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MOF-5-derived honeycomb structured mesoporous carbon with AlF3·3H2O for high-stability lithium-sulfur battery cathode

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Lithium-sulfur (Li–S) battery has now gradually emerged as the representative secondary energy storage battery of low cost, high security, and high theoretical specific capacity (1675 mAh g−1). However, the insulation properties of sulfur and shuttle issue of polysulfides between electrolytes lead to poor coulombic efficiency and performance of sulfur cathode. Therefore, we use metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) as pore-forming agent and glucose as primary carbon source to synthesize a honeycomb structured porous carbon (PC) material with high specific surface area (2151.9 m2 g−1) and large mesopore volume (2.16 cm3 g−1), which acts as the conductive skeleton for sulfur cathode. Furthermore, after mixing a trace of aluminum fluoride (AlF3) into sulfur electrode, the corresponding cycle performance and electrochemical stability have been further improved. The AlF3·3H2O/PC/S composition with 80 wt% sulfur loading exhibits the highest discharge capacity of 1298.1 mAh g−1 at the current density of 1 C and maintains at 455.6 mAh g−1 with ~ 99% coulombic efficiency after 500 cycles. This work supplies a facile and effective strategy for manufacture of more progressive porous carbonaceous sulfur host material and improving practical performance of Li–S batteries.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51772254, 11472236, and 11902283), the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China (Grant No. 2019JJ50578), the National Training Program of Innovation, Entrepreneurship for Undergraduates (201510530004), and the Innovation Team of Hunan Province (2018RS3091).

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Chang, Q., Zhang, Y., Yuan, G. et al. MOF-5-derived honeycomb structured mesoporous carbon with AlF3·3H2O for high-stability lithium-sulfur battery cathode. Ionics 27, 4761–4770 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-021-04231-6

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