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Increasing the electrochemical activity performance by employing molybdenum sulfide as barrier for soluble polysulfide in Li–S batteries

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During the past decades, lithium-sulfur batteries have obtained great attention due to their advantages as energy storage systems, which have high specific capacity and energy density. However, the real applications were hindered by many challenges, especially the shuttle effect of the polysulfide from the cathode to the anode side. This is attributed that the traditional PP films could not prevent the polysulfide migration from the cathode to the anode side. Therefore, it is an efficient method to develop a modified film, which could inhibit the polysulfide shuttle effect. Based on this idea, we prepared molybdenum sulfide–modified (MS modified) film as separators in the lithium-sulfur batteries, which were obtained by coating the molybdenum sulfide on the surface of the traditional PP films. The electrochemical results indicate that the Li–S battery by using MS–modified films exhibits excellent electrochemical performance.

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Ding, T. Increasing the electrochemical activity performance by employing molybdenum sulfide as barrier for soluble polysulfide in Li–S batteries. Ionics 28, 1183–1187 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-021-04395-1

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