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Regulating Electronic Structure and Coordination Environment of Transition Metal Selenides through the High-Entropy Strategy for Expedited Lithium–Sulfur Chemistry

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2025
Soc. Washington, DC

ACS nano 19(30), 27440 - 27454 () [10.1021/acsnano.5c05720]
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Abstract: Transition metal diselenides (TMSe$_2$) have proven as promising catalysts able to promote the conversion kinetics of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) in lithium–sulfur batteries (LSBs). However, the limited number of catalytically active edge sites in TMSe$_2$ severely hinders the realization of their full potential for boosting LSB’s performance. Herein, we report the synthesis of high-entropy NiCoMnCrVSe$_2$ nanoflakes anchored on graphene supports (NiCoMnCrVSe$_2$/G) through a microwave-assisted solvothermal method. We systematically investigate how the high-entropy strategy enables the regulation of the electronic structure and coordination of various metal species in TMSe$_2$ through comprehensive experimental studies and theoretical calculations. Our results show that as the number of transition metals in TMSe$_2$ increases, the d-band center of metal active sites upshifts toward the Fermi level and the difference among d-band centers of various metal species diminishes, which facilitates the adsorption of LiPSs and lowers the energy barriers to nucleation/decomposition of Li$_2$S. Consequently, LSBs containing NiCoMnCrVSe$_2$/G as sulfur hosts deliver a high specific discharge capacity of 1453 mAh g$^{–1}$ at 0.1 C and excellent stability at 1 C for 500 cycles with a low decay rate of merely 0.016% per cycle. More importantly, we fabricate a ∼2.18 Ah multilayer pouch cell that can deliver an energy density of 435 Wh kg$^{–1}$ (based on the whole pouch cell weight), demonstrating the great potential of NiCoMnCrVSe$_2$/G for practical applications. This work provides important guidelines for the rational design of efficient high-entropy catalysts for bidirectional LiPSs conversion and other reactions beyond.

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  1. 6G3 - PETRA III (DESY) (POF4-6G3) (POF4-6G3)
  2. FS-Proposal: I-20230879 EC (I-20230879-EC) (I-20230879-EC)
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