title: Mechanism of lithium storage in MoS2 and the feasibility of using Li2S/Mo nanocomposites as cathode materials for lithium-sulfur batteries.
abstract: The most-popular strategy to improve the cycling stability and rate performance of the sulfur electrode in lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries is to astrict the sulfur in a conducting medium by using complicated chemical/physical processing. Lithium sulfide (Li(2)S) has been proposed as an alternative electrode material to sulfur. However, for its application, it must meet challenges such as high instability in air together with all of the drawbacks of a sulfur-containing electrode. Herein, we report the feasibility of using Li(2)S, which was obtained by electrochemical conversion of commercial molybdenum disulfide (MoS(2)) into Li(2)S and metallic molybdenium (Mo) at low voltages, as a high-performance active material in Li-S batteries. Metallic Mo prevented the dissolution of lithium polysulfides into the electrolyte and enhanced the conductivity of the sulfide electrode. Therefore, the in situ electrochemically prepared Li(2)S/Mo composite exhibited both high cycling stability and high sulfur utilization.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Xiangpeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Xianwei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Ya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Chunxiu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hua
authors.forename: Lanyao
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Yongsheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Zhaoxiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Liquan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen