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Amorphous MoS 3 Infiltrated with Carbon Nanotubes as an Advanced Anode Material of Sodium‐Ion Batteries with Large Gravimetric, Areal, and Volumetric Capacities
Author(s) -
Ye Hualin,
Wang Lu,
Deng Shuo,
Zeng Xiaoqiao,
Nie Kaiqi,
Duchesne Paul N.,
Wang Bo,
Liu Simon,
Zhou Junhua,
Zhao Feipeng,
Han Na,
Zhang Peng,
Zhong Jun,
Sun Xuhui,
Li Youyong,
Li Yanguang,
Lu Jun
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced energy materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.08
H-Index - 220
eISSN - 1614-6840
pISSN - 1614-6832
DOI - 10.1002/aenm.201601602
Subject(s) - materials science , anode , gravimetric analysis , chemical engineering , amorphous solid , electrode , amorphous carbon , carbon nanotube , precipitation , cathode , battery (electricity) , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , chemistry , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , meteorology , engineering
The search for earth‐abundant and high‐performance electrode materials for sodium‐ion batteries represents an important challenge to current battery research. 2D transition metal dichalcogenides, particularly MoS 2 , have attracted increasing attention recently, but few of them so far have been able to meet expectations. In this study, it is demonstrated that another phase of molybdenum sulfide—amorphous chain‐like MoS 3 —can be a better choice as the anode material of sodium‐ion batteries. Highly compact MoS 3 particles infiltrated with carbon nanotubes are prepared via the facile acid precipitation method in ethylene glycol. Compared to crystalline MoS 2 , the resultant amorphous MoS 3 not only exhibits impressive gravimetric performance—featuring excellent specific capacity (≈615 mA h g −1 ), rate capability (235 mA h g −1 at 20 A g −1 ), and cycling stability but also shows exceptional volumetric capacity of ≈1000 mA h cm −3 and an areal capacity of >6.0 mA h cm −2 at very high areal loadings of active materials (up to 12 mg cm −2 ). The experimental results are supported by density functional theory simulations showing that the 1D chains of MoS 3 can facilitate the adsorption and diffusion of Na + ions. At last, it is demonstrated that the MoS 3 anode can be paired with an Na 3 V 2 (PO 4 ) 3 cathode to afford full cells with great capacity and cycling performance.