Asymmetric atomic structure improves sodium-sulfur battery performance
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have improved sodium-sulfur battery performance by creating an asymmetric atomic structure in catalysts. By replacing an oxygen atom with nitrogen around aluminum atoms, they enhanced electron distribution and battery stability.
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This innovation could lead to more efficient, cost-effective, and longer-lasting energy storage solutions, which are critical for renewable energy adoption.
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Add to Preferred Sources This illustrates the synthesis schematic, structural characterization, electron transfer process during Na 2 S 6 adsorption, and the p–p orbital hybridization interaction between Al single atoms and sodium polysulfides. Credit: Zheng Fangcai Chinese researchers have developed a new way to improve sodium–sulfur battery performance by changing the atomic structure of a catalyst. Led by professors Wang Hui and Zheng Fangcai from the High Magnetic Field Laboratory at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the study is published in Angewandte Chemie .
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