P-block tin single atom catalyst for improved electrochemistry in a lithium–sulfur battery: a theoretical and experimental study
Caixia Xiao, Wanqing Song, Jingzhe Liang, Jiangwei Zhang, Jiangwei Zhang, Zechuan Huang, Jinfeng Zhang, Jinfeng Zhang, Haozhi Wang, Cheng Zhong, Jia Ding, Wenbin Hu
Abstract
Main group metals are routinely considered as catalytically inactive. In this work, we for the first time prepared a p-block tin single atom catalyst (Sn SA –NC) with Sn–N 4 active site for effectively improving the lithium–sulfur battery performance.
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TinBattery (electricity)CatalysisElectrochemistrySulfurLithium–sulfur batteryLithium (medication)Atom (system on chip)Block (permutation group theory)Inorganic chemistryChemistryMaterials scienceElectrodeChemical engineeringPhysical chemistryMetallurgyComputer scienceOrganic chemistryPhysicsThermodynamicsEngineeringMathematicsEndocrinologyGeometryPower (physics)Embedded systemMedicineAdvanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesAdvancements in Battery MaterialsAdvanced battery technologies research