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The development of electrocatalysts with high catalytic activity is conducive to enhancing polysulfides adsorption and reducing activation energy of polysulfides conversion, which can effectively reduce polysulfide shuttling in Li-S batteries. Herein, a novel catalyst NiCo-MoOx/rGO (rGO = reduced graphene oxides) with ultra-nanometer scale and high dispersity is derived from the Anderson-type polyoxometalate precursors, which are electrostatically assembled on the multilayer rGO. The catalyst material possesses dual active sites, in which Ni-doped MoOx exhibits strong polysulfide anchoring ability, while Co-doped MoOx facilitates the polysulfides conversion reaction kinetics, thus breaking the Sabatier effect in the conventional electrocatalytic process. In addition, the prepared NiCo-MoOx/rGO modified PP separator (NiCo-MoOx/rGO@PP) can serve as a physical barrier to further inhibit the polysulfide shuttling effect and realize the rapid Li+ migration. The results demonstrate that Li-S coin cell with NiCo-MoOx/rGO@PP separator shows excellent cycling performance with the discharge capacity of 680 mAhg-1 after 600 cycles at 1 C and the capacity fading of 0.064% per cycle. The rate performance is also impressive with the remained capacity of 640 mAhg-1 after 200 cycles even at 4 C. When the sulfur loading is 4.0 mgcm-2 and electrolyte volume/sulfur mass ratio (E/S) ratio is 6.0 mu Lmg-1, a specific capacity of 830 mAhg-1 is achieved after 200 cycles with a capacity decay of 0.049% per cycle. More importantly, the cell with NiCo-MoOx/rGO@PP separator exhibits cycling performance under wide operating temperature with the reversible capacities of 518, 715, and 915 mAhg-1 after 100 cycles at -20, 0, and 60 degrees C, respectively. This study provides a new design approach of highly efficient catalysts for sulfur conversion reaction in Li-S batteries.
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NANO RESEARCH
ISSN: 1998-0124
Year: 2024
Issue: 11
Volume: 17
Page: 9651-9661
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JCR@2023
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