C@MoS2 modified separator as efficient trapper and catalysis for promoting polysulfide conversion in Li-S battery

The traditional PP separator is failed to inhibit the polysulfide shuttle effect for the lithium-sulfur ctteries. Besides, it has poor safety porblem when used at high temperatures. Therefore, it is urgent to develop new modified separator to repalce the traditional separator. To deal with these problems, layered hierarchical C@MoS2 spheres are prepared and modified the traditional separator. Due to the presence of the C@MoS2 modified separator, the Li-S batteries with C@MoS2 separator display high specific capacity and superior cycling stability even at high rate of 2C. The high electrochemical performance is attributed to efficient inhibition of shuttle effect by the adsorption and catalytic conversion of polysulfide on the C@MoS2 separator. This work has a certain reference value for the future large-scale application of lithium-sulfur battery.