Selenium-doped cathode materials with polyaniline skeleton for lithium-organosulfur batteries

doi:10.1016/j.jechem.2022.12.027

Abstract

Abstract: Sulfur-containing polymer (SCP) is considered as an outstanding cathode material for lithium-sulfur bat-teries. However, undesirable soluble polysulfides may shuttle in electrolyte, concluding long-chain Li₂S_n (n > 4) and short-chain Li₂S_n (n ≤ 4), as well as the sluggish conversion kinetics are yet to be solved to enhance the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries. Here Se-doped sulfurized polyaniline with adjusted sulfur-chain —S_x— (x ≤ 6) contribute to ensure the absence of long-chain polysulfides, and the skeleton with quinoid imine can endow strongly adsorption towards short-chain polysulfides by the reversible transition between deprotonated/protonated imine (—NH⁺ = and —N =), which offer double insurance against suppressing ‘‘shuttle effect”. Furthermore, Se atoms are doped into sulfurized polysulfides to accelerate the redox conversion and take a frontier orbital theory-oriented view into catalytic mecha-nism. Se-doped sulfurized polyaniline as active materials for lithium-organosulfur batteries delivers good electrochemical performance, including high rate, reversible specific capacity (680 mA h g^-1 at 0.1 A g^-1), and lower capacity decay rate only of 0.15% with near 100% coulomb efficiency during long-term cycle. This work provides a valuable guiding ideology and promising solution for the chemistry-oriented struc-ture design and practical application for lithium-organosulfur batteries.

Key words: Lithium-organosulfur batteries, Selenium-doped, Cathode materials, Sulfur-containing polymer, Frontier orbital theory

Rong Zou, Wenwu Liu, Fen Ran. Selenium-doped cathode materials with polyaniline skeleton for lithium-organosulfur batteries[J]. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2023, 79(4): 148-157.

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