• 文献标题:   A Robust Ternary Heterostructured Electrocatalyst with Conformal Graphene Chainmail for Expediting Bi-Directional Sulfur Redox in Li-S Batteries
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CAI JS, SUN ZT, CAI WL, WEI N, FAN YX, LIU ZF, ZHANG Q, SUN JY
  • 作者关键词:   bidirectional conversion reaction, graphene chainmail, li, #63743, s batterie, operando x #8208, ray diffraction, ternary heterostructure
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   1616-301X EI 1616-3028
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  • 被引频次:   47
  • DOI:   10.1002/adfm.202100586 EA MAR 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

Designing high-performance electrocatalysts for boosting aprotic electrochemistry is of vital importance to drive longevous Li-S batteries. Nevertheless, investigations on probing the electrocatalytic endurance and protecting the catalyst activity yet remain elusive. Here, a ternary graphene-TiO2/TiN (G-TiO2/TiN) heterostructure affording conformal graphene chainmail is presented as an efficient and robust electrocatalyst for expediting sulfur redox kinetics. The G-TiO2/TiN heterostructure synergizes adsorptive TiO2, catalytic TiN, and conductive graphene armor, thus enabling abundant anchoring points for polysulfides and sustained active sites to allow smooth bi-directional electrocatalysis. Encouragingly, in situ crafted graphene chainmail ensures favorable protection of inner TiO2/TiN to retain their catalytic robustness towards durable sulfur chemistry. As expected, sulfur cathodes mediated by ternary G-TiO2/TiN harvest an impressive rate capability (698.8 mAh g(-1) at 5.0 C), favorable cycling stability (a low decay of 0.054% per cycle within 1000 cycles), and satisfactory areal capacity under elevated loading (delivering 8.63 mAh cm(-2) at a sulfur loading of 10.4 mg cm(-2)). The ternary heterostructure design offers an in-depth insight into the electrocatalyst manipulation and protection toward long lifespan Li-S batteries.