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  • Materials Science
  • Electrochemistry
  • Energy Storage

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  • High-capacity lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) face challenges due to slow lithium polysulfide (LiPSs) conversion kinetics and unstable lithium metal anodes.
  • These issues limit the practical application and long-term stability of LSBs for energy storage.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce 6-(dibutylamino)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-thiol (DTD) as a functional additive to improve LSB performance.
  • To investigate the mechanism by which DTD accelerates cathodic conversion and modulates the anode interface.
  • To demonstrate enhanced stability and capacity retention in DTD-modified LSBs.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis and incorporation of DTD as an additive in LSBs.
  • Electrochemical testing, including cycling performance, rate capability, and Li-Li symmetric cell tests.
  • Analysis of the solid electrolyte interface (SEI) and polysulfide redox behavior.

Main Results:

  • DTD addition significantly promotes LiPSs redox conversion and forms a synergistic inorganic-organic SEI layer.
  • LSBs with DTD exhibit a low capacity decay rate of 0.066% per cycle over 600 cycles at 1C.
  • Li-Li symmetric batteries show reduced overpotentials and a 41% increase in cycle life; high sulfur loading LSBs retain 71.5% capacity.

Conclusions:

  • DTD effectively accelerates polysulfide conversion and stabilizes the lithium anode interface in LSBs.
  • The study provides a new mechanism for understanding polysulfide conversion and SEI regulation in high-energy-density LSBs.
  • DTD offers a promising strategy for developing stable and high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries.