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High-performance lithium–sulfur battery based on carbonized 3D MXene/T-CNF aerogel composite membrane

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Lithium–sulfur batteries with high theoretical energy density are attracting more and more attention as candidate materials for next-generation energy storage systems. However, the insulating properties and poor shuttle effect of sulfur are still the main challenges faced by high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries. For this reason, we developed 3D MXene/T-CNF (three-dimensional Ti3C2Tx MXene/TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibers) aerogel composite membrane by freeze-drying and high-temperature carbonization, which proved to be a good material for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries. The MXene is a two-dimensional layered structure with high specific surface area and abundant active sites, which can provide electrodes with good conductivity and chemical stability as a supporting framework. Moreover, the addition of one-dimensional T-CNF strengthens the MXene structure and prevents it from collapsing while forming a three-dimensional conductive network, ensuring sufficient electron diffusion and electrolyte ion transportation channels. The material exhibits excellent electrochemical properties based on rational design. The 3D MXene/T-CNF-3 has an admirable reversible discharge specific capacity of 1119.6 mAh g−1 at the current density of 0.1 C, which is nearly 3 times as much as pure MXene. The Li–S battery exhibits good conductivity, rate performance, and cycle performance with the capacity retention of 99.4% after 200 cycles. This work offers a novel delicate design strategy for functional materials to achieve high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries.

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This work was supported by the Scientific and Technological Innovation Programs of Higher Education Institutions in Shanxi (2020L0690), the Jincheng Science and Technology Planning Projects (20198037), and the Shanxi Science and Technology Foundation Platform Construction Projects (2015091011) and the Graduate Students’ Excellent Innovative Project of Shanxi Province (No.2019SY485), the Taiyuan University of Science and Technology Scientific Research Initial Funding (20192035), and Scientific, and the Technological Innovation Projects of Colleges and Universities in Shanxi Province (2020L0354).

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Liu, Y., Zhang, M. & Guo, J. High-performance lithium–sulfur battery based on carbonized 3D MXene/T-CNF aerogel composite membrane. Ionics 28, 647–655 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-021-04343-z

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