A "Biconcave-Alleviated" Strategy to Construct -Derived Carbon/MoS for Ultrastable Sodium Ion Storage.

Two-dimensional layered materials commonly face hindered electron transfer and poor structure stability, thus limiting their application in high-rate and long-term sodium ion batteries. In the current study, we adopt finite element simulation to guide the rational design of nanostructures. By calculating the von Mises stress distribution of a series of carbon materials, we find that the hollow biconcave structure could effectively alleviate the stress concentration resulting from expansion. Accordingly, we propose a biconcave-alleviated strategy based on the -derived carbon (ANDC) to construct ANDC/MoS with a hollow biconcave structure. The ANDC/MoS is endowed with an excellent long-term cyclability as an anode of sodium ion batteries, delivering a discharge capacity of 496 mAh g after 1000 cycles at 1 A g. A capacity retention rate of 94.5% is achieved, an increase of almost seven times compared with the bare MoS nanosheets. Even at a high current density of 5 A g, a reversible discharge capacity around 400 mAh g is maintained after 300 cycles. ANDC/MoS could also be used for efficient lithium storage. By using TEM, we further reveal that the hollow biconcave structure of ANDC/MoS has enabled stable and fast sodiation/desodiation.