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In situ growth of NiS2 nanosheet array on Ni foil as cathode to improve the performance of lithium/sodium-sulfur batteries

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The NiS2 nanosheet array on Ni foil (NiS2/NF) was prepared using an in situ growth strategy and sulfidation method and was used as the cathode of lithium sulfur battery. The unique nanostructure of the NiS2 nanosheet array can provide abundant active sites for the adsorption and chemical action of polysulfides. Compared with the sulfur powder coated pure NF (pure NF-S) for lithium sulfur battery, the sulfur powder coated NiS2/NF (NiS2/NF-S) electrode exhibits superior electrochemical performance. Specifically, the NiS2/NF-S delivered a high reversible capacity of 1007.5 mAh g−1 at a current density of 0.1 C (1 C= 1675 mA g−1) and kept 74.5% of the initial capacity at 1.0 C after 200 cycles, indicating the great promise of NiS2/NF-S as the cathode of lithium sulfur battery. In addition, the NiS2/NF-S electrode also showed satisfactory electrochemical performance when used as the cathode for sodium sulfur battery.

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    MouPing Fan, YuanMao Chen, Xi Ke, ZeXi Huang, YouChen Chen, WenLi Wu, XiaoFeng Qu & ZhiCong Shi

  2. Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus, North Wollongong, NSW, 2500, Australia

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21673051) and the Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province, China (Grant No. 2019A050510043).

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Fan, M., Chen, Y., Ke, X. et al. In situ growth of NiS2 nanosheet array on Ni foil as cathode to improve the performance of lithium/sodium-sulfur batteries. Sci. China Technol. Sci. 65, 231–237 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-021-1860-x

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