Understanding the catalytic kinetics of polysulfide redox reactions on transition metal compounds in Li–S batteries

J Wu, T Ye, Y Wang, P Yang, Q Wang, W Kuang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Because of their high energy density, low cost, and environmental friendliness, lithium–
sulfur (Li–S) batteries are one of the potential candidates for the next-generation energy …

Emerging catalysts to promote kinetics of lithium–sulfur batteries

P Wang, B Xi, M Huang, W Chen… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Lithium–sulfur batteries (LSBs) with a high theoretical capacity of 1675 mAh g− 1 hold
promise in the realm of high‐energy‐density Li–metal batteries. To cope with the shuttle …

Cation-doped ZnS catalysts for polysulfide conversion in lithium–sulfur batteries

Z Shen, X Jin, J Tian, M Li, Y Yuan, S Zhang, S Fang… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
Catalytic conversion of polysulfides is regarded as a crucial approach to enhancing kinetics
and suppressing the shuttle effect in lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries. However, the activity …

Machine-learning-assisted design of a binary descriptor to decipher electronic and structural effects on sulfur reduction kinetics

Z Han, R Gao, T Wang, S Tao, Y Jia, Z Lao, M Zhang… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
The catalytic conversion of lithium polysulfides is a promising way to inhibit the shuttling
effect in Li–S batteries. However, the mechanism of such catalytic systems remains unclear …

Ni3N–CeO2 Heterostructure Bifunctional Catalysts for Electrochemical Water Splitting

X Ding, R Jiang, J Wu, M Xing, Z Qiao… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Developing low‐cost and high‐efficient bifunctional catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction
(HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is greatly significant for water electrolysis. Here …

Design rules of a sulfur redox electrocatalyst for lithium–sulfur batteries

L Wang, W Hua, X Wan, Z Feng, Z Hu, H Li… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Seeking an electrochemical catalyst to accelerate the liquid‐to‐solid conversion of soluble
lithium polysulfides to insoluble products is crucial to inhibit the shuttle effect in lithium–sulfur …

Semi-immobilized molecular electrocatalysts for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries

CX Zhao, XY Li, M Zhao, ZX Chen… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries constitute promising next-generation energy storage devices
due to the ultrahigh theoretical energy density of 2600 Wh kg–1. However, the multiphase …

Co/CoSe junctions enable efficient and durable electrocatalytic conversion of polysulfides for high‐performance Li–S batteries

Y Wen, Z Shen, J Hui, H Zhang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries are regarded as promising candidates for next‐
generation energy storage systems. However, the slow kinetics and shuttle effects of …

Dilute alloying to implant activation centers in nitride electrocatalysts for lithium–sulfur batteries

Q Liu, Y Wu, D Li, YQ Peng, X Liu, BQ Li… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dilute alloying is an effective strategy to tune properties of solid catalysts but is rarely
leveraged in complex reactions beyond small molecule conversion. In this work, dilute …

Implanting single Zn atoms coupled with metallic Co nanoparticles into porous carbon nanosheets grafted with carbon nanotubes for high‐performance lithium‐sulfur …

R Wang, R Wu, X Yan, D Liu, P Guo… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical performance of lithium‐sulfur (Li‐S) batteries is severely hindered by
the sluggish sulfur redox kinetics and the shuttle effect of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) …