Citation: Shuang Yu, Yonggui Zhang, Shuo Yang, Kuikui Xiao, Dong Cai, Huagui Nie, Zhi Yang. High-density oxygen-doped nano-TaN enables robust polysulfide interconversion in Li−S batteries[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2023, 34(8): 107911. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.107911 shu

High-density oxygen-doped nano-TaN enables robust polysulfide interconversion in Li−S batteries

Shuang Yu ^{a, 1} ,
Yonggui Zhang ^{a, 1} ,
Shuo Yang ^{a, b, *,} ,
Kuikui Xiao ^{a, *,} ,
Dong Cai ^a ,
Huagui Nie ^a ,
Zhi Yang ^{a, *,}

a.
Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
b.
College of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China

yangshuo@wzu.edu.cn

xiaokuikuihnu@163.com

yang201079@126.com

Received Date: 10 October 2022
Accepted Date: 17 October 2022
Available Online: 20 October 2022

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To tackle undesirable shuttle reaction and sluggish reaction kinetics in lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries, we develop a porous and high-density oxygen-doped tantalum nitride nanostructure (nano-TaNO) as an efficient catalyst through delicate tailoring. Benefiting from well-defined interior and surface nanopore channels, the nano-TaNO favors abundant sulfur storage, easy electrolyte infiltration and good electrons/Li⁺ transport. More importantly, high-density O dopant in nano-TaNO not only provides high conductivity, but also promotes polysulfide adsorption/conversion via Li–O chemical interactions and the generation of S₃^*− radicals to activate additional evolution path from S₈ to Li₂S. Consequently, the nano-TaNO-based cathode exhibits excellent specific capacity and cyclability even under high sulfur loading condition. These interesting findings suggest the great potential of tantalum nitride and a high amount of anion doping engineering in manipulating intermediates and building high-performance Li−S rechargeable batteries.
- Lithium−sulfur batteries,
- Polysulfide conversion,
- O doping,
- TaN,
- High-density
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