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ArticleNature communications2026

Designing and mapping cascade catalysis pathway for balanced polysulfide conversion in Li-S batteries.

Leyuan Zhang, Dongfang Cheng, Pu Zhang, David G Hopkinson, Zhaozong Wang, Ao Zhang, Chen Li, Ran Wang, Rongli Liu, Christopher S Allen and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Leyuan Zhang *Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7566-1597
Dongfang Cheng *Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3509-699X
Pu ZhangSLAC, National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4186-699X
David G HopkinsonElectron Physical Science Imaging Centre, Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, UK.
Zhaozong WangDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Ao ZhangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9427-9641
Chen LiDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Ran WangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-1511-0794
Rongli LiuDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Christopher S AllenElectron Physical Science Imaging Centre, Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6353-6000
Johanna Nelson WekerSLAC, National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6856-3203
Yu HuangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1793-0741
Philippe SautetDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. sautet@ucla.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8444-3348
Xiangfeng DuanDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. xduan@ucla.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4321-6288

Funding

DOE | SC | Basic Energy Sciences (BES) DE-SC0019381
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lithium-sulfur batteries are fundamentally constrained by the sluggish 16-electron sulfur reduction reaction. Electrocatalytic sulfur reduction reaction is inherently complex, involving multiple lithium polysulfide intermediates (Li

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