Issue 30, 2020

Unleashing ultra-fast sodium ion storage mechanisms in interface-engineered monolayer MoS2/C interoverlapped superstructure with robust charge transfer networks

Abstract

Na-related anodes with excellent rate capability and ultra-stable cyclability are being pursued significantly to overcome the slow kinetics of currently available compounds on account that the sodium-ion battery is an ideal energy storage device technology for grid-scale electricity networks. Herein, we demonstrate a novel concept for the construction of a nanoarchitecture with robust charge transfer networks, which is composed of MoS2/C superstructure nanoflowers embedded in carbon nanonets (MoS2/C-CNNs). Impressively, the optimized nanoarchitecture exhibited an ultra-fast Na-ion storage feature, a superior reversible capacity of 245.2 mA h g−1 at 5 A g−1, and a promising retention of 78.9% after 8000 cycles. The interconnected 3D carbon nanonetworks, derived from the carbonization of sugarcane bagasse via a novel “self-splitting process”, were found to be extremely beneficial for the acceleration of electron transport and Na+ diffusion, while alleviating the volumetric strain of MoS2 during the Na+ insertion/extraction processes. Furthermore, computational analysis was performed to reveal the underlaid mechanism, demonstrating that the MoS2/C superstructures can significantly ameliorate the electronic conductivity of MoS2 and lower the Na+ diffusion barrier, which tend to facilitate the electron and Na+ transport at the atomic level. This work demonstrates that the construction of robust 3D ion/electron traffic networks at various scales is an efficient strategy to develop electrodes with adequate rate capability and remarkable cyclability.

Graphical abstract: Unleashing ultra-fast sodium ion storage mechanisms in interface-engineered monolayer MoS2/C interoverlapped superstructure with robust charge transfer networks

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 May 2020
Accepted
04 Jul 2020
First published
05 Jul 2020

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020,8, 15002-15011

Unleashing ultra-fast sodium ion storage mechanisms in interface-engineered monolayer MoS2/C interoverlapped superstructure with robust charge transfer networks

L. Wang, H. Zhang, Y. Wang, C. Qian, Q. Dong, C. Deng, D. Jiang, M. Shu, S. Pan and S. Zhang, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8, 15002 DOI: 10.1039/D0TA04916F

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