Ultralong K 0.5 Mn 0.75 PS 3 Nanowires Tailored by K-Ion Scissors for Extraordinary Sodium-Ion Storage.

1D layered nanowires (NWs) are expected to be excellent electrode materials due to their efficient electron/ion transport and strain/stress relaxation. However, it is a great challenge to synthesize layered NWs by a top-down synthetic route. Herein, ultralong 1D layered K 0.5 Mn 0.75 PS 3 NWs (length: >100 µm; diameter: ≈300 nm) are synthesized for the first time using "K-ion chemical scissors", whose excellent sodium storage performance originates from the bifunctional structural unit, ingeniously combining the alloying energy storage functional unit (P-P dimer) with the quasi-intercalated functional unit ([MnS 3 ] 4- framework). Stress-driven K-ion scissors achieve the rapid transformation of MnPS 3 bulk to K 0.5 Mn 0.75 PS 3 NWs with directed tailoring. Compared to MnPS 3 , the NWs exhibit enlarged interlayer spacing (9.32 Å), enhanced electronic conductivity (8.17 × 10 -5 S m -1 vs 4.47 × 10 -10 S m -1 ), and high ionic conductivity (2.14 mS cm -1 ). As expected, the NWs demonstrate high capacity (709 mAh g -1 at 0.5 A g -1 ) and excellent cycling performance (≈100% capacity retention after 2500 cycles at 10 A g -1 ), ranking among metal thiophosphates. A quasi-topological intercalation mechanism of the NWs is revealed through further characterizations. This work expands the top-down synthesis approach and offers innovative insights for the cost-effective and large-scale fabrication of NWs with outstanding electrochemical performance.