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MoS2/MnO2 heterostructured nanodevices for electrochemical energy storage

Show Author's Information Xiaobin Liao1,  Yunlong Zhao1,2,  Junhui Wang1,  Wei Yang1,  Lin Xu1,  Xiaocong Tian1,  Yi Shuang1,  Kwadwo Asare Owusu1,  Mengyu Yan1( ),  Liqiang Mai1,3( )
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and ProcessingWuhan University of TechnologyWuhan430070China
Department of Chemistry and Chemical BiologyHarvard UniversityCambridgeMassachusetts02138USA
Department of ChemistryUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCalifornia94720USA
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electrochemical performance, heterostructure, energy storage, electrical transport, nanoscale device
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Liao X, Zhao Y, Wang J, et al. MoS2/MnO2 heterostructured nanodevices for electrochemical energy storage. Nano Research, 2018, 11(4): 2083-2092. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-017-1826-6
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Hybrid or composite heterostructured electrode materials have been widely studied for their potential application in electrochemical energy storage. Whereas their physical or chemical properties could be affected significantly by modulating the heterogeneous interface, the underlying mechanisms are not yet fully understood. In this work, we fabricated an electrochemical energy storage device with a MoS2 nanosheet/MnO2 nanowire heterostructure and designed two charge/discharge channels to study the effect of the heterogeneous interface on the energy storage performances. Electrochemical measurements show that a capacity improvement of over 50% is achieved when the metal current collector was in contact with the MnO2 instead of the MoS2 side. We propose that this enhancement is due to the unidirectional conductivity of the MoS2/MnO2 heterogeneous interface, resulting from the unimpeded electrical transport in the MnO2-MoS2 channel along with the blocking effect on the electron transport in the MoS2-MnO2 channel, which leads to reaction kinetics optimization. The present study thus provides important insights that will improve our understanding of heterostructured electrode materials for electrochemical energy storage.


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MoS2/MnO2 heterostructured nanodevices for electrochemical energy storage

Show Author's information Xiaobin Liao1, Yunlong Zhao1,2, Junhui Wang1, Wei Yang1, Lin Xu1, Xiaocong Tian1, Yi Shuang1, Kwadwo Asare Owusu1, Mengyu Yan1( ), Liqiang Mai1,3( )
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and ProcessingWuhan University of TechnologyWuhan430070China
Department of Chemistry and Chemical BiologyHarvard UniversityCambridgeMassachusetts02138USA
Department of ChemistryUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCalifornia94720USA

Abstract

Hybrid or composite heterostructured electrode materials have been widely studied for their potential application in electrochemical energy storage. Whereas their physical or chemical properties could be affected significantly by modulating the heterogeneous interface, the underlying mechanisms are not yet fully understood. In this work, we fabricated an electrochemical energy storage device with a MoS2 nanosheet/MnO2 nanowire heterostructure and designed two charge/discharge channels to study the effect of the heterogeneous interface on the energy storage performances. Electrochemical measurements show that a capacity improvement of over 50% is achieved when the metal current collector was in contact with the MnO2 instead of the MoS2 side. We propose that this enhancement is due to the unidirectional conductivity of the MoS2/MnO2 heterogeneous interface, resulting from the unimpeded electrical transport in the MnO2-MoS2 channel along with the blocking effect on the electron transport in the MoS2-MnO2 channel, which leads to reaction kinetics optimization. The present study thus provides important insights that will improve our understanding of heterostructured electrode materials for electrochemical energy storage.

Keywords: electrochemical performance, heterostructure, energy storage, electrical transport, nanoscale device

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Received: 28 May 2017
Revised: 20 August 2017
Accepted: 29 August 2017
Published: 19 March 2018
Issue date: April 2018

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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2016YFA0202603), the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2013CB934103), the Programme of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities (No. B17034), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51521001), the National Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (No. 51425204), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (WUT: 2016III001, 2017III009), Prof. Liqiang Mai gratefully acknowledged financial support from China Scholarship Council (No. 201606955096).

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