Engineering Nanoreactors Applied for Metal-Chalcogen Batteries
Metal-chalcogen batteries (MCBs) are promising alternatives to the commonly used lithium-ion batteries, due to their remarkable capacities while using cheaper and more versatile electrodes.
Nevertheless, the rational design and controllable synthesis of electrode materials is still a great challenge.
Recently, the research teams led by Prof. LIU Jian and Prof. WU zhongshuai from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in cooperation with Prof. LIANG Ji from Tianjin University reviewed the application of nanoreactor for Metal-Chalcogen Batteries.
This work was published in Energy Environmental Science on Jan. 7.
Various nanoreactor designs for application as electrode material in MCBs and their most attractive functions (Image by Haodong Shi and Yash Boyjoo)
"In this paper, we introduced the concept and features of nanoreactors, and the major synthetic strategies for constructing nanoreactors with different morphologies and dimensions," said Prof. LIU.
Moreover, they introduced the main functions of MCBs and how they could be imparted upon the electrode nanostructures via nanoreactor design and engineering. They summarized the examples of typical nanoreactors for applications in MCBs and discussed the perspectives and future directions.
This study was supported Liaoning Natural Science Foundation, LiaoNing Revitalization Talents Program, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy (DNL), and DNL Cooperation Fund.
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