Regulating the d band in WS2@NC hierarchical nanospheres for efficient lithium polysulfide conversion in lithium-sulfur batteries
| Autor: | Xingquan Liu, Yong Xiang, Jintao Liu, Shuhao Xiao, Rui Wu, Le Chang, Jun Song Chen, Long Lai |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Materials science
Nanocomposite Fermi level Binding energy Energy Engineering and Power Technology chemistry.chemical_element 02 engineering and technology Electrolyte 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences Sulfur 0104 chemical sciences symbols.namesake chemistry.chemical_compound Fuel Technology chemistry Chemical engineering Electrochemistry symbols Density of states Lithium 0210 nano-technology Polysulfide Energy (miscellaneous) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Energy Chemistry. 56:343-352 |
| ISSN: | 2095-4956 |
| Popis: | The performance of lithium-sulfur batteries is deteriorated by the inferior conductivity of sulfur, the shuttle effect of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs), sluggish redox kinetics of polysulfide intermediates and serious volumetric expansion of sulfur. To overcome these challenges, we report a versatile route to prepare multi-functional nanocomposites with tuable hierarchical structure via ammonium hydroxide (NH3·H2O) induced self-assembly. The versatility of the system has been demonstrated that the organization of the hierarchical structure can be regulated by adding different amounts of NH3·H2O, and WS2 and Co9S8 with nitrogen-doped carbon coating (denoted as WS2@NC and Co9S8@NC) can be prepared by adding different precursor salts. When the as-prepared materials are applied for Li-S batteries, the WS2@NC composite exhibits a reversible capacity of 1107.4 mAh g−1 at 0.1C after 500 cycles and even 728.9 mAh g−1 at 2C for 1000 cycles, which is significantly better than the Co9S8 counterpart and other reported WS2 sulfur hosts. Experimentally, the advantageous performance of WS2 could be attributed to its higher surface area and total pore volume, giving rise to the easier access to electrolyte and better ability to buffer the volume change during the charge/discharge process. Theoretically, the density function theory (DFT) calculation reveals that the as-prepared WS2 has a higher binding energy towards LiPSs as well as a lower energy barrier for Li+ diffusion on the surface than Co9S8. More significantly, the density of states (DOS) analysis further confirms that the superior performance is mainly ascribed to the more prominent shifting and the more charge compensation from d band of W than Co, which increase electronic concentration and give more hybridization of d-p orbitals in the Fermi level of the adsorbed Li2S4 to accelerate the lithium polysulfide interfacial redox and conversion dynamics in WS2. By proposing this mechanism, this work sheds new light on the understanding of catalytic conversion of lithium polysulfides at the atomic level and the strategy to develop advanced cathode materials for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries. |
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