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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 137, Issue 36, Pages 11542-11545Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b04472
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- Wayne State University
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Stabilizing the polysulfide shuttle while ensuring high sulfur loading holds the key to realizing high theoretical energy of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. Herein, we present an electrocatalysis approach to demonstrate preferential adsorption of a soluble polysulfide species, formed during discharge process, toward the catalyst anchored sites of graphene and their efficient transformation to long-chain polysulfides in the subsequent redox process. Uniform dispersion of catalyst nanoparticles on graphene layers has shown a 40% enhancement in the specific capacity over pristine graphene and stability over 100 cycles with a Coulombic efficiency of 99.3% at a current rate of 0.2 C. Interaction between electrocatalyst and polysulfides has been evaluated by conducting X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and electron microscopy studies at various electrochemical conditions.
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