Templated spherical coassembly strategy to fabricate MoS2/C hollow spheres with physical/chemical polysulfides trapping for lithium-sulfur batteries

doi:10.1016/j.jmst.2021.05.022

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Abstract:

Rational design of advanced polar hosts with high sulfur loading, facilitated ionic/electronic transport and effectively suppressed shuttling effect has great potential for high performance lithium-sulfur batteries, yet it remains challenging. Here we propose a novel templated spherical coassembly strategy to fabricate the MoS₂/C hollow spheres as an efficient sulfur host material. The unique hollow structure provides enough interior space for accommodating a substantial amount of sulfur, and effectively suppresses the diffusion of dissolved polysulfides by both physical confinement and chemical adsorption. Moreover, the ionic transport as well as the ability to mitigate volume variation upon cycling is also improved, thereby maximizing the utilization of sulfur. Owing to these merits, when evaluated as a sulfur host for lithium-sulfur batteries, the MoS₂/C hollow spheres exhibit appealing electrochemical performance with an impressive specific capacity of 1082 mA h g^-1 at 0.1 C, excellent rate capability and superior cycling stability with a low fading rate of 0.04% per cycle.

Key words: Lithium-sulfur batteries, Cathode, MoS₂/C hollow spheres, Physical confinement, Chemical adsorption

Ting He, Jiajia Ru, Yutong Feng, Dapeng Bi, Jiansheng Zhang, Feng Gu, Chi Zhang, Jinhu Yang. Templated spherical coassembly strategy to fabricate MoS₂/C hollow spheres with physical/chemical polysulfides trapping for lithium-sulfur batteries[J]. J. Mater. Sci. Technol., 2022, 98: 136-142.

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Fig. 1. Schematic illustration for the fabrication process of the MoS2/C hollow spheres and the S@MoS2/C composites.

Fig. 2. (a, b) SEM images, (c, d) low-magnification TEM images, (e) HRTEM image and (f) STEM image and the corresponding elemental mappings of Mo, S, C elements of the MoS2/C hollow spheres. (g, h) SEM images and (i) TEM image of the S@MoS2/C composites.

Fig. 3. (a) XRD pattern of the S@MoS2/C composites. (b) N2 adsorption-desorption isotherms and the corresponding pore size distributions of the MoS2/C hollow spheres and the S@MoS2/C composites. (c, d) High-resolution XPS spectra of Mo 3d (c) and S 2p (d) of the MoS2/C hollow spheres and pure MoS2.

Fig. 4. (a) CV curves of the S@MoS2/C electrode for the first three cycles at a scan rate of 0.1 mV s-1. (b) Voltage profiles of the S@MoS2/C electrode at 0.1 C. (c) Rate performance of the S@MoS2/C and S/C electrodes. (d) Long-term cycling performance of the S@MoS2/C and S/C electrodes at 1 C.

Fig. 5. SEM images of the S@MoS2/C composites with different sulfur loading of (a) 67 wt%, (b) 75 wt% and (c) 80 wt%. (d) The cycling performance comparison of different S@MoS2/C electrodes at 0.2 C. (e) Nyquist plots and (f) real part of the impedance versus ω-1/2 of the typical S/C electrode and the other three S@MoS2/C electrodes.

Fig. 6. Photos of the disassembled cells with a) S@MoS2/C-67%, b) S@MoS2/C-75%, c) S@MoS2/C-80%, d) S/C-75% as the cathode materials after 200 cycles.

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