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Title: Tailoring Surface Acidity of Metal Oxide for Better Polysulfide Entrapment in Li‐S Batteries

Abstract

The polysulfide shuttle reaction has severely limited practical applications of Li‐S batteries. Recently, functional materials that can chemically adsorb polysulfide show significant enhancement in cycling stability and Coulombic efficiency. However, the mechanism of the chemisorption and the control factors governing the chemisorption are still not fully understood. Here, it is demonstrated for the first time that the surface acidity of the host material plays a crucial role in the chemisorption of polysulfide. By tailoring the surface acidity of TiO 2 via heteroatom doping, the polysulfide‐TiO 2 interaction can be fortified and thus significantly the capacity fading be reduced to 0.04% per cycle. The discovery presented here sheds light on the mechanism of this interfacial phenomenon, and opens a new avenue that can lead to a practical sulfur/host composite cathode.

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 [1];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [2]
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  1. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Maryland College Park MD 20742 USA, School of Metallurgy and Environment Central South University Changsha 410083 China
  2. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Maryland College Park MD 20742 USA
  3. School of Metallurgy and Environment Central South University Changsha 410083 China
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1400780
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Journal Name:
Advanced Functional Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Advanced Functional Materials Journal Volume: 26 Journal Issue: 39; Journal ID: ISSN 1616-301X
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English

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Wang, Xiwen, Gao, Tao, Fan, Xiulin, Han, Fudong, Wu, Yiqing, Zhang, Zhian, Li, Jie, and Wang, Chunsheng. Tailoring Surface Acidity of Metal Oxide for Better Polysulfide Entrapment in Li‐S Batteries. Germany: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1002/adfm.201602264.
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Wang, Xiwen, Gao, Tao, Fan, Xiulin, Han, Fudong, Wu, Yiqing, Zhang, Zhian, Li, Jie, & Wang, Chunsheng. Tailoring Surface Acidity of Metal Oxide for Better Polysulfide Entrapment in Li‐S Batteries. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201602264
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Wang, Xiwen, Gao, Tao, Fan, Xiulin, Han, Fudong, Wu, Yiqing, Zhang, Zhian, Li, Jie, and Wang, Chunsheng. Wed . "Tailoring Surface Acidity of Metal Oxide for Better Polysulfide Entrapment in Li‐S Batteries". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201602264.
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@article{osti_1400780,
title = {Tailoring Surface Acidity of Metal Oxide for Better Polysulfide Entrapment in Li‐S Batteries},
author = {Wang, Xiwen and Gao, Tao and Fan, Xiulin and Han, Fudong and Wu, Yiqing and Zhang, Zhian and Li, Jie and Wang, Chunsheng},
abstractNote = {The polysulfide shuttle reaction has severely limited practical applications of Li‐S batteries. Recently, functional materials that can chemically adsorb polysulfide show significant enhancement in cycling stability and Coulombic efficiency. However, the mechanism of the chemisorption and the control factors governing the chemisorption are still not fully understood. Here, it is demonstrated for the first time that the surface acidity of the host material plays a crucial role in the chemisorption of polysulfide. By tailoring the surface acidity of TiO 2 via heteroatom doping, the polysulfide‐TiO 2 interaction can be fortified and thus significantly the capacity fading be reduced to 0.04% per cycle. The discovery presented here sheds light on the mechanism of this interfacial phenomenon, and opens a new avenue that can lead to a practical sulfur/host composite cathode.},
doi = {10.1002/adfm.201602264},
journal = {Advanced Functional Materials},
number = 39,
volume = 26,
place = {Germany},
year = {Wed Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Wed Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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