Advanced Li S/Si Full Battery Enabled by TiN Polysulfide Immobilizer.

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State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China.

Published: December 2019

Lithium sulfide (Li S) is a promising cathode material with high capacity, which can be paired with nonlithium metal anodes such as silicon or tin so that the safety issues caused by the Li anode can be effectively avoided. However, the Li S full cell suffers from rapid capacity degradation due to the dissolution of intermediate polysulfides. Herein, a Li S/Si full cell is designed with a Li S cathode incorporated by titanium nitride (TiN) polysulfide immobilizer within parallel hollow carbon (PHC). This full cell delivers a high initial reversible capacity of 702 mAh g (1007 mAh g ) at 0.5 C rate and excellent cyclability with only 0.4% capacity fade per cycle over 200 cycles. The long cycle stability is ascribed to the strong polysulfide anchor effect of TiN and highly efficient electron/ion transport within the interconnected web-like architecture of PHC. Theoretical calculations, self-discharge measurements, and anode stability experiments further confirm the strong adsorption of polysulfides on the TiN surface. The present work demonstrates that the flexible Li S cathode and paired Si anode can be used to achieve highly efficient Li-S full cells.

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