Integrated Design for Discrete Sulfur@Polymer Nanoreactor with Tandem Connection as Lithium–Sulfur Battery Cathodes
Bin Wang
College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering & Key Laboratory of Low-dimensional Structural Physics and Application, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004 China
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Search for more papers by this authorYu Wang
College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering & Key Laboratory of Low-dimensional Structural Physics and Application, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004 China
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Contribution: Conceptualization (lead), Data curation (lead), Investigation (lead), Methodology (lead), Visualization (equal), Writing - original draft (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorYudong Lan
College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering & Key Laboratory of Low-dimensional Structural Physics and Application, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004 China
Contribution: Data curation (supporting), Software (equal), Visualization (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorGuiling Lu
College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering & Key Laboratory of Low-dimensional Structural Physics and Application, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004 China
Contribution: Project administration (lead), Software (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorLing Liu
College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering & Key Laboratory of Low-dimensional Structural Physics and Application, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004 China
Contribution: Data curation (supporting), Software (equal), Visualization (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorTao Tang
College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering & Key Laboratory of Low-dimensional Structural Physics and Application, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004 China
Contribution: Resources (equal), Supervision (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorMing Li
College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering & Key Laboratory of Low-dimensional Structural Physics and Application, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004 China
Contribution: Supervision (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)
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Yong Cheng
College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering & Key Laboratory of Low-dimensional Structural Physics and Application, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004 China
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Jianrong Xiao
College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering & Key Laboratory of Low-dimensional Structural Physics and Application, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004 China
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Xinyu Li
College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering & Key Laboratory of Low-dimensional Structural Physics and Application, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004 China
Contribution: Formal analysis (lead), Validation (lead), Writing - review & editing (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorBin Wang
College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering & Key Laboratory of Low-dimensional Structural Physics and Application, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004 China
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Contribution: Conceptualization (lead), Data curation (equal), Investigation (lead), Writing - original draft (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorYu Wang
College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering & Key Laboratory of Low-dimensional Structural Physics and Application, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004 China
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Contribution: Conceptualization (lead), Data curation (lead), Investigation (lead), Methodology (lead), Visualization (equal), Writing - original draft (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorYudong Lan
College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering & Key Laboratory of Low-dimensional Structural Physics and Application, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004 China
Contribution: Data curation (supporting), Software (equal), Visualization (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorGuiling Lu
College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering & Key Laboratory of Low-dimensional Structural Physics and Application, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004 China
Contribution: Project administration (lead), Software (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorLing Liu
College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering & Key Laboratory of Low-dimensional Structural Physics and Application, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004 China
Contribution: Data curation (supporting), Software (equal), Visualization (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorTao Tang
College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering & Key Laboratory of Low-dimensional Structural Physics and Application, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004 China
Contribution: Resources (equal), Supervision (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorMing Li
College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering & Key Laboratory of Low-dimensional Structural Physics and Application, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004 China
Contribution: Supervision (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Yong Cheng
College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering & Key Laboratory of Low-dimensional Structural Physics and Application, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004 China
Contribution: Data curation (supporting), Resources (equal), Supervision (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)
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Jianrong Xiao
College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering & Key Laboratory of Low-dimensional Structural Physics and Application, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004 China
Contribution: Formal analysis (equal), Supervision (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)
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Xinyu Li
College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering & Key Laboratory of Low-dimensional Structural Physics and Application, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004 China
Contribution: Formal analysis (lead), Validation (lead), Writing - review & editing (lead)
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Apart from electrode material modification, architecture design and optimization are important approaches for improving lithium–sulfur battery performance. Herein, an integrated structure with tandem connection is constructed by confining nanosulfur (NS) in conductive poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) reaction chambers, forming an interface of discrete independent nanoreactor units bonded onto carbon nanotubes (noted as CNT/NS@PEDOT). The unique spatial confinement and concentration gradients of sulfur@PEDOT nanoreactors (SP-NRs) can promote reaction kinetics while facilitating rapid polysulfide transformation and minimizing dissolution and diffusion losses. Meanwhile, overall ultrahigh energy input and output are achieved through tandem connection with carbon nanotubes, isolation with PEDOT coating, and synergistic multiplicative effects among SP-NRs. As a result, it delivers a high initial discharge capacity of 1246 mAh g−1 at 0.1 C and 918 mAh g−1 at 1 C, the low capacity decay rate per lap of 0.011 % is achieved at a current density of 1 C after 1000 cycles. This research emphasizes the innovative structural design to provide a fresh trajectory for the further advancement of high-performance energy storage devices.
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