Quantum Spin Exchange Interactions to Accelerate the Redox Kinetics in Li–S Batteries

Yu Du; Weijie Chen; Yu Wang; Yue Yu; Kai Guo; Gan Qu; Jianan Zhang

doi:10.1007/s40820-023-01319-8

Nano-Micro Letters, Volume. 16, Issue 1, 100(2024)

Quantum Spin Exchange Interactions to Accelerate the Redox Kinetics in Li–S Batteries

Yu Du... Weijie Chen, Yu Wang, Yue Yu, Kai Guo, Gan Qu* and Jianan Zhang** |Show fewer author(s)

Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Catalytic and Functional Materials Preparation of Zhengzhou City, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People’s Republic of China

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Received: Aug. 20, 2023

Accepted: Dec. 5, 2023

Published Online: Jan. 23, 2025

The Author Email: Qu Gan (gqu@zzu.edu.cn), Zhang Jianan (zjn@zzu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1007/s40820-023-01319-8

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