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Intercalation-type catalyst for non-aqueous room temperature sodium-sulfur batteries

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  • Jiarui He

    (The University of Texas at Austin)

  • Amruth Bhargav

    (The University of Texas at Austin)

  • Laisuo Su

    (The University of Texas at Austin)

  • Harry Charalambous

    (Argonne National Laboratory)

  • Arumugam Manthiram

    (The University of Texas at Austin)

Abstract

Ambient-temperature sodium-sulfur (Na-S) batteries are potential attractive alternatives to lithium-ion batteries owing to their high theoretical specific energy of 1,274 Wh kg−1 based on the mass of Na2S and abundant sulfur resources. However, their practical viability is impeded by sodium polysulfide shuttling. Here, we report an intercalation-conversion hybrid positive electrode material by coupling the intercalation-type catalyst, MoTe2, with the conversion-type active material, sulfur. In addition, MoTe2 nanosheets vertically grown on graphene flakes offer abundant active catalytic sites, further boosting the catalytic activity for sulfur redox. When used as a composite positive electrode and assembled in a coin cell with excess Na, a discharge capacity of 1,081 mA h gs−1 based on the mass of S with a capacity fade rate of 0.05% per cycle over 350 cycles at 0.1 C rate in a voltage range of 0.8 to 2.8 V is realized under a high sulfur loading of 3.5 mg cm−2 and a lean electrolyte condition with an electrolyte-to-sulfur ratio of 7 μL mg−1. A fundamental understanding of the electrocatalysis of MoTe2 is further revealed by in-situ synchrotron-based operando X-ray diffraction and ex-situ time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry.

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  • Jiarui He & Amruth Bhargav & Laisuo Su & Harry Charalambous & Arumugam Manthiram, 2023. "Intercalation-type catalyst for non-aqueous room temperature sodium-sulfur batteries," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-42383-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42383-3
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