Li+ mobility powered by a crystal compound for fast Li-S chemistry

Ben Chen, Boxin Li, Jingxuan Bi, Hongfang Du, Siying Wang, Lei Liu, Linghai Xie, Jinmeng Sun, Zhuzhu Du, Wei Ai

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Abstract

Placing blocking layers between electrodes has shown paramount prospects in suppressing the shuttle effect of Li-S batteries, but the associated ionic transport would be a concurrent obstacle. Herein, we present a Li-based crystal composited with carbon (LiPN2@C) by a one-step annealing of Li+ absorbed melamine polyphosphate, which simultaneously achieves alleviated polysulfide-shuttling and facilitated Li+ transport. As a homologous crystal, LiPN2 with abundant lithiophilic sites makes Li+ transport more efficient and sustainable. With a LiPN2@C-modified separator, the Li2S cathode exhibits a much-lower activation potential of 2.4 V and a high-rate capacity of 519 mA h g−1 at 2C. Impressively, the battery delivers a capacity of 726 mA h g−1 at 0.5C with a low decay rate of 0.25% per cycle during 100 continuous cycles.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12140-12143
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume59
Issue number81
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Sep 2023

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