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Vol. 13 (2021)

MOF-Derived ZnS Nanodots/Ti3C2Tx MXene Hybrids Boosting Superior Lithium Storage Performance

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-021-00728-x
Bin Cao
State Key Laboratory of Organic–Inorganic Composites, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China
Huan Liu
State Key Laboratory of Organic–Inorganic Composites, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China
Xin Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Organic–Inorganic Composites, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China
Peng Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Organic–Inorganic Composites, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China
Qizhen Zhu
State Key Laboratory of Organic–Inorganic Composites, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China
Huiling Du
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710054, People’s Republic of China
Lianli Wang
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710054, People’s Republic of China
Rupeng Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Organic–Inorganic Composites, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China
Bin Xu
State Key Laboratory of Organic–Inorganic Composites, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Bin Xu

xubin@mail.buct.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 13 (2021), Article Number: 202

Abstract

ZnS has great potentials as an anode for lithium storage because of its high theoretical capacity and resource abundance; however, the large volume expansion accompanied with structural collapse and low conductivity of ZnS cause severe capacity fading and inferior rate capability during lithium storage. Herein, 0D-2D ZnS nanodots/Ti3C2Tx MXene hybrids are prepared by anchoring ZnS nanodots on Ti3C2Tx MXene nanosheets through coordination modulation between MXene and MOF precursor (ZIF-8) followed with sulfidation. The MXene substrate coupled with the ZnS nanodots can synergistically accommodate volume variation of ZnS over charge–discharge to realize stable cyclability. As revealed by XPS characterizations and DFT calculations, the strong interfacial interaction between ZnS nanodots and MXene nanosheets can boost fast electron/lithium-ion transfer to achieve excellent electrochemical activity and kinetics for lithium storage. Thereby, the as-prepared ZnS nanodots/MXene hybrid exhibits a high capacity of 726.8 mAh g−1 at 30 mA g−1, superior cyclic stability (462.8 mAh g−1 after 1000 cycles at 0.5 A g−1), and excellent rate performance. The present results provide new insights into the understanding of the lithium storage mechanism of ZnS and the revealing of the effects of interfacial interaction on lithium storage performance enhancement.


Highlights:


1 The unique 0D-2D ZnS nanodots/Ti3C2Tx MXene hybrids with strong interfacial interaction enable to achieve stable cyclability and excellent rate performance for lithium storage.
2 The lithium storage mechanism of ZnS is clarified and new insights into phase transition mechanism are proposed.
3 The strong interfacial interaction between ZnS nanodots and MXene nanosheets at the ZnS-MXene heterointerface exhibits high lithium adsorption capability, enhanced interfacial electron transfer, and low lithium diffusion energy barrier.

Keywords

Ti3C2Tx MXene MOF Interfacial interaction Heterointerface ZnS Lithium-ion batteries
Cao, Bin, Huan Liu, Xin Zhang, Peng Zhang, Qizhen Zhu, Huiling Du, Lianli Wang, Rupeng Zhang, and Bin Xu. 2021. “MOF-Derived ZnS Nanodots/Ti3C2Tx MXene Hybrids Boosting Superior Lithium Storage Performance”. Nano-Micro Letters 13 (September):202. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-021-00728-x.
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