Congratulations to Wei Zhang and Qiang Wu for their joint research paper " An Organodiselenide Containing Electrolyte Enable Sulfurized Polyacrylonitrile Cathodes with Fast Redox Kinetics in Li-S batteries " accepted by Chemical Communications

Abstract

An organoselenide compound, phenyl diselenide (PDSe), is employed as a soluble electrolyte additive to enhance the kinetics of a sulfurized polyacrylonitrile cathode, in which radical exchange in the solid–liquid interface forms dynamic S–Se bonds. Consequently, the PDSe assisted cathode exhibits enhanced battery performance in both ether and carbonate electrolytes.

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2021/cc/d1cc03417k