Synergistic effect of titanium-oxide integrated with graphitic nitride hybrid for enhanced electrochemical performance in lithium-sulfur batteries
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Shanshan Yao
Institute for Advanced Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
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Shanshan Yao, Institute for Advanced Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, People's Republic of China.
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Search for more papers by this authorYouqiang Wang
Institute for Advanced Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
Search for more papers by this authorYanping He
Institute for Advanced Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
Search for more papers by this authorArslan Majeed
Institute for Advanced Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
Search for more papers by this authorYazhou Liang
Institute for Advanced Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
Search for more papers by this authorXiangqian Shen
Institute for Advanced Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
Hunan Engineering Laboratory of Power Battery Cathode Materials, Changsha Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Changsha, People's Republic of China
Search for more papers by this authorTianbao Li
Hunan Engineering Laboratory of Power Battery Cathode Materials, Changsha Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Changsha, People's Republic of China
Search for more papers by this authorShibiao Qin
Hunan Engineering Laboratory of Power Battery Cathode Materials, Changsha Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Changsha, People's Republic of China
Search for more papers by this authorWei Wen
College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, People's Republic of China
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Shanshan Yao
Institute for Advanced Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
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Shanshan Yao, Institute for Advanced Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, People's Republic of China.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorYouqiang Wang
Institute for Advanced Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
Search for more papers by this authorYanping He
Institute for Advanced Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
Search for more papers by this authorArslan Majeed
Institute for Advanced Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
Search for more papers by this authorYazhou Liang
Institute for Advanced Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
Search for more papers by this authorXiangqian Shen
Institute for Advanced Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
Hunan Engineering Laboratory of Power Battery Cathode Materials, Changsha Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Changsha, People's Republic of China
Search for more papers by this authorTianbao Li
Hunan Engineering Laboratory of Power Battery Cathode Materials, Changsha Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Changsha, People's Republic of China
Search for more papers by this authorShibiao Qin
Hunan Engineering Laboratory of Power Battery Cathode Materials, Changsha Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Changsha, People's Republic of China
Search for more papers by this authorWei Wen
College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, People's Republic of China
Search for more papers by this authorFunding information: China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Grant/Award Numbers: 2017M621640, 2018T110551; National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant/Award Numbers: 51862005, 51874146; Six Talent Peaks Project in Jiangsu Province, Grant/Award Number: XCL-125; Start-up Foundation of Jiangsu University for Senior Talents, Grant/Award Number: 15JDG014
Summary
Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) secondary batteries have been limited by the poor cyclic stability, mainly caused by the dissolution polysulfide species into the electrolyte and subsequent irreversible shuttling effect. Recently, addition of the polysulfide adsorbents within sulfur cathode is effectively improving the electrochemical performance. Herein, TiO2 integrated with g-C3N4 (TiO2@g-C3N4: TOCN) hybrid was prepared by a facile heating treatment from the precursor of urea and TiO2composites, which used as host material for elemental sulfur (TOCN@S) in Li-S batteries. The multifunctional TOCN not only reduced the electrochemical resistance but also provided strong adsorption sites to immobilize sulfur and polysulfide. As a result, the TOCN@S cathode with a sulfur content of 74.5 wt% and a sulfur loading of 3.1 mg cm−2exhibits a high initial capability of 804 mAh g−1 at 0.5°C with capacity retention of 67.2% after 500 cycles. Additionally, the composite cathode also possesses excellent high-rate performance, retaining a remarkable specific capacity of 630 mAh g−1 even at a rate of 2°C.
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