Promoting polysulfides redox conversion by sulfur-deficient ZnS1−x hollow polyhedrons for lithium-sulfur batteries

Materials & Design

Xin Wang¹  Qianwen Jin²  Wanjie Gao²  Yongguang Zhang²  Yanyu Liu²  Zhumabay Bakenov³ 

[1]Corresponding authors.

[2]School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Reliability and Intelligence of Electrical Equipment, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China

[3]

[4]South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics &

关键词: Sulfur-deficient;    Hollow structure;    Sulfur host;    Polysulfides redox conversion;    Lithium-sulfur battery;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are deemed as the attractive systems for high-energy storage. However, the polysulfides shuttling with slow redox kinetics has seriously hindered their practical applications. Herein, sulfur-deficient zinc sulfide (ZnS1−x) hollow polyhedrons are synthesized as the multifunctional sulfur host material via the sulfurization and high-temperature annealing method. The unique hollow structure could supply adequate void spaces for sulfur loading and alleviate volumetric expansion of sulfur upon the cycling process. Besides, ZnS1−x hollow polyhedrons with abundant sulfur vacancies can provide effective adsorption sites to chemically immobilize polysulfides and enhance polysulfides redox conversion as confirmed by theoretical calculation results and electrocatalytical experiments. Thus, the S/ZnS1−x cathode delivers the remarkable initial capacity (1206 mAh g−1 at 0.2 C) and excellent cycling stability (592 mAh g−1 after 500 cycles at 1 C). The study points out the idea of functional cathode material for Li-S batteries based on a simple yet efficient vacancy engineering method.

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