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Reasonable suppression of polysulfides/polyselenides shuttle based on MXene in Na-SeS2 batteries

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Metal-sulfur/selenium batteries have become the focus of new-generation energy storage systems due to the advantages of low-cost and high energy density. However, it still suffers from the notorious shuttle of polysulfides/polyselenides, poor electronic conductivity and tremendous volume expansion. Herein, a dual defense system for polysulfides/polyselenides was proposed and constructed based on MXene. The nitrogen-doped porous carbon (NPC) decorated by Ti3C2Tx MXene (M@NPC) was employed as the SeS2 host (SeS2@M@NPC). Particularly, Ti3C2Tx sheets wrapped on NPC guarantee the rapid ion diffusion and serve as the first barrier for SeS2 and dissolved sodium polysulfides/polyselenides. Meanwhile, the few-layered Ti3C2Tx sheets coated on glass fiber separators act as the second barrier for alleviating the shuttle of polysulfides/polyselenides through physical interception and chemical adsorption. With this elaborate design, the integrated Na-SeS2 battery achieves a high specific capacity of 1243 mAh·g−1 at 1.0C, revealing a distinct superiority over its counterparts (SeS2@M@NPC, 1083 mAh·g−1 at 0.5C; and SeS2@NPC, 823 mAh·g−1 at 0.5C). The findings gained in this work provide a creative idea for the construction of durable room-temperature Na-SeS2 batteries based on MXenes and their derivative materials.

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金属-硫/硒电池以其低成本、高能量密度的优势成为新一代储能系统的研究热点。然而，它仍然遭受着臭名昭著的多硫/多硒化物穿梭、较差的电子导电性和巨大的体积膨胀。在此基础上，提出并构建了一种基于MXene的多硫化物/多硒化物双重防御体系。采用Ti3C2Tx-MXene修饰的氮掺杂多孔碳(M@NPC)作为SeS2宿主(SeS2@M@NPC)。特别的是，包裹在NPC表面的Ti3C2Tx薄膜保证了离子的快速扩散，并成为负载的SeS2和可溶的多硫化钠/多硒化钠的第一道屏障。同时，在玻璃纤维隔膜上涂覆的少层Ti3C2Tx片作为第二道屏障，通过物理拦截和化学吸附缓解聚硫化物/聚硒化物的穿梭。通过这一精心设计，集成Na-SeS2电池在1.0C下实现了1243 mAh·g–1的高比容量，显示出明显的优越性(SeS2@M@NPC，在0.5C下1083 mAh·g–1;和SeS2@NPC, 在0.5C 823 mAh·g–1)。本研究的发现为构建基于MXenes及其衍生物材料的室温Na-SeS2电池提供了一个创造性的思路。

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This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 22179109 and 22005251), Chongqing Natural Science Foundation (No. cstc2020jcyj-zdxmX0010), Central University Fundamental Research Funds (No. SWU-KR22002).

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  3. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, 76021, Germany

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Yang, QJ., Zhao, J., Gao, W. et al. Reasonable suppression of polysulfides/polyselenides shuttle based on MXene in Na-SeS2 batteries. Rare Met. 42, 1594–1602 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-022-02197-6

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