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Tao Peng1, Ning Zhang1, Ya Yang1
1Key Laboratory of Microelectronics and Energy of Henan Province, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang, 464000, P. R. China.
Abstract:
The design of nanomaterials with grain orientation structure by crystal facet engineering is of great significance for boosting the catalytic ability and electrochemical properties, but the controllable synthesis is still a challenge. Here, TiN nanoflakes with exposed (001) facets are prepared using 2D Ti3 C2 MXene as the initial reactant and applied as a bidirectional electrocatalyst for the reduction and oxidation process in lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs). The (001) facet-dominated TiN nanoflakes have a strong adsorption capacity for soluble lithium polysulfides (LiPSs). More importantly, theoretical calculations and experiment results confirm the (001) facet-dominated TiN nanoflakes catalyze the conversion of soluble LiPSs to Li2 S2 /Li2 S to induce the Li2 S uniform deposition in the discharge process and decrease the delithiation barrier of Li2 S in the charge process. Therefore, the excellent electrochemical properties of LSBs are achieved, which demonstrates a high discharge capacity of 949 mAh g-1 at 1 C and maintains high capacity reversibility with a decay rate of 0.033% per cycle after 800 cycles.
