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Research Article

Influences of chemical reactions on polysulfide reduction reaction process on promotor surface in Li-S batteries

Yufeng Luo1,§, Zhenhan Fang1,§, Zixin Hong1,2,§, Shaorong Duan2, Haitao Liu3, Hengcai Wu1,2, Qunqing Li1,2,4, Yuegang Zhang1,2,4, Shoushan Fan1,2, Wenhui Duan2, Jiaping Wang1,2,4( )
Tsinghua-Foxconn Nanotechnology Research Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Laboratory of Computational Physics, Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China
Frontier Science Center for Quantum Information, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

§ Yufeng Luo, Zhenhan Fang, and Zixin Hong contributed equally to this work.

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Promotors in lithium-sulfur batteries are prone to poisoning due to the accumulation of insoluble lithium disulfides (Li2S2) and lithium sulfides (Li2S) on their surface during the reduction process of polysulfides. However, the accumulated Li2S2 and Li2S can chemisorb dissolved polysulfides during the subsequent electrochemical reduction reaction process, thereby mitigating promotor poisoning and continuously improving the reversible capacity.

Abstract

Polar promotors have been proven effective in catalyzing the polysulfide (PS) reduction reaction (PSRR) process in lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. However, the promotor surface tends to be poisoned due to the accumulation of insoluble discharging products of lithium disulfide (Li2S2) and lithium sulfide (Li2S) during Li-S battery operation. Herein, we investigate the detailed PSRR mechanism on the surface of manganese sulfides (MnS) as a representative promoter by performing in-situ Raman mapping measurements. The catalytic ability of MnS enables thorough electrochemical reduction of PSs to Li2S2 and Li2S on the MnS surface. The generated Li2S2 and Li2S then adsorb the dissolved PSs via chemical reactions among sulfur species during the subsequent PSRR process. This phenomenon mitigates promotor poisoning and continuously improves the reversible capacity. Consequently, the assembled Li-S cell demonstrates excellent electrochemical performance after introducing a conductive interlayer containing a thin piece of carbon nanotube film and MnS promotors.

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promotorspolysulfideschemical reactionscatalytic abilityin-situ Raman measurements

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Nano Research
Volume 17 Issue 4,
April 2024
Pages 2712-2718
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-023-6129-5
Cite this article:
Luo Y, Fang Z, Hong Z, et al. Influences of chemical reactions on polysulfide reduction reaction process on promotor surface in Li-S batteries. Nano Research, 2024, 17(4): 2712-2718. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-6129-5
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Lithium sulfur batteries

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Received: 10 July 2023
Revised: 15 August 2023
Accepted: 25 August 2023
Published: 26 September 2023
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