Boosting Redox-Active Sites of 1T MoS2 Phase by Phosphorus-Incorporated Hierarchical Graphene Architecture for Improved Li Storage Performances.

Hybridizing and architecting two kinds of 2D nanomaterials are attractive for energy storage applications. Herein, the chemical and electronic coupling of redox active 1T MoS2 phase with hierarchical phosphorus-doped graphene architecture (HMPGA) is accomplished by the strong interactions of 2D hybrid colloids. The spectroscopic analyses on the crystal structure, surface morphology, and composition confirm the efficient doping of phosphorus and the hybridization interaction of 1T MoS2 with the phosphorus-incorporated graphene. The resulting HMPGA anode shows significant improvement in battery performances. The specific capacity is delivered to 1194 mAh g-1 at 100 mA g-1 with a cyclability of 93.3% over 600 cycles. This improvement is ascribed to the multicoupling effect arising from the abundant redox-actives sites of 1T MoS2 phase boosted and stabilized by hierarchically architected, phosphorus-doped graphenes.