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ArticleACS applied energy materials2025

A Step-by-Step Design Strategy to Realize High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

Matthew J Dent, Sean Grabe, Steven J Hinder, Mateus G Masteghin, James D Whiting, John F Watts, Constantina Lekakou

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Article in ACS applied energy materials, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors.

Matthew J DentCentre for Engineering Materials, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, U.K.
Sean GrabeCentre for Engineering Materials, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, U.K.
Steven J HinderCentre for Engineering Materials, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, U.K.
Mateus G MasteghinCentre for Engineering Materials, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, U.K.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5672-8311
James D WhitingCentre for Engineering Materials, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, U.K.
John F WattsCentre for Engineering Materials, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, U.K.
Constantina LekakouCentre for Engineering Materials, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, U.K.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4494-1761

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Abstract

In order to increase the energy density and improve the cyclability of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries, a combined strategy is devised and evaluated for high-performance Li-S batteries. It consists of the following steps to reduce the loss of active sulfur and sulfides migrating in the liquid electrolyte to the anode and add electrocatalyst groups in the cathode or catholyte: (i) A hollow porous nanoparticle coating cathode host with a pseudocapacitive PEDOT:PSS binder that also contributes to trapping polysulfides. (ii) A thin interlayer of B-N-graphene (BNG) nanoplatelets on the above cathode trapping polysulfides while participating in the electron transfer and acting as an electrocatalyst, thus ensuring that the trapped sulfides remain active in the cathode. (iii) Added semiconductor phthalocyanine VOPc or CoPc to form an electrocatalyst network in the catholyte, trapping polysulfides and promoting their redox reactions with Li

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