Regulating Electron Filling and Orbital Occupancy of Anti-Bonding States of Transition Metal Nitride Heterojunction for High Areal Capacity Lithium–Sulfur Full Batteries
Jintao Liu
Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035 P. R. China
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Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorQiwen Ran
School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054 P. R. China
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Xi'an Chen
Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035 P. R. China
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Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorXuedong He
Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorHuile Jin
Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorTao Chen
CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, No. 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, 230026 P. R. China
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Jun Song Chen
School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054 P. R. China
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Daying Guo
Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035 P. R. China
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Shun Wang
Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035 P. R. China
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Search for more papers by this authorJintao Liu
Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorLianghao Yu
Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorQiwen Ran
School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054 P. R. China
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Xi'an Chen
Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035 P. R. China
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorXueyu Wang
Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorXuedong He
Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorHuile Jin
Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorTao Chen
CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, No. 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, 230026 P. R. China
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Jun Song Chen
School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054 P. R. China
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Daying Guo
Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035 P. R. China
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Shun Wang
Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035 P. R. China
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The commercialization of lithium–sulfur (Li–S) battery is seriously hindered by the shuttle behavior of lithium (Li) polysulfide, slow conversion kinetics, and Li dendrite growth. Herein, a novel hierarchical p-type iron nitride and n-type vanadium nitride (p-Fe2N/n-VN) heterostructure with optimal electronic structure, confined in vesicle-like N-doped nanofibers (p-Fe2N/n-VN⊂PNCF), is meticulously constructed to work as “one stone two birds” dual-functional hosts for both the sulfur cathode and Li anode. As demonstrated, the d-band center of high-spin Fe atom captures more electrons from V atom to realize more π* and moderate σ* bond electron filling and orbital occupation; thus, allowing moderate adsorption intensity for polysulfides and more effective d–p orbital hybridization to improve reaction kinetics. Meanwhile, this unique structure can dynamically balance the deposition and transport of Li on the anode; thereby, more effectively inhibiting Li dendrite growth and promoting the formation of a uniform solid electrolyte interface. The as-assembled Li–S full batteries exhibit the conspicuous capacities and ultralong cycling lifespan over 2000 cycles at 5.0 C. Even at a higher S loading (20 mg cm−2) and lean electrolyte (2.5 µL mg−1), the full cells can still achieve an ultrahigh areal capacity of 16.1 mAh cm−2 after 500 cycles at 0.1 C.
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