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Fabrication of Magnéli phase Ti4O7 nanorods as a functional sulfur material host for lithium-sulfur battery cathode

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In this paper, we report a facile approach to synthesize pure Magnéli phase Ti4O7 nanostructures via solvothermal processing and subsequent thermal treatment. The one-dimensional nanostructure of Ti4O7 nanorods (1D Ti4O7 NRs) was characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). The as-obtained Ti4O7 NRs, with an average diameter of 150 nm, were used as sulfur host to prepare Ti4O7 NRs/sulfur cathode for lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. Electrochemical measurements showed that the as-synthesized Ti4O7 NRs can improve the electrochemical reaction kinetics during the charge-discharge processes. The initial discharge capacity of the Ti4O7 NRs/sulfur cathode was 930 mAh g−1, and the remaining capacity was 490 mAh g−1 after 500 cycles at 1C, much higher than that of acetylene black/sulfur cathode. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) demonstrated Ti4O7 NRs/sulfur decreases the charge transfer resistance. Moreover, Ti4O7 NRs/sulfur composite exhibits low electrode polarization accompanied by a high lithium ion diffusion coefficient.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.51874146 and 51504101), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2018 T110551 and 2017 M621640), the Six Talent Peaks Project of Jiangsu Province (XCL-125), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. BK20150514), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Provincial Higher Education of China (Grant No. 15KJB430006), the Start-up Foundation of Jiangsu University for Senior Talents (Grant No. 15JDG014).

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    Shanshan Yao, Ruiduo Guo, Zongzhen Wu, Mingquan Liu, Xinye Qian & Xiangqian Shen

  2. Hunan Engineering Laboratory of Power Battery Cathode Materials, Changsha Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Changsha, 410012, People’s Republic of China

    Xiangqian Shen, Tianbao Li, Li Wang, Yanhua Wang & Shibiao Qin

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Yao, S., Guo, R., Wu, Z. et al. Fabrication of Magnéli phase Ti4O7 nanorods as a functional sulfur material host for lithium-sulfur battery cathode. J Electroceram 44, 154–162 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10832-020-00206-7

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