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Assembly of flower-like VS2/N-doped porous carbon with expanded (001) plane on rGO for superior Na-ion and K-ion storage

Junwei Sun1, Gang Lian1( ), Laiying Jing2, Di Wu1, Deliang Cui1, Qilong Wang3, Haohai Yu1( ), Huaijin Zhang1, Ching-Ping Wong4
State Key Lab of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, China
Key Laboratory for Special Functional Aggregated Materials of Education Ministry, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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The interlayer-expanded VS2 nanoflowers via alternated intercalation of N-doped carbon (N-C) monolayers are rationally designed and grown on reduced graphene oxide (rGO). The obtained VS2/N-C@rGO nanohybrids, as electrode materials for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) and potassium-ion batteries (PIBs), exhibit excellent electrochemical energy storage performance.

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VS2 with natural layered structure and metallic conductivity is a prospective candidate for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) and potassium-ion batteries (PIBs). However, due to large radius of Na+ and K+, the limited interlayer spacing (0.57 nm) of VS2 generally determines high ion diffusion barrier and large volume variation, resulting in unsatisfactory electrochemical performance of SIBs and PIBs. In this work, flower-like VS2/N-doped carbon (VS2/N-C) with expanded (001) plane is grown on reduced graphene oxide (rGO) via a solvothermal and subsequently carbonization strategy. In the VS2/N-C@rGO nanohybrids, the ultrathin VS2 “ petals” are alternately intercalated by the N-doped porous carbon monolayers to achieve an expanded interlayer spacing (1.02 nm), which can effectively reduce ions diffusion barrier, expose abundant active sites for Na+/K+ intercalation, and tolerate large volume variation. The N-C and rGO carbonous materials can significantly promote the electrical conductivity and structural stability. Benefited from the synergistic effect, the VS2/N-C@rGO electrode exhibits large reversible capacity (Na+: 407 mAh·g−1 at 1 A·g−1; K+: 334 mAh·g−1 at 0.2 A·g−1), high rate capacity (Na+: 273 mAh·g−1 at 8 A·g−1; K+: 186 mAh·g−1 at 5 A·g−1), and remarkable cycling stability (Na+: 316 mAh·g−1 at 2 A·g−1 after 1,400 cycles; K+: 216 mAh·g−1 at 1 A·g−1 after 500 cycles).

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VS2N-doped porous carbongraphene substrateexpanded interlayer spacingsodium-ion batteriespotassium-ion batteries

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Nano Research
Volume 15 Issue 5,
May 2022
Pages 4108-4116
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-021-4060-1
Cite this article:
Sun J, Lian G, Jing L, et al. Assembly of flower-like VS2/N-doped porous carbon with expanded (001) plane on rGO for superior Na-ion and K-ion storage. Nano Research, 2022, 15(5): 4108-4116. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-021-4060-1
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Received: 22 October 2021
Revised: 23 November 2021
Accepted: 08 December 2021
Published: 02 February 2022
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