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  • Inspired by natural biomineralization, a new microreactor featuring a KCl shell is created through a simple freezing dry process, enhancing the synthesis of nanomaterials at high temperatures.
  • The KCl mesocrystal shell's thermal stability and strength enable the efficient production of transition metal-Se/C nanocomposites in air, achieving high yields and minimal waste.
  • The microreactors promote a controlled reaction environment, resulting in uniformly sized nanomaterials, with the MoS-Se/C composites showcasing impressive performance as electrodes in K-ion batteries and hybrid supercapacitors.

Article Abstract

Inspired by natural biomineralization, a biomineralized microreactor with a mesocrystal KCl shell (BM-KCl-MMs) is made by a facile freezing dry process, exhibiting a good availability for high-temperature solid-state synthesis of nanomaterials. Benefiting from the good thermal stability, stiffness, and mechanical strength of KCl mesocrystal shells, the employment of BM-KCl-MMs in the transition metal (TM)-S-Se system not only realizes for the first time, the production of TMS Se /C nanocomposites in air atmosphere, but also reaches a high reagent-utilization and high yield, as well as minimum wastes. More importantly, based on the soaking effect of the KCl shells, the resultant stable reaction microenvironment inside endows the microreactors with a well-controlled synthesis of nanomaterials with very even size, uniform dispersion, and novel functionalities. As one example, the as-prepared MoS Se /C composites as the electrodes of K-ion batteries and K-ion hybrid supercapacitors deliver the state of the art cycling capability of 248 mAh g at 2 A g after 5000 cycles and an 87.1% capacity retention at 5.0 A g after 20 000 cycles, respectively, demonstrating a significant potential of BM-KCl-MMs on design and synthesis of novel functional nanomaterials.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202101207DOI Listing

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