Construction of Heterointerfaced Nanoreactor Electrocatalyst via In Situ Evolution Toward Practical Room-Temperature Sodium–Sulfur Batteries

Xiaoling Wei, Zhen Zhang, Dan Luo, Xin Wang

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Sodium-sulfur (Na─S) batteries have drawn considerable research interest owing to their high theoretical energy density and nature abundance. However, the intrinsic sluggish kinetics that has so far been scarcely explored in the conversion reaction of sodium polysulfides (NaPS) hinders its practical application. Herein, the design strategy of heterointerfaced nanoreactor is presented as sulfur reduction reaction (SRR) electrocatalyst for room temperature Na─S batteries. The synergistic incorporation of heterointerface and confined structure design can modulate the electronic structure of transitional metal active site and upshift its d-band center, leading to enhanced NaPS adsorption and catalytic conversion toward streamlined SRR. Moreover, the spatial confinement of nanoreactor can not only stockpile nanoparticles to avoid their agglomeration and detachment, but also effectively immobilize sulfur species to inhibit shuttle effect and accommodate volume expansion over sodiation. The as-developed electrocatalyst can achieve high discharge capacity of 1310 mAh g−1, remarkable cycling stability over 2500 cycles, and excellent performance under high sulfur loading and lean electrolyte/sulfur ratio. Ah level pouch cell can also exhibit promising performance for practical application. This strategy affords a synergistic combination of nanoreactor and heterointerface structure engineering toward fast and reliable electrochemistry, paving ways for the practical application of room temperature Na─S batteries.

源语言英语
文章编号2414172
期刊Advanced Functional Materials
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出版状态已出版 - 22 1月 2025

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