Rational Design of Si/SiO2@Hierarchical Porous Carbon Spheres as Efficient Polysulfide Reservoirs for High-Performance Li-S Battery

Integrated design of Si/SiO2@hierarchical porous carbon spheres is made and used as efficient polysulfide reservoir for enhancing lithium-sulfur battery (LSB) in terms of capacity, rate ability, and cycling stability via combined chemical and physical effects.NSFC-RGC Joint Research Scheme [51361165201]; Beijing Project of Science and Technology [Z141100003814012]; NSFC [51125001, 51172005]; Doctoral Program of the Ministry of Education of China [20120001110078]; Interdisciplinary Project of Beijing New Star Plan of Science and Technology; Peking University; Young Thousand Talented Program; Opening Funds of National Laboratory of Molecular Science; Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry (Heilongjiang University), Ministry of Education of ChinaSCI(E)EIPubMedARTICLEguosj@pku.edu.cn; hou@pku.edu.cn163167-31722