Nature Communications (Oct 2020)
Dual redox mediators accelerate the electrochemical kinetics of lithium-sulfur batteries
- Fang Liu,
- Geng Sun,
- Hao Bin Wu,
- Gen Chen,
- Duo Xu,
- Runwei Mo,
- Li Shen,
- Xianyang Li,
- Shengxiang Ma,
- Ran Tao,
- Xinru Li,
- Xinyi Tan,
- Bin Xu,
- Ge Wang,
- Bruce S. Dunn,
- Philippe Sautet,
- Yunfeng Lu
Affiliations
- Fang Liu
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California
- Geng Sun
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California
- Hao Bin Wu
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California
- Gen Chen
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California
- Duo Xu
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California
- Runwei Mo
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California
- Li Shen
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California
- Xianyang Li
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California
- Shengxiang Ma
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California
- Ran Tao
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California
- Xinru Li
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California
- Xinyi Tan
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California
- Bin Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, Jilin University
- Ge Wang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing
- Bruce S. Dunn
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
- Philippe Sautet
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California
- Yunfeng Lu
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19070-8
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
The sluggish electrochemical kinetics of sulfur species remains a major hurdle for the broad adoption of lithium-sulfur batteries. Here, the authors construct an energy diagram of sulfur species to unveil their reaction pathways and propose a general strategy to accelerate electrochemical reactions.
