Fluorine-Modulated MXene-Derived Catalysts for Multiphase Sulfur Conversion in Lithium–Sulfur Battery

Qinhua Gu; Yiqi Cao; Junnan Chen; Yujie Qi; Zhaofeng Zhai; Ming Lu; Nan Huang; Bingsen Zhang

doi:10.1007/s40820-024-01482-6

Nano-Micro Letters, Volume. 16, Issue 1, 266(2024)

Fluorine-Modulated MXene-Derived Catalysts for Multiphase Sulfur Conversion in Lithium–Sulfur Battery

Qinhua Gu1...2, Yiqi Cao1,3, Junnan Chen1,2, Yujie Qi1, Zhaofeng Zhai1, Ming Lu1,3,*, Nan Huang1,2, and Bingsen Zhang12,** |Show fewer author(s)

Author Affiliations

¹Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, People’s Republic of China

²School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang 110016, People’s Republic of China

³The Joint Laboratory of MXene Materials, Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Physics and Chemistry of the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Preparation and Application of Environmental Friendly Materials of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Normal University, Changchun 130103, People’s Republic of China

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Received: Mar. 27, 2024

Accepted: Jul. 6, 2024

Published Online: Jan. 23, 2025

The Author Email: Lu Ming (luming@jlnu.edu.cn), Zhang Bingsen (bszhang@imr.ac.cn)

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