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    Balancing surface adsorption and diffusion of lithium-polysulfides on nonconductive oxides for lithium–sulfur battery design

    Lithium–sulfur batteries have attracted attention due to their six-fold specific energy compared with conventional lithium-ion batteries. Dissolution of lithium polysulfides, volume expansion of sulfur and unc...

    **nyong Tao, Jianguo Wang, Chong Liu, Haotian Wang, Hongbin Yao in Nature Communications (2016)

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    The synergetic effect of lithium polysulfide and lithium nitrate to prevent lithium dendrite growth

    Lithium metal has shown great promise as an anode material for high-energy storage systems, owing to its high theoretical specific capacity and low negative electrochemical potential. Unfortunately, uncontroll...

    Weiyang Li, Hongbin Yao, Kai Yan, Guangyuan Zheng, Zheng Liang in Nature Communications (2015)

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    Two-dimensional layered transition metal disulphides for effective encapsulation of high-capacity lithium sulphide cathodes

    Fully lithiated lithium sulphide (Li2S) is currently being explored as a promising cathode material for emerging energy storage applications. Like their sulphur counterparts, Li2S cathodes require effective encap...

    Zhi Wei Seh, Jung Ho Yu, Weiyang Li, Po-Chun Hsu, Haotian Wang in Nature Communications (2014)

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    Electrochemical tuning of layered lithium transition metal oxides for improvement of oxygen evolution reaction

    Searching for low-cost and efficient catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction has been actively pursued owing to its importance in clean energy generation and storage. While develo** new catalysts is impo...

    Zhiyi Lu, Haotian Wang, Desheng Kong, Kai Yan, Po-Chun Hsu in Nature Communications (2014)

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    Improving lithium–sulphur batteries through spatial control of sulphur species deposition on a hybrid electrode surface

    Lithium–sulphur batteries are attractive owing to their high theoretical energy density and reasonable kinetics. Despite the success of trap** soluble polysulphides in a matrix with high surface area, spatia...

    Hongbin Yao, Guangyuan Zheng, Po-Chun Hsu, Desheng Kong in Nature Communications (2014)