Facile synthesis of TiN nanocrystals/graphene hybrid to chemically suppress the shuttle effect for lithium-sulfur batteries

Jianxin Tu; Hejun Li; Tongbin Lan; Shao Zhong Zeng; Jizhao Zou; Qi Zhang; Xierong Zeng

doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.153751

Facile synthesis of TiN nanocrystals/graphene hybrid to chemically suppress the shuttle effect for lithium-sulfur batteries

Jianxin Tu, Hejun Li, Tongbin Lan, Shao Zhong Zeng, Jizhao Zou, Qi Zhang, Xierong Zeng

School of Materials Sience and Engineering

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Abstract

Herein, we present a microwave reduction strategy for the synthesis of reduced-graphene-oxide (rGO) supported TiN nanoparticle hybrid (TiN/rGO) under N₂ atmosphere. The method involves GO reduction, metal oxide reduction and nitridation reaction in one single step. Due to TiN high conductivity and good interfacial affinity between it and lithium polysulfides (LiPSs), the prepared TiN/rGO-Sulfur (TiN/rGO-S) cathodes demonstrate rapid charge transfer, lower polarization, faster surface redox reaction kinetic and enhanced stability cycling performance than rGO-Sulfur (rGO-S) and TiO₂/rGO-Sulfur (TiO₂/rGO-S) cathodes. The initial capacity reaches 1197.6 mA h g⁻¹ with a reversible capacity of 888.7 mA h g⁻¹ being retained after 150 cycles at 0.1 C.

Original language	English
Article number	153751
Journal	Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume	822
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.153751
State	Published - 5 May 2020

Keywords

Chemisorption
Lithium-sulfur batteries
Microwave reduction
Shuttle effect
Titanium nitride

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