Surface Gelation on Disulfide Electrocatalysts in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
Xi-Yao Li
Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 P.R. China
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Shuai Feng
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taishan University, Shandong, 271021 P.R. China
Search for more papers by this authorMeng Zhao
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081 P.R. China
Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081 P.R. China
Search for more papers by this authorChang-Xin Zhao
Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 P.R. China
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Xiang Chen
Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 P.R. China
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Dr. Bo-Quan Li
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081 P.R. China
Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081 P.R. China
Search for more papers by this authorProf. Jia-Qi Huang
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081 P.R. China
Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081 P.R. China
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Prof. Qiang Zhang
Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 P.R. China
Search for more papers by this authorXi-Yao Li
Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 P.R. China
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Shuai Feng
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taishan University, Shandong, 271021 P.R. China
Search for more papers by this authorMeng Zhao
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081 P.R. China
Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081 P.R. China
Search for more papers by this authorChang-Xin Zhao
Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 P.R. China
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Xiang Chen
Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 P.R. China
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Dr. Bo-Quan Li
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081 P.R. China
Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081 P.R. China
Search for more papers by this authorProf. Jia-Qi Huang
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081 P.R. China
Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081 P.R. China
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Prof. Qiang Zhang
Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 P.R. China
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Lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries are deemed as future energy storage devices due to ultrahigh theoretical energy density. Cathodic polysulfide electrocatalysts have been widely investigated to promote sluggish sulfur redox kinetics. Probing the surface structure of electrocatalysts is vital to understanding the mechanism of polysulfide electrocatalysis. In this work, we for the first time identify surface gelation on disulfide electrocatalysts. Concretely, the Lewis acid sites on disulfides trigger the ring-opening polymerization of the dioxolane solvent to generate a surface gel layer, covering disulfides and reducing the electrocatalytic activity. Accordingly, a Lewis base triethylamine (TEA) is introduced as a competitive inhibitor. Consequently, Li–S batteries with disulfide electrocatalysts and TEA afford high specific capacity and improved rate responses. This work affords new insights on the actual surface structure of electrocatalysts in Li–S batteries.
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