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Amorphous MoS3 Infiltrated with Carbon Nanotubes as an Advanced Anode Material of Sodium-Ion Batteries with Large Gravimetric, Areal, and Volumetric Capacities

Journal Article · · Advanced Energy Materials
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  1. Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123 China
  2. Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont IL 60439 USA
  3. Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax NS B3H 4R2 Canada
  4. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada
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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 MoS2, 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 MoS3—can be a better choice as the anode material of sodium-ion batteries. Highly compact MoS3 particles infiltrated with carbon nanotubes are prepared via the facile acid precipitation method in ethylene glycol. Compared to crystalline MoS2, the resultant amorphous MoS3 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 MoS3 can facilitate the adsorption and diffusion of Na+ ions. At last, it is demonstrated that the MoS3 anode can be paired with an Na3V2(PO4)3 cathode to afford full cells with great capacity and cycling performance.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) - Office of Vehicle Technology; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1427491
Journal Information:
Advanced Energy Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Energy Materials Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 7; ISSN 1614-6832
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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