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Tuning Interface Bridging Between MoSe2 and Three-Dimensional Carbon Framework by Incorporation of MoC Intermediate to Boost Lithium Storage Capability

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-020-00511-4
Jing Chen
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
Yilin Luo
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
Wenchao Zhang
Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronics and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia
Yu Qiao
Energy Interface Technology Group, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1‑1‑1, Umezono, Tsukuba 305‑8568, Japan
Xinxin Cao
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
Xuefang Xie
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
Haoshen Zhou
Energy Interface Technology Group, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1‑1‑1, Umezono, Tsukuba 305‑8568, Japan
Anqiang Pan
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
Shuquan Liang
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Shuquan Liang

lsq@csu.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 12 (2020), Article Number: 171

Abstract

Interface engineering has been widely explored to improve the electrochemical performances of composite electrodes, which governs the interface charge transfer, electron transportation, and structural stability. Herein, MoC is incorporated into MoSe2/C composite as an intermediate phase to alter the bridging between MoSe2- and nitrogen-doped three-dimensional (3D) carbon framework as MoSe2/MoC/N–C connection, which greatly improve the structural stability, electronic conductivity, and interfacial charge transfer. Moreover, the incorporation of MoC into the composites inhibits the overgrowth of MoSe2 nanosheets on the 3D carbon framework, producing much smaller MoSe2 nanodots. The obtained MoSe2 nanodots with fewer layers, rich edge sites, and heteroatom doping ensure the good kinetics to promote pseudo-capacitance contributions. Employing as anode material for lithium-ion batteries, it shows ultralong cycle life (with 90% capacity retention after 5000 cycles at 2 A g−1) and excellent rate capability. Moreover, the constructed LiFePO4//MoSe2/MoC/N–C full cell exhibits over 86% capacity retention at 2 A g−1 after 300 cycles. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the interface engineering by incorporation of MoC as interface bridging intermediate to boost the lithium storage capability, which can be extended as a potential general strategy for the interface engineering of composite materials.


Highlights：


1 MoSe2/MoC/C multiphase boundaries boost ionic transfer kinetics.
2 MoSe2 (5–10 nm) with rich edge sites is uniformly coated in N-doped framework.
3 The obtained MoSe2 nanodots achieved ultralong cycle performance in LIBs and high capacity retention in full cell.

Keywords

Interface engineering Porous carbon framework MoSe2 nanodots MoC Heterostructure Battery
Chen, Jing, Yilin Luo, Wenchao Zhang, Yu Qiao, Xinxin Cao, Xuefang Xie, Haoshen Zhou, Anqiang Pan, and Shuquan Liang. 2020. “Tuning Interface Bridging Between MoSe2 and Three-Dimensional Carbon Framework by Incorporation of MoC Intermediate to Boost Lithium Storage Capability”. Nano-Micro Letters 12 (August):171. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-020-00511-4.
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