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Unique polysulfide reaction on VO2 for restraining shuttle effect in soft-packaged Li–S pouch cells

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多硫化锂的穿梭和转化反应动力学过程缓慢现象在锂硫软包电池中较为严重。VO2因其氧化还原电位处于硫工作窗口而表现出独特的多硫化锂吸附机制：Li2Sn（n≥4）⇄硫代硫酸盐⇄连多硫酸盐。研究人员充分利用了VO2这一独特的作用机制优化软包锂硫电池的电化学性能，促进其实用化过程。通过调整VO2在硫正极中的含量，软包电池在0.2C时的初始放电比容量可达1075.1 mAh·g–1，且在1C下循环200次后依然保持了593.6 mAh·g–1的容量。本工作为解决软包锂硫电池的关键科学问题提供了深入的见解和解决方案。

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This study was financially supported by the Project of State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials (SWUST, Nos. 21fksy24 and 18ZD320304), Frontier Project of Chengdu Tianfu New Area Institute (SWUST, No. 2022ZY017) and Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK20230713).

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Yang, RX., Zhang, QC., Cai, JS. et al. Unique polysulfide reaction on VO2 for restraining shuttle effect in soft-packaged Li–S pouch cells. Rare Met. 43, 2842–2850 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-024-02635-7

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