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In-situ embedding CoTe catalyst into 1D-2D nitrogen-doped carbon to didirectionally regulate lithium-sulfur batteries

Bin Li1, Peng Wang1, Baojuan Xi1( ), Ning Song1, Xuguang An2, Weihua Chen3, Jinkui Feng4, Shenglin Xiong1( )
Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
Key Laboratory of Mechanical Engineering of Education, School of Mechanical Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Mold of Ministry of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
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Two-dimensional (2D) graphene with a laminar structure and one-dimensional (1D) carbon nanotubes were constructed to serve as support for highly conductive CoTe nanoparticles (CoTe⊂NCGs) via the in-situ embedding. The established optimization strategy renders CoTe⊂NCGs with both lithiophilic and sulfiphilic properties, targeting high-performance Li-S batteries.

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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have been widely investigated attributed to their advantages of high energy density and cost effectiveness. However, it is still limited by the uncontrolled shuttle effect of the sulfur cathode and the promiscuous dendrite growth over the lithium anode. To handle the above issues, the highly conductive CoTe catalyst is precisely loaded onto nitrogen-doped nanotube and graphene-like carbon (CoTe ⊂NCGs), which is employed as a bi-functionally integrated host. On the lithium anode, the CoTe ⊂NCGs with excellent lithiophilic property effectively regulate the uniform deposition of lithium and achieve the effect of suppressing the disorderly growth of lithium dendrites. On the sulfur cathode, the electrochemical conversion of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) is catalyzed to mitigate the notorious shuttle effect. In view of the bifunctionality of CoTe ⊂NCGs, the assembled full cell can be steadily stable even for 800 cycles at a high rate of 2 C, and the capacity decay rate is only 0.05% per cycle. The areal capacity of 6.0 mAh·cm−2 is well retained after 50 cycles under the conditions of high sulfur loading, poor electrolyte (a low electrolyte-to-sulfur ratio, E/S = 4.2), and low negative to positive capacity ratio (N/P=1.6:1).

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CoTe nanocrystalsdual-functionalshuttling effectlithium dendriteLi-S batteries

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Nano Research
Volume 15 Issue 10,
October 2022
Pages 8972-8982
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4537-6
Cite this article:
Li B, Wang P, Xi B, et al. In-situ embedding CoTe catalyst into 1D-2D nitrogen-doped carbon to didirectionally regulate lithium-sulfur batteries. Nano Research, 2022, 15(10): 8972-8982. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4537-6
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Lithium sulfur batteries

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Received: 09 April 2022
Revised: 11 May 2022
Accepted: 12 May 2022
Published: 20 June 2022
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