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ArticleNature chemistry2025

Surface-localized phase mediation accelerates quasi-solid-state reaction kinetics in sulfur batteries.

Yatao Liu, Yun An, Chi Fang, Yaokun Ye, Yifeng An, Mengxue He, Yongfeng Jia, Xufeng Hong, Yumei Liu, Song Gao and 6 more

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Yatao LiuBeijing Key Laboratory for Theory and Technology of Advanced Battery Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Yun AnBeijing Key Laboratory for Theory and Technology of Advanced Battery Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Chi FangSchool of Advanced Materials, Peking University, Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China.
Yaokun YeSchool of Advanced Materials, Peking University, Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China.
Yifeng AnBeijing Key Laboratory for Theory and Technology of Advanced Battery Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Mengxue HeBeijing Key Laboratory for Theory and Technology of Advanced Battery Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Yongfeng JiaBeijing Key Laboratory for Theory and Technology of Advanced Battery Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Xufeng HongBeijing Key Laboratory for Theory and Technology of Advanced Battery Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Yumei LiuBeijing Key Laboratory for Theory and Technology of Advanced Battery Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Song GaoBeijing Key Laboratory for Theory and Technology of Advanced Battery Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Yizhou HaoInternational Center of Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Jianhao ChenInternational Center of Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9485-1759
Jiaxin ZhengSchool of Advanced Materials, Peking University, Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China.
Yunfeng LuState Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China.
Ruqiang ZouBeijing Key Laboratory for Theory and Technology of Advanced Battery Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China. rzou@pku.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0456-4615
Quanquan PangBeijing Key Laboratory for Theory and Technology of Advanced Battery Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China. qqpang@pku.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0712-6952

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2021M690001National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 22075002National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 22409006National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 51825201National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52203347National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52227802National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 92372115
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Abstract

Lithium-sulfur batteries promise high energy density storage but show poor stabilities owing to uncontrolled polysulfide dissolution. Although limiting polysulfide solvation to establish quasi-solid-state sulfur reaction can decouple electrode reactions from the electrolyte volume, this approach suffers from slow reaction kinetics. Here we propose a surface-localized polysulfide-solvation strategy to mediate the reaction of 'quasi-solid' polysulfide by leveraging an organic phase mediator with a weakly solvating electrolyte. This electrolyte restricts polysulfide dissolution globally while the phase mediator complexes with the surface polysulfide, promoting polysulfide solvation at the surface and facilitating fast surface-localized solution-phase sulfur reactions. Lithium-sulfur batteries using surface-localized phase mediation show excellent rate performance with 494 mA h g

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