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Vol. 12 (2020)

Facile Synthesis of FePS3 Nanosheets@MXene Composite as a High-Performance Anode Material for Sodium Storage

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-020-0381-y
Yonghao Ding
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Materials and Technology for Energy Conversion, College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, People’s Republic of China
Yu Chen
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Materials and Technology for Energy Conversion, College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, People’s Republic of China
Na Xu
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Materials and Technology for Energy Conversion, College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, People’s Republic of China
Xintong Lian
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Materials and Technology for Energy Conversion, College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, People’s Republic of China
Linlin Li
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Materials and Technology for Energy Conversion, College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, People’s Republic of China
Yuxiang Hu
Nanomaterials Centre, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, and School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Shengjie Peng
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Materials and Technology for Energy Conversion, College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Shengjie Peng

pengshengjie@nuaa.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 12 (2020), Article Number: 54

Abstract

Searching for advanced anode materials with excellent electrochemical properties in sodium-ion battery is essential and imperative for next-generation energy storage system to solve the energy shortage problem. In this work, two-dimensional (2D) ultrathin FePS3 nanosheets, a typical ternary metal phosphosulfide, are first prepared by ultrasonic exfoliation. The novel 2D/2D heterojunction of FePS3 nanosheets@MXene composite is then successfully synthesized by in situ mixing ultrathin MXene nanosheets with FePS3 nanosheets. The resultant FePS3 nanosheets@MXene hybrids can increase the electronic conductivity and specific surface area, assuring excellent surface and interfacial charge transfer abilities. Furthermore, the unique heterojunction endows FePS3 nanosheets@MXene composite to promote the diffusion of Na+ and alleviate the drastic change in volume in the cyclic process, enhancing the sodium storage capability. Consequently, the few-layered FePS3 nanosheets uniformly coated by ultrathin MXene provide an exceptional reversible capacity of 676.1 mAh g−1 at the current of 100 mA g−1 after 90 cycles, which is equivalent to around 90.6% of the second-cycle capacity (746.4 mAh g−1). This work provides an original protocol for constructing 2D/2D material and demonstrates the FePS3@MXene composite as a potential anode material with excellent property for sodium-ion batteries.


Highlights:


1 Few-layered FePS3 nanosheets and ultrathin MXene are obtained by liquid ultrasonic exfoliation.
2 The novel 2D/2D heterojunction of FePS3 nanosheets@MXene composite is synthesized by in situ mixing MXene ultrathin nanosheets with FePS3 nanosheets.
3 Such unique nanostructure can promote rapid reaction kinetics, prevents electrode pulverization and agglomeration for the volume expansion, and provides the pseudocapacitive contribution.

Keywords

Anode Composite FePS3 nanosheets MXene Sodium-ion battery
Ding, Yonghao, Yu Chen, Na Xu, Xintong Lian, Linlin Li, Yuxiang Hu, and Shengjie Peng. 2020. “Facile Synthesis of FePS3 Nanosheets@MXene Composite As a High-Performance Anode Material for Sodium Storage”. Nano-Micro Letters 12 (February):54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-020-0381-y.
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