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Molybdenum Oxynitride Atomic Nanoclusters Bonded in Nanosheets of N-Doped Carbon Hierarchical Microspheres for Efficient Sodium Storage

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-022-00893-7
Xiaona Pan
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People’s Republic of China
Baojuan Xi
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People’s Republic of China
Huibing Lu
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People’s Republic of China
Zhengchunyu Zhang
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People’s Republic of China
Xuguang An
School of Mechanical Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, People’s Republic of China
Jie Liu
The State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, People’s Republic of China
Jinkui Feng
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People’s Republic of China
Shenglin Xiong
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Shenglin Xiong

chexsl@sdu.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 14 (2022), Article Number: 163

Abstract

Transition metal nitrides have attracted considerable attention as great potential anode materials due to their excellent metallic conductivity and high theoretical specific capacity. However, their cycling performance is impeded by their instability caused by the reaction mechanism. Herein, we report the engineering and synthesis of a novel hybrid architecture composed of MoO2.0N0.5 atomic nanoclusters bonded in nanosheets of N-doped carbon hierarchical hollow microspheres (MoO2.0N0.5/NC) as an anode material for sodium-ion batteries. The facile self-templating strategy for the synthesis of MoO2.0N0.5/NC involves chemical polymerization and subsequent one-step calcination treatments. The design is beneficial to improve the electrochemical kinetics, buffer the volume variation of electrodes during cycling, and provide more interfacial active sites for sodium uptake. Due to these unique structural and compositional merits, these MoO2.0N0.5/NC exhibits excellent sodium storage performance in terms of superior rate capability and stable long cycle life. The work shows a feasible and effective way to design novel host candidates and solve the long-term cycling stability issues for sodium-ion batteries.


Highlights:


1 MoO2.0N0.5 atomic nanoclusters bonded on nanosheets of N/C hierarchical hollow microsphere are synthesized via a facile self- templating strategy.
2 Introduction of MoO2.0N0.5 atomic nanoclusters benefits the enhancement of electrochemical kinetic.
3 Composite of MoO2.0N0.5/NC shows excellent electrochemical performance as an anode material for sodium-ion batteries.

Keywords

Molybdenum oxynitride Atomic nanocluster Hollow microspheres Sodium-ion batteries
Pan, Xiaona, Baojuan Xi, Huibing Lu, Zhengchunyu Zhang, Xuguang An, Jie Liu, Jinkui Feng, and Shenglin Xiong. 2022. “Molybdenum Oxynitride Atomic Nanoclusters Bonded in Nanosheets of N-Doped Carbon Hierarchical Microspheres for Efficient Sodium Storage”. Nano-Micro Letters 14 (August):163. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-022-00893-7.
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