Preparation and Performance of S/NiFeP/KB Composites Electrocatalyst for Lithium Sulfur Batteries

doi:10.11901/1005.3093.2023.614

Chinese Journal of Materials Research

2024, Vol. 38

Issue (11): 828-836 DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2023.614

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Preparation and Performance of S/NiFeP/KB Composites Electrocatalyst for Lithium Sulfur Batteries

WU Jing, ZHANG Ziyi, HAN Xu, HOU Xingyan, LI Xueyan, LI Shasha, LIU Wen, LI Peng(

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Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, College of Engineering and Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China

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WU Jing, ZHANG Ziyi, HAN Xu, HOU Xingyan, LI Xueyan, LI Shasha, LIU Wen, LI Peng. Preparation and Performance of S/NiFeP/KB Composites Electrocatalyst for Lithium Sulfur Batteries. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2024, 38(11): 828-836.

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Abstract

Transition metal phosphide has not only metal-like conductive properties but good adsorption and catalytic conversion of polysulfide lithium. In this paper, the NiFeP/KB electrocatalyst grown by 2D nanosheet NiFeP on Ketjen Black ECP-600JD carbon black (KB) was prepared. The S/NiFeP/KB cathode material was obtained by mixing the nano sulfur particles with NiFeP/KB in a proportional and uniform way. Due to the synergistic effect of metal doping and hierarchical structure, the electrode prepared using S/NiFeP/KB material had a specific capacity of 1454.5 mAh/g at 0.1C for the first discharge, which remained 821.1 mAh/g after 200 cycles, 639.9 mAh/g after 300 cycles at 2C, and the capacity retention rate reached 74.7%. Further combined with CV and EIS tests, the NiFeP/KB electrocatalyst can effectively improve the oxidation and reduction reaction rate of lithium polysulfide in the battery, thus promoting the reaction kinetics of lithium and sulfur.

Key words: composite lithium-sulfur battery bimetallic phosphide NiFeP Nano-sulfur particles electrocatalyst

Received: 27 December 2023

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Fund: National Natural Science Foundation of China(22278251);Innovation and Entrepreneurship Trai-ning Program for College Students(202210109013)

Corresponding Authors: LI Peng, Tel: 13466816621, E-mail: lipeng_ty@tyust.edu.cn

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Fig.1 Synthesis schematic of NiFeP/K B (a), SEM of NiFe-LDH (b, d), SEM of NiFeP (c) and SEM of NiFeP/KB (e)

Fig.2 SEM of sulfur nanoparticles (a) and SEM of S/NiFeP/KB (b)

Fig.3 XRD patterns of NiFe-LDH/KB and NiFeP/KB

Fig.4 XPS pattern of NiFeP/KB (a), fine energy spectrum of Ni 2p (b) and Fe 2p (c) and track spectrum of P 2p (d)

Fig.5 N₂ adsorption/desorption (a) and pore size distribution curves of NiFeP/KB and S/NiFeP/KB (b) and TGA curves of S/NiFeP/KB and S/KB (c)

Fig.6 Cycle performances of S/NiFeP/KB and S/KB at 0.1C (a), rate performances of S/NiFeP/KB and S/KB (b), the initial charge/discharge curve of S/NiFeP/KB (c) and cycle performances of S/NiFeP/KB (d)

Fig.7 Initial CV curves of S/NiFeP/KB and S/KB at 0.1 mV/s (a), CV curves of S/NiFeP/KB at 0.1 mV/s for four cycles (b), EIS of S/NiFeP/KB and S/KB (c)

Fig.8 CV curves of S/NiFeP/KB (a) and KB/S (b) with different scan rates and linear fits of A, B and C peak currents for S/NiFeP/KB and KB/S (c)

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