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Vol. 15 (2023)

Anion Defects Engineering of Ternary Nb-Based Chalcogenide Anodes Toward High-Performance Sodium-Based Dual-Ion Batteries

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01070-0
Yangjie Liu
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, People’s Republic of China
Min Qiu
CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials and Techniques Toward Hydrogen Energy, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, People’s Republic of China
Xiang Hu
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, People’s Republic of China
Jun Yuan
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, People’s Republic of China
Weilu Liao
CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials and Techniques Toward Hydrogen Energy, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, People’s Republic of China
Liangmei Sheng
State Key Laboratory of Space Power‑Sources Technology, Shanghai Institute of Space Power Sources, 2965 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200245, People’s Republic of China
Yuhua Chen
State Key Laboratory of Space Power‑Sources Technology, Shanghai Institute of Space Power Sources, 2965 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200245, People’s Republic of China
Yongmin Wu
State Key Laboratory of Space Power‑Sources Technology, Shanghai Institute of Space Power Sources, 2965 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200245, People’s Republic of China
Hongbing Zhan
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, People’s Republic of China
Zhenhai Wen
CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials and Techniques Toward Hydrogen Energy, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Zhenhai Wen

wen@fjirsm.ac.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 15 (2023), Article Number: 104

Abstract

Sodium-based dual-ion batteries (SDIBs) have gained tremendous attention due to their virtues of high operating voltage and low cost, yet it remains a tough challenge for the development of ideal anode material of SDIBs featuring with high kinetics and long durability. Herein, we report the design and fabrication of N-doped carbon film-modified niobium sulfur–selenium (NbSSe/NC) nanosheets architecture, which holds favorable merits for Na+ storage of enlarged interlayer space, improved electrical conductivity, as well as enhanced reaction reversibility, endowing it with high capacity, high-rate capability and high cycling stability. The combined electrochemical studies with density functional theory calculation reveal that the enriched defects in such nanosheets architecture can benefit for facilitating charge transfer and Na+ adsorption to speed the electrochemical kinetics. The NbSSe/NC composites are studied as the anode of a full SDIBs by pairing the expanded graphite as cathode, which shows an impressively cyclic durability with negligible capacity attenuation over 1000 cycles at 0.5 A g−1, as well as an outstanding energy density of 230.6 Wh kg−1 based on the total mass of anode and cathode.


Highlights:


1 We developed an efficient and extensible strategy to produce the single-phase ternary NbSSe nanohybrids with defect-enrich microstructure.
2 The anionic-Se doping play a key role in effectively modulating the electronic structure and surface chemistry of NbS2 phase, including the increased interlayers distance (0.65 nm), the enhanced intrinsic electrical conductivity (3.23 × 103 S m-1) and extra electroactive defect sites.
3 The NbSSe/NC composite as anode exhibits rapid Na+ diffusion kinetics and increased capacitance behavior for Na+ storage, resulting in high reversible capacity and excellent cycling stability.

Keywords

NbSSe Sodium-based dual-ion battery Anode Nanosheets architecture Anion defects engineering
Liu, Yangjie, Min Qiu, Xiang Hu, Jun Yuan, Weilu Liao, Liangmei Sheng, Yuhua Chen, Yongmin Wu, Hongbing Zhan, and Zhenhai Wen. 2023. “Anion Defects Engineering of Ternary Nb-Based Chalcogenide Anodes Toward High-Performance Sodium-Based Dual-Ion Batteries”. Nano-Micro Letters 15 (April):104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01070-0.
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