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Wide temperature range adaptable electric field driven binder for advanced lithium-sulfur batteries

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  • Wanyuan Jiang

    (Dalian University of Technology)

  • Xin Jin

    (Dalian University of Technology)

  • Borui Li

    (Dalian University of Technology)

  • Yunpeng Qu

    (Dalian University of Technology)

  • Lin Wang

    (Dalian University of Technology)

  • Ce Song

    (National University of Defense Technology)

  • Mengfan Pei

    (Dalian University of Technology)

  • Tianpeng Zhang

    (Northeast Forestry University)

  • Xigao Jian

    (Dalian University of Technology
    Dalian University of Technology)

  • Fangyuan Hu

    (Dalian University of Technology)

Abstract

Stable operation over wide temperature ranges is still a great challenge for lithium-sulfur batteries facing actual operating environments. Electrocatalysis is an effective strategy to address the sluggish reaction kinetics of lithium polysulfides at low temperatures and exacerbated shuttling effect at high temperatures; however, its practicality is still restricted by the structural stability of the support electrodes. In this work, a binder with wide temperature range adaptability is designed with a structure-modulated stable electrocatalytic mechanism, which can achieve effective adsorption and accelerated conversion of lithium polysulfides, and high-temperature self-repair and low-temperature internal support of electrodes. Lithium-sulfur batteries with the binder have a specific capacity of 780 mAh g−1 (5 C, 8375 mA g−1), and 470 mAh g−1 (0.1 C, 167.5 mA g−1) even at −40 °C. This work realizes the stable operation across a temperature range of 100 °C solely by the innovative development of binder, which provides a unique perspective for wide-temperature range lithium-sulfur battery design.

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  • Wanyuan Jiang & Xin Jin & Borui Li & Yunpeng Qu & Lin Wang & Ce Song & Mengfan Pei & Tianpeng Zhang & Xigao Jian & Fangyuan Hu, 2025. "Wide temperature range adaptable electric field driven binder for advanced lithium-sulfur batteries," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 16(1), pages 1-14, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:16:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-025-62909-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-62909-1
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