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  • Materials Science
  • Electrochemistry
  • Energy Storage

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  • Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries offer high theoretical energy density and low cost.
  • Polysulfide shuttling remains a major challenge, limiting Li-S battery stability and practical application.
  • Developing effective strategies to suppress polysulfide migration is crucial for advancing Li-S battery technology.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To design and synthesize multi-shelled CoP nanospheres as a separator coating for Li-S batteries.
  • To investigate the polysulfide anchoring and shuttle effect suppression capabilities of CoP nanospheres.
  • To evaluate the electrochemical performance and cycling stability of Li-S batteries utilizing the CoP-coated separator.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis of multi-shelled CoP nanospheres.
  • Coating Li-S battery separators with CoP nanospheres.
  • X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) to analyze surface chemistry and Co-S bonding.
  • Electrochemical testing, including cycling stability and rate performance evaluation at various current densities.
  • Sulfur loading optimization for high areal capacity.

Main Results:

  • CoP nanospheres demonstrated efficient anchoring of polysulfides through polar character and surface oxidation, forming strong Co-S bonds.
  • The multi-shelled structure effectively captured polysulfides, alleviating the shuttle effect.
  • The CoP-coated separator resulted in outstanding cycling stability (0.078% capacity degradation per cycle over 500 cycles at 1 C) and excellent rate performance (725 mA h g-1 at 5 C).
  • High areal capacity (3.2 mA h cm-2) was achieved with a sulfur loading of 3.24 mg cm-2.

Conclusions:

  • Multi-shelled CoP nanospheres are a promising material for enhancing Li-S battery performance.
  • The CoP-coated separator effectively suppresses polysulfide shuttling, leading to improved cycling stability and rate capability.
  • This approach offers a convenient fabrication method for highly efficient Li-S batteries.