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Controllable phosphidation engineering of Co2P2O7@CoP core-shell electrodes for enhanced sulfur-iodine flow batteries
Nano Research Energy 2026, 5: e9120260
Published: 25 August 2026
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Polysulfide/iodide redox flow batteries (SIFBs) are promising for large-scale energy storage, but their practical performance is limited by sluggish interfacial kinetics and severe shuttle of soluble intermediates. Here we report a core-shell Co2P2O7@CoP catalytic electrode that addresses these two challenges through an integrated conductivity-adsorption strategy. In this architecture, the CoP shell serves as a highly conductive pathway for rapid charge transfer, while the Co2P2O7 core provides polar P-O sites that strongly immobilize both polysulfide and polyiodide intermediates. This dual-function design enables simultaneous acceleration of the S2–/Sx2– and I–/I3– redox reactions and effective suppression of side reactions. As a result, the assembled SIFB delivers an initial energy efficiency of 84.53% at 20 mA·cm–2 and maintains 64.61% after 50 cycles. Long-term operation at 10 mA·cm–2 and 10% SOC remains stable for 400 cycles with energy efficiency above 70%. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that interfacial electronic coupling, rather than simple phase addition, is responsible for the enhanced adsorption and reduced reaction barriers.

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