S. et al. Preparation of lamellar structure MoS2@rGO/S and its energy storage performance. Ionics 28, 4217–4227 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-022-04681-6

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