From Mononuclear to Trinuclear: Tailoring Coordination Metal Cluster Node for High-Energy Li-S Batteries.

Kaiji Lin, Zhao Chen, Chunshan Zhou, Lan Li, Shilin Huang, Yangyi Yang

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Kaiji LinMOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.

Zhao ChenMOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.

Chunshan ZhouMOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.

Lan LiMOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.

Shilin HuangMOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8856-9071

Yangyi YangMOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4564-8869

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Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province 2021A1515010371Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province 2024A1515010412National Natural Science Foundation of China 51472275National Natural Science Foundation of China 91022012

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Abstract

As a new-generation high-energy-density energy storage system, the commercialization of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries remains hindered by the polysulfide shuttle effect and sluggish redox kinetics. This study investigated the catalytic performance of mononuclear cobalt (MCo) and trinuclear cobalt (TCo) catalysts in Li-S batteries. By precisely regulating the nuclear number and spatial configuration of metal nodes, we revealed the enhancing effect of the multinuclear cooperative catalytic mechanism on the kinetics of sulfur redox. TCo provides multiple catalytic sites and forms a continuous electron-conducting network through intermetallic electron coupling, significantly accelerating the sulfur redox kinetics. Molecular orbital theory and density functional theory calculations indicate that the high-spin Co

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charge transfercoordination supramolecularhigh‐spin statesulfur redox kineticstrinuclear cluster

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PMID42360303

DOI10.1002/smll.74330

PMCPMC13484965

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