Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Reversible electrochemical oxidation of sulfur in ionic liquid for high-voltage Al−S batteries

  • Huan Li,
  • Rongwei Meng,
  • Yong Guo,
  • Biao Chen,
  • Yan Jiao,
  • Chao Ye,
  • Yu Long,
  • Anton Tadich,
  • Quan-Hong Yang,
  • Mietek Jaroniec,
  • Shi-Zhang Qiao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26056-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The sulfur cathode in metal-sulfur batteries normally undergoes electrochemical reduction to form metal sulfides. Here, the authors demonstrate the electrochemical oxidation of sulfur in ionic liquid for high-voltage aluminium-sulfur batteries.