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Multifunctional V3S4-nanowire/graphene composites for high performance Li-S batteries

多功能V3S4纳米线/石墨烯复合材料在高性能锂硫 电池中的应用

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Lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries have been regarded as a promising next-generation energy storage system with high theoretical specific capacity and energy density, but still facing challenges. In order to make Li-S batteries more competitive, combination of trapping sites and electrocatalytic properties for polysulfides is an effective way to improve the battery performance. In this study, we prepare a type of multifunctional V3S4-nanowire/graphene composites (V3S4-G) by uniformly dispersing V3S4 nanowires on the graphene substrate. This structure contributes to the sufficient exposure of multifunctional V3S4 active sites which can anchor polysulfides and accelerate reaction kinetics. Thus, the Li-S batteries based on the multifunctional V3S4-G sulfur cathode deliver a stable cycling performance and good rate capability. Even at sulfur loading of 3 mg cm−2, the V3S4-G sulfur cathode possesses a low capacity decay rate of 0.186% per cycle at 0.5 C.

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具有高理论比容量与能量密度的锂硫电池被认为是一种颇 具前景的新一代能量储存系统, 但其目前仍面临一定挑战. 将多硫 化物的吸附位点与电催化性能相结合, 是提升电池性能的有效方 法. 在本工作中, 我们将一种V3S4纳米线均匀分布在石墨烯基底上 得到了多功能V3S4纳米线/石墨烯复合材料(V3S4-G). 该材料的结 构, 有助于暴露V3S4活性中心, 从而锚定多硫化锂并提升其反应动 力学. 基于该多功能V3S4-G硫正极的锂硫电池表现出稳定的循环性 能与良好的倍率性能. 即使在硫的负载量达到3 mg cm−2时, 在0.5 C 的电流密度下, 该V3S4-G硫正极仍然保持低的容量衰减速率(每圈 0.186%).

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We acknowledge the financial support from the National Key R&D Program of China (2016YFA0200102 and 2017YFA0206301), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51631001, 51590882, 51672010 and 81421004).

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    Tianyu Tang  (唐天宇), Teng Zhang  (张腾), Lina Zhao  (赵丽娜), Biao Zhang  (张彪), Wei Li  (李巍), Junjie Xu  (徐俊杰), Tao Li  (李涛), Long Zhang  (张隆) & Yanglong Hou  (侯仰龙)

  2. Clean Nano Energy Center, State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, China

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Tang T and Hou Y conceived the idea. Tang T performed the experiments, analyzed data and wrote the manuscript. All authors contributed to discussion of the results and the manuscript revision.

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Tianyu Tang received his BSc degree from Peking University. He currently studies as a PhD candidate under the supervision of Prof. Yanglong Hou at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University. His research interests focus on the synthesis and application of functional nanomaterials in the fields of energy storage materials and devices

Yanglong Hou obtained his PhD in materials science from the Department of Applied Chemistry, Harbin Institute of Technology (China) in 2000. After a short postdoctoral training at Peking University, he worked at the University of Tokyo from 2002 to 2005 as a JSPS foreign special researcher and also at Brown University from 2005 to 2007 as a postdoctoral researcher. He joined Peking University in 2007, and now is a Chang Jiang Chair Professor of Materials Science. His research interests include the design and chemical synthesis of functional nanoparticles, and their biomedical and energy-related applications.

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Tang, T., Zhang, T., Zhao, L. et al. Multifunctional V3S4-nanowire/graphene composites for high performance Li-S batteries. Sci. China Mater. 63, 1910–1919 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40843-020-1313-6

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