Tungsten Nanoparticles Accelerate Polysulfides Conversion: A Viable Route toward Stable Room-Temperature Sodium-Sulfur Batteries.

ABSTRACT: Room-temperature sodium-sulfur (RT Na-S) batteries are arousing great interest in recent years. Their practical applications, however, are hindered by several intrinsic problems, such as the sluggish kinetic, shuttle effect, and the incomplete conversion of sodium polysulfides (NaPSs). Here a sulfur host material that is based on tungsten nanoparticles embedded in nitrogen-doped graphene is reported. The incorporation of tungsten nanoparticles significantly accelerates the polysulfides conversion (especially the reduction of Na₂ S₄ to Na₂ S, which contributes to 75% of the full capacity) and completely suppresses the shuttle effect, en route to a fully reversible reaction of NaPSs. With a host weight ratio of only 9.1% (about 3-6 times lower than that in re

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9008787 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature