Citation: Ruiqing LIU, Wenxiu LIU, Kun XIE, Yiran LIU, Hui CHENG, Xiaoyu WANG, Chenxu TIAN, Xiujing LIN, Xiaomiao FENG. Three-dimensional porous titanium nitride as a highly efficient sulfur host[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2024, 40(5): 867-876. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.20230441 shu

Three-dimensional porous titanium nitride as a highly efficient sulfur host

State Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Materials Science & Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China

Corresponding author: Ruiqing LIU, iamrqliu@njupt.edu.cn Xiaomiao FENG, iamxmfeng@njupt.edu.cn
Received Date: 22 November 2023
Revised Date: 15 March 2024

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A simple, efficient, and scalable one-step high-temperature nitriding method was used to convert titanium dioxide into titanium nitride, meanwhile, the continuous three-dimensional porous network with good electrical conductivity and high porosity was formed under high-temperature sintering. As a highly efficient sulfur host, the continuous three-dimensional porous titanium nitride network not only effectively increases the electron transport path, enhances the electron transfer, and promotes the ion migration, but also strongly restricts the shuttle effect of lithium polysulfides from both physical limiting and chemisorption, and effectively increases the sulfur loading. The as-prepared sulfur cathode with high conductivity, high catalytic activity, and high sulfur loading shows high discharge capacity and excellent cyclic stability.
- Li-S battery,
- high temperature sintering,
- titanium dioxide,
- titanium nitride,
- three-dimensional porous material
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