Journal
CARBON
Volume 182, Issue -, Pages 335-347Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2021.05.056
Keywords
Tungsten oxide; Lithium-sulfur battery; High-rate performance; Chemical capture; Catalytic conversion
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21971221, 21401162, 21773203]
- Special Discipline Zone in Interdisciplinary Program of Yangzhou University [yzuxk202010]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the central Universities [301918014103]
- High-Level Entrepre-neurialand Innovative Talents Program of Yangzhou University
- Lvyangjinfeng Talent Program of Yangzhou
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions [12KJB150023]
- Top-notch Academic Programs Project of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions [PPZY2015B112]
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The lithium-sulfur batteries are considered promising for next generation energy storage due to their high theoretical energy density. However, commercialization faces challenges such as non-conductive cathode material and slow reaction kinetics. A hierarchical reduced graphene-tungsten oxide structure was designed to improve battery performance, catalyzing polysulfide conversion.
The lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have been deemed to be one of the most promising systems for next generation energy storage devices due to their high theoretical energy density of 2600 Wh kg(-1), cost-effectiveness, earth abundance, and environmental friendliness. However, its commercialization process is challenged by several issues, such as the non-conductive sulfur cathode material itself and the polysulfide shuttle effect, as well as sluggish redox reaction kinetics. Herein, we designed a threedimensional hierarchical structure of reduced graphene-tungsten oxide skeleton as a highly conductive and stable sulfur host material in Li-S battery. Based on various spectroscopic techniques, and In-situ electrochemical studies together with computational methods, it was confirmed that rGO@WO3 can catalyze the polysulfide conversion for improving Li-S battery performance. The constructed 3D rGO@WO3@S cathode delivers a high initial capacity of 1410 mAh g(-1) at 0.1C, excellent rate performance (715 mAh g(-1) at 3.0C), and a low capacity decay rate of 0.086% up to 500 cycles at 3.0C. This work provides a new pathway to explore the catalytic mechanism of tungsten oxide in promoting redox kinetics of polysulfide conversion. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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