Citation: Xiao-Tao MA, Xian-Xian ZHOU, Yu LI, Xiao-Xiao LIU, Qian GUO, Dong-Hong DUAN, Shi-Bin LIU. Controllable synthesis of N-doped porous carbon decorated with nano CoSe and catalytic effect on polysulfides conversion for Li-S battery[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2023, 39(3): 443-455. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.2022.286 shu

Controllable synthesis of N-doped porous carbon decorated with nano CoSe and catalytic effect on polysulfides conversion for Li-S battery

College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China

Corresponding author: Yu LI, liyu@tuyt.edu.cn Shi-Bin LIU, sbliu@tyut.edu.cn
Received Date: 21 August 2022
Revised Date: 7 November 2022

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The poor cycle stability and rate performance are the technical obstacles to realizing the commercialization of Li-S battery, and one of the main reasons is the slow electrochemical conversion rates of sulfur active species in the sulfur electrode. In this work, for improving the electrochemical conversion of polysulfides in sulfur electrodes, ZIF-9 derived N-doped porous carbon decorated with CoSe (CoSe/NC) was chosen and obtained through carbonization, acid pickling, and selenylation processes. The electrochemical kinetics of polysulfide conversion on CoSe/NC was studied using a flowing electrolyte three-electrode system. As a result, CoSe/NC composite took an effect on enhancing the reaction rates of polysulfide conversion. CoSe/NC composite gave more help to decrease the reaction overpotential under a current density of 0.2 mA·cm^-2. Meanwhile, the high response currents would be obtained with the help of CoSe/NC composite under an overpotential of 0.1 V. Moreover, the redox reaction for Li₂S₂ on CoSe/NC composite had the largest increase in amplitude in exchange current density. Therefore, the batteries assembled with CoSe/NC composite as sulfur host displayed fantastic electrochemical performances. The initial discharge specific capacity was 1068 mAh·g^-1 at 1C (1C=1675 mA·g^-1) and the retentive capacity was as high as 693 mAh·g^-1 after 500 cycles. In addition, the discharge specific capacity can be up to 819 mAh·g^-1 even at a high current density of 3C.
- three-electrode system,
- catalytic conversion,
- electrochemical conversion kinetics,
- CoSe,
- overpotential
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