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A Review on Engineering Transition Metal Compound Catalysts to Accelerate the Redox Kinetics of Sulfur Cathodes for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01299-9
Liping Chen
Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, People’s Republic of China
Guiqiang Cao
Institute of Advanced Electrochemical Energy and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, People’s Republic of China
Yong Li
Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, People’s Republic of China
Guannan Zu
Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, People’s Republic of China
Ruixian Duan
Institute of Advanced Electrochemical Energy and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, People’s Republic of China
Yang Bai
Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, People’s Republic of China
Kaiyu Xue
Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, People’s Republic of China
Yonghong Fu
Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, People’s Republic of China
Yunhua Xu
Yulin University, Yulin 719000, People’s Republic of China
Juan Wang
Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, People’s Republic of China
Xifei Li
Institute of Advanced Electrochemical Energy and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Xifei Li

xfli2011@hotmail.com

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 16 (2024), Article Number: 97

Abstract

Engineering transition metal compounds (TMCs) catalysts with excellent adsorption-catalytic ability has been one of the most effective strategies to accelerate the redox kinetics of sulfur cathodes. Herein, this review focuses on engineering TMCs catalysts by cation doping/anion doping/dual doping, bimetallic/bi-anionic TMCs, and TMCs-based heterostructure composites. It is obvious that introducing cations/anions to TMCs or constructing heterostructure can boost adsorption-catalytic capacity by regulating the electronic structure including energy band, d/p-band center, electron filling, and valence state. Moreover, the electronic structure of doped/dual-ionic TMCs are adjusted by inducing ions with different electronegativity, electron filling, and ion radius, resulting in electron redistribution, bonds reconstruction, induced vacancies due to the electronic interaction and changed crystal structure such as lattice spacing and lattice distortion. Different from the aforementioned two strategies, heterostructures are constructed by two types of TMCs with different Fermi energy levels, which causes built-in electric field and electrons transfer through the interface, and induces electron redistribution and arranged local atoms to regulate the electronic structure. Additionally, the lacking studies of the three strategies to comprehensively regulate electronic structure for improving catalytic performance are pointed out. It is believed that this review can guide the design of advanced TMCs catalysts for boosting redox of lithium sulfur batteries.


Highlights:
1 The representatively engineering strategies of cations/anions doping, bimetallic/bi-anionic transition metal compounds and heterostructure composites catalysts for lithium sulfur batteries are comprehensively reviewed.
2 The promoted mechanism of catalytic performance by regulating electronic structure is focused on, including energy band, electron filling, d/p-band center, valence state.
3 The superiority of the modified transition metal compounds is comprehensively summarized.

Keywords

Lithium–sulfur battery Redox kinetic Transition metal compounds catalyst Multiple metals/anions
Chen, Liping, Guiqiang Cao, Yong Li, Guannan Zu, Ruixian Duan, Yang Bai, Kaiyu Xue, Yonghong Fu, Yunhua Xu, Juan Wang, and Xifei Li. 2024. “A Review on Engineering Transition Metal Compound Catalysts to Accelerate the Redox Kinetics of Sulfur Cathodes for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries”. Nano-Micro Letters 16 (January):97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01299-9.
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