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  • Materials Science
  • Electrochemistry
  • Energy Storage

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  • Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries face challenges due to poor electronic conductivity and the shuttle effect of lithium polysulfides.
  • These issues severely limit the development of Li-S batteries with high sulfur loading, hindering practical applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a honeycomb-structured cobalt difluoride (CoF2)@carbon composite as a functional separator layer.
  • To enhance lithium-ion transport, catalytic activity, and suppress the shuttle effect in Li-S batteries.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of a honeycomb-structured CoF2@C composite.
  • Adhesion of the CoF2@C composite as a functional layer to the separator.
  • Electrochemical testing of Li-S cells with the modified separator under various conditions (sulfur loading, cycling rates).

Main Results:

  • The CoF2-modified separator demonstrated excellent cycle stability with a low capacity decay of 0.076% per cycle over 300 cycles at 1 C (2.0 mg cm-2 sulfur loading).
  • A capacity decay of 0.088% per cycle for 200 cycles at 0.2 C was achieved with a higher sulfur loading of 3.0 mg cm-2.
  • High capacity retention of 697.5 mA g-1 was obtained at a sulfur loading of 4.0 mg cm-2 with an electrolyte/sulfur ratio of 8 μL mg-1.

Conclusions:

  • The CoF2@C functional layer effectively addresses key limitations in Li-S batteries, including poor conductivity and polysulfide shuttle.
  • The modified separator enables rapid ion transport and high catalytic activity, leading to superior electrochemical performance.
  • This approach shows significant promise for advancing practical Li-S battery technology with high energy density and long cycle life.