Soft-Rigid Heterostructures with Functional Cation Vacancies for Fast-Charging And High-Capacity Sodium Storage.
Yu SuBernt JohannessenShilin ZhangZiru ChenQinfen GuGuanjie LiHong YanJia-Yang LiHai-Yan HuYan-Fang ZhuSailong XuHuakun LiuShixue DouYao XiaoPublished in: Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) (2023)
Optimizing charge transfer and alleviating volume expansion in electrode materials are critical to maximize electrochemical performance for energy storage systems. Herein, an atomically thin soft-rigid Co 9 S 8 @MoS 2 core-shell heterostructure with dual cation vacancies at the atomic interface is constructed as a promising anode for high-performance sodium-ion batteries. The dual cation vacancies involving V Co and V Mo in the heterostructure and the soft MoS 2 shell afford ionic pathways for rapid charge transfer, as well as the rigid Co 9 S 8 core acts as the dominant active component and resists structural deformation during charge/discharge. Electrochemical testing and theoretical calculations demonstrate both excellent Na + transfer kinetics and pseudocapacitive behavior. Consequently, the soft-rigid heterostructure delivers extraordinary sodium storage performance (389.7 mA h g -1 after 500 cycles at 5.0 A g -1 ), superior to those of the single-phase counterparts; and the assembled Na 3 V 2 (PO 4 ) 3 ||d-Co 9 S 8 @MoS 2 /S-Gr full cell achieves an energy density of 235.5 Wh kg -1 at 0.5 C. Our finding opens up a new strategy of soft-rigid heterostructure and broadens the horizons of material design in energy storage and conversion. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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