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论文类型：期刊论文

发表时间：2019-05-01

发表刊物：NANO RESEARCH

收录刊物：SCIE

卷号：12

期号：5

页面范围：1193-1197

ISSN号：1998-0124

关键字：Ni-rich phosphides; carbon nanotube; high conductivity; catalytic effect; lithium sulfur battery

摘要：Lithium sulfur battery has been identified as a promising candidate for next storage devices attributing to ultrahigh energy density. However, non-conductive nature of sulfur and shuttling effect of soluble lithium polysulfides are intractable remaining problems. Herein, we develop a highly conductive nickel-rich Ni12P5/CNTs hybrid with high specific surface area as sulfur host to address these issues. The polar nature of Ni12P5/CNTs can significantly relieve the shuttle effect by means of a strong affinity towards lithium polysulfides and enhance kinetics of polysulfides redox reactions. In addition, the Ni12P5/CNTs with a superior conductivity (500 Sm-1) and high surface area of 395 m(2)g(-1) enables the effective electron transfer and expedited interfacial reaction. As a result, Ni12P5/CNTs hosted sulfur cathode exhibits high rate capability (784 mAhg(-1) at 4 C) and stable cycling performance with a negligible capacity fading of 0.057 % per cycle over 1,000 cycles at 0.5 C. This work paves an alternative way for designing high performance sulfur cathodes involved metal-rich phosphides.