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Structure and reactions mechanism of sulfurized polyacrylonitrile as cathodes for rechargeable Li-S batteries

Show Author's Information Xuan Zhang1,  Huiyang Ma3,  Jiqiong Liu1,  Jiahang Chen1,  Huichao Lu1,  Yudai Huang2,  Jiulin Wang2( )
Department of Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
State Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Utilization of Carbon-Based Energy Resources; College of Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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mechanism, structure, lithium-sulfur batteries, sulfurized polyacrylonitrile (S@pPAN) cathode
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Sulfurized polyacrylonitrile (S@pPAN) composite provides a conductive pathway for sulfur active material at the molecular level and has already become one of the most promising cathode materials in lithium-sulfur batteries because of its outstanding electrochemical performances via novel solid–solid conversion mechanism. Although there are a great number of researches on the S@pPAN composite material, the accurate structure of S@pPAN and its redox reaction mechanism during the charge–discharge process still have not been determined. The previous research and inferences about the structure of S@pPAN and its electrochemical reaction mechanism were summarized in this review, providing a reference for the future study of lithium-sulfur batteries.


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Structure and reactions mechanism of sulfurized polyacrylonitrile as cathodes for rechargeable Li-S batteries

Show Author's information Xuan Zhang1, Huiyang Ma3, Jiqiong Liu1, Jiahang Chen1, Huichao Lu1, Yudai Huang2, Jiulin Wang2( )
Department of Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
State Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Utilization of Carbon-Based Energy Resources; College of Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China

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Sulfurized polyacrylonitrile (S@pPAN) composite provides a conductive pathway for sulfur active material at the molecular level and has already become one of the most promising cathode materials in lithium-sulfur batteries because of its outstanding electrochemical performances via novel solid–solid conversion mechanism. Although there are a great number of researches on the S@pPAN composite material, the accurate structure of S@pPAN and its redox reaction mechanism during the charge–discharge process still have not been determined. The previous research and inferences about the structure of S@pPAN and its electrochemical reaction mechanism were summarized in this review, providing a reference for the future study of lithium-sulfur batteries.

Keywords: mechanism, structure, lithium-sulfur batteries, sulfurized polyacrylonitrile (S@pPAN) cathode

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Received: 29 August 2022
Revised: 24 October 2022
Accepted: 14 November 2022
Published: 02 March 2023
Issue date: June 2023

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This work was financially supported by the National Key Research and Development (R&D) Program of China (No. 2021YFB2400300), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 22179083), Program of Shanghai Academic Research Leader (No. 20XD1401900), and Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province (No. 2019B090908001).

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