Chemical Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
An
in
situ
electrochemical
method
is
proposed
to
integrate
FeSe/FeS
heterostructures
into
a
3D
S-doped
carbon
framework,
enhancing
sodium
storage
capacity
and
kinetics.
Dalton Transactions,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
Herein,
we
report
a
strategy
to
fabricate
hollow
ternary
metal
selenide
(CoNiFe–Se)
nanocubes
derived
from
Prussian
blue
analogues
(PBAs)
by
phytic
acid
etching
and
low-temperature
gas-phase
selenization.
ACS Nano,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 9, 2025
Electrocatalysts
are
extremely
important
for
accelerating
the
redox
reaction
kinetics
in
lithium-sulfur
(Li-S)
batteries.
As
two
kinds
of
competitive
electrocatalysts,
however,
transition
metals
(TMs)
usually
react
with
sulfur
species
resulting
passivated
surfaces,
while
stable
rare
earth
oxides
(REOs)
exhibit
low
catalytic
activity.
Therefore,
developing
promising
catalysts
long-term
activity
and
stability
is
a
crucial
task.
Herein,
TMs-REOs
heterojunction
catalyst
consisting
N-doped
carbon
shell
containing
embedded
ultrafine
Gd2O3
Co
nanocrystals
(named
as
Gd2O3/Co@NC)
elaborately
designed
fabricated.
Experimental
theoretical
results
reveal
that
strong
coupling
between
large
number
heterojunctions
endows
moderate
adsorption
satisfactory
durability.
Consequently,
cells
assembled
Gd2O3/Co@NC
modified
separator
high
rate
capacity
(628.0
mAh
g-1
at
4C),
cycling
(504.2
after
500
cycles
2C),
utilization
(4.8
cm-2
under
loading
5.1
mg
cm-2).
This
study
highlights
invalidation
mechanism
TMs
Li-S
batteries
will
inspire
design
advanced
through
REOs.
Chemical Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
60(79), P. 11108 - 11111
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
The
pre-carbonization
treatment
on
Ni-MOF
increases
electron
conductivity
without
structural
collapse.
Therefore,
Ni-carbon
not
only
preserves
the
polysulfide
confinement
ability
of
but
also
propels
direct
Li
2
S
nucleation/decomposition.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(44), P. 60356 - 60365
Published: Oct. 26, 2024
Lithium–sulfur
batteries
(LSBs)
have
become
strong
competitors
in
secondary
battery
systems
because
of
their
superior
theoretical
capacity
and
energy
density.
However,
due
to
the
serious
shuttle
effect
soluble
long-chain
lithium
polysulfides
(LiPSs)
slow
solid–solid
reaction
kinetics,
LSBs
face
some
specific
challenges,
such
as
a
short
cycle
life
low
rate
performance.
The
introduction
selenide/carbon
composites
derived
from
zeolite
imidazolate
frameworks
(ZIFs)
into
separator
coatings
is
direct
effective
solution
aforementioned
problems.
Here,
zinc
catalyst
material
(ZnSe@C)
was
constructed
employed
modify
commercial
polypropylene
(PP)
separators
accelerate
conversion
intermediates.
highly
polar
ZnSe
effectively
fixes
active
on
cathode
side
by
transferring
electrons
between
elements
with
LiPSs
improves
utilization
sulfur.
Concurrently,
conductive
carbon
nanoskeleton
generated
following
pyrolysis
ZIF-8
ensures
rapid
transfer
charges
during
catalytic
reaction.
prepared
ZnSe@C
has
large
surface
area
(250.07
m2
g–1)
mesoporous
ratio
(78.03%),
which
not
only
enhances
adsorption
catalysis
but
also
promotes
penetration
electrolyte
transport
Li+.
Based
this,
ZnSe@C/PP
cells
exhibit
average
decay
0.051%
per
after
500
cycles
at
1
C.