Single-atom catalysts (SACs) with specific N-coordinated configurations immobilized on the carbon substrates have recently been verified to effectively alleviate the shuttle effect of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) in lithium-sulfur (Li─S) batteries. Herein, a versatile molten salt (KCl/ZnCl )-mediated pyrolysis strategy is demonstrated to fabricate Zn SACs composed of well-defined Zn-N sites embedded into porous carbon sheets with rich pyridine-N defects (Zn─N/CS). The electrochemical kinetic analysis and theoretical calculations reveal the critical roles of Zn-N active sites and surrounding pyridine-N defects in enhancing adsorption toward LiPS intermediates and catalyzing their liquid-solid conversion. It is confirmed by reducing the overpotential of the rate-determining step of Li S to Li S and the energy barrier for Li S decomposition, thus the Zn─N/CS guarantees fast redox kinetics between LiPSs and Li S products. As a proof of concept demonstration, the assembled Li─S batteries with the Zn─N/CS-based sulfur cathode deliver a high specific capacity of 1132 mAh g at 0.1 C and remarkable capacity retention of 72.2% over 800 cycles at 2 C. Furthermore, a considerable areal capacity of 6.14 mAh cm at 0.2 C can still be released with a high sulfur loading of 7.0 mg cm , highlighting the practical applications of the as-obtained Zn─N/CS cathode in Li─S batteries.
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