Citation: Haiyan Wang, Hucheng Zhang, Lijing Wang, Yonghui Li, Tianhao Zhang, Zhansheng Lu, Hao Jiang, Chunzhong Li, Jianji Wang. Ti₃C₂T_x MXene-mediating near- and long-range electronic effect on atomically dispersed Co for efficient lithium-sulfur batteries[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2025, 36(10): 110373. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110373 shu

Ti₃C₂T_x MXene-mediating near- and long-range electronic effect on atomically dispersed Co for efficient lithium-sulfur batteries

Haiyan Wang ^a ,
Hucheng Zhang ^{a, *,} ,
Lijing Wang ^a ,
Yonghui Li ^a ,
Tianhao Zhang ^d ,
Zhansheng Lu ^{c, d, *,} ,
Hao Jiang ^b ,
Chunzhong Li ^b ,
Jianji Wang ^{a, *,}

a.
Collaborative Innovation Centre of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China
b.
Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
c.
School of Mathematics and Physics, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
d.
School of Physics, Henan Key Laboratory of Advanced Semiconductor & Functional Device Integration, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China

hzhang@htu.edu.cn

zslu@buct.edu.cn

jwang@htu.edu.cn

Received Date: 17 June 2024
Revised Date: 23 July 2024
Accepted Date: 24 August 2024
Available Online: 25 August 2024

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Sluggish sulfur conversion kinetics pose an ongoing challenge in lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs). Here, we present a solution through far-reaching long-range electronic regulation (LRER) on single-atom active sites. N-doped carbons (Co-NC) are implanted with densely-distributed Co single atoms, and supported on Ti₃C₂T_x MXene substrates to assemble 3D Co-NC/MXene catalyst. MXene effectively mediates interlayer charge transfer (~0.70 |e|) contrasted with popular carbon materials (~0.06 |e|) to produce LRER through surrounding carbon atoms. The synergy of LRER with near-range electronic regulation (NRER) tunes electronic structures, and enhances heterostructural stability, thus provoking desirous catalytic kinetics of Co single atoms in sulfur reduction. Thereby, the Co-NC/MXene/S cathodes exhibit impressive rate performance and excellent cycling stability (only 0.015% capacity decay per cycle over 600 cycles at 4 C) in LSBs, surpassing state-of-the-art sulfur cathodes. This work reveals the importance of LRER for improved catalysis, and provides new guidance to tailor heterostructures to achieve high-efficient catalysts in various process.
- Single-atom sites,
- MXene,
- Heterostructure,
- Long-range electronic regulation,
- Lithium-sulfur batteries
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