Carbon-Coated MOF-Derived Porous SnPS Core-Shell Structure as Superior Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries.

Metal thiophosphites have recently emerged as a hot electrode material system for sodium-ion batteries because of their large theoretical capacity. Nevertheless, the sluggish electrochemical reaction kinetics and drastic volume expansion induced by the low conductivity and inherent conversion-alloying reaction mechanism, require urgent resolution. Herein, a distinctive porous core-shell structure, denoted as SnPS@C, is controllably synthesized by synchronously phosphor-sulfurizing resorcinol-formaldehyde-coated tin metal-organic framework cubes.

Building hybrid structure of monolayered S-depleted Mo-S nanocrystals and 3D graphene towards promising aqueous supercapacitor applications.

Two-dimensional (2D) 1H molybdenum disulfide (1H-MoS) is hard to be directly used in energy storage devices due to its inert basal plane and unfavorable 2D stacking. This work demonstrated how the basal plane of 1H MoSnanocrystals (NCs) can be activated to offer doubled specific capacitance by simple surface S depletions. Building on the expanded graphene with three-dimensional (3D) structures, as-prepared NCs were chemically grafted on the graphene surface to deliver stable energy storage and high capacitance, which overcame above challenges of 1H-MoS.

Regulable in-situ autoredox for anchoring synergistic Ni/NiO nanoparticles on reduced graphene oxide with boosted alkaline electrocatalytic oxygen evolution.

To develop ideal alternatives to noble metal catalysts, transition metal catalysts supported on graphene have been receiving extensive attention in the field of electrochemical energy. In this work, using graphene oxide (GO) and nickel formate as precursors, Ni/NiO synergistic nanoparticles with regulable composition are anchored on reduced graphene oxide (RGO) to prepare Ni/NiO/RGO composite electrocatalysts through in-situ autoredox. Thanks to the synergistic effect of Ni active sites and Ni electron donors, the as-prepared Ni/NiO/RGO catalysts exhibit efficient electrocatalytic oxygen evolution performance in 1.