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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

Reconfigurable In-S Coordination in SPAN Cathodes: Unlocking High Sulfur Utilization and Fast Kinetics for Practical Li‒S Batteries.

Cheng Huang, Yi Gong, Qi Zhu, Miaoran Xu, Kai Yang, José V Anguita, Wei Zhang, S Ravi P Silva, Yanfeng Gao, Zongtao Zhang

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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10 authors.

Cheng HuangSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.
Yi GongSchool of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK.
Qi ZhuSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.
Miaoran XuSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.
Kai YangSchool of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7391-1495
José V AnguitaSchool of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7410-6620
Wei ZhangSchool of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK.
S Ravi P SilvaSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0356-1319
Yanfeng GaoSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-1974
Zongtao ZhangSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7923-734X

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 51502268Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel SKLASS2022-04
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sulfurized polyacrylonitrile (SPAN) has emerged as a promising cathode material for high-energy-density lithium‒sulfur (Li‒S) batteries due to its ability to confine sulfur and suppress polysulfide shuttling. However, conventional SPAN suffers from sluggish conversion kinetics and limited sulfur utilization, especially at high sulfur loadings. In this work, reconfigurable indium‒sulfur (In-S) coordination into SPAN to dynamically regulate sulfur bonding states is introduced. The non-crystalline In-S network reversibly anchors and releases sulfur during cycling, accelerating redox reactions while suppressing phase segregation. Structural analysis reveals atomically dispersed In-S coordination without crystalline inactive phases, achieving an active material content of 47.4 wt.% with only 1.18 wt.% indium addition (≈23% higher than conventional SPAN). Optimized In

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amorphous indium‐sulfur compositehigh sulfur loadingLi‒S batteriesredox kineticssulfurized polyacrylonitrile

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PMCPMC12561284

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