Lowering the charge overpotential of Li2S via the inductive effect of phenyl diselenide in Li–S batteries

Qianqian Fan; Baohua Li; Yubing Si; Yongzhu Fu

doi:10.1039/C8CC09565E

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Lowering the charge overpotential of Li₂S via the inductive effect of phenyl diselenide in Li–S batteries†

Qianqian Fan,

^a Baohua Li,

^b Yubing Si

*^c and Yongzhu Fu

*^a

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^a College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China
E-mail: yfu@zzu.edu.cn

^b Engineering Laboratory for Next Generation Power and Energy Storage Batteries, Engineering Laboratory for Functionalized Carbon Materials, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China

^c Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanocomposites and Applications, Institute of Nanostructured Functional Materials, Huanghe Science and Technology College, Zhengzhou 450006, P. R. China
E-mail: yubingsi@infm.hhstu.edu.cn

Abstract

We find that phenyl diselenide (PDSe) can lower the charge overpotential of Li₂S via an inductive effect. The Se–Se bond of PDSe can break when it is in contact with Li₂S. The attraction between Se and Li weakens the Li–S bonds and facilitates the oxidation of Li₂S in lithium batteries.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC09565E
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 01 Dec 2018
Accepted: 03 Jun 2019
First published: 03 Jun 2019

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Chem. Commun., 2019,55, 7655-7658

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Lowering the charge overpotential of Li₂S via the inductive effect of phenyl diselenide in Li–S batteries

Q. Fan, B. Li, Y. Si and Y. Fu, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 7655 DOI: 10.1039/C8CC09565E

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