Author(s): Cao, Junming; Wang, Lili; Li, Dongdong; Yuan, Zeyu; Xu, Hao; Li, Junzhi; Chen, Ruoyu; Shulga, Valerii; Shen, Guozhen; Han, Wei

Source: ADVANCED MATERIALS Article Number: 2101535 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202101535 Published:

Abstract: Owing to their cost-effectiveness and high energy density, sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) and potassium-ion batteries (PIBs) are becoming the leading candidates for the next-generation energy-storage devices replacing lithium-ion batteries. In this work, a novel Fex-1Sex heterostructure is prepared on fungus-derived carbon matrix encapsulated by 2D Ti3C2Tx MXene highly conductive layers, which exhibits high specific sodium ion (Na+) and potassium ion (K+) storage capacities of 610.9 and 449.3 mAh g(-1) at a current density of 0.1 A g(-1), respectively, and excellent capacity retention at high charge-discharge rates. MXene acts as conductive layers to prevent the restacking and aggregation of Fex-1Sex sheets on fungus-derived carbonaceous nanoribbons, while the natural fungus functions as natural nitrogen/carbon source to provide bionic nanofiber network structural skeleton, providing additional accessible pathways for the high-rate ion transport and satisfying surface-driven contribution ratios at high sweep rates for both Na/K ions storages. In addition, in situ synchrotron diffraction and ex situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements are performed to reveal the mechanisms of storage and de-/alloying conversion process of Na+ in the Fex-1Sex/MXene/carbonaceous nanoribbon heterostructure. As a result, the assembled Na/K full cells containing MXene-supported Fex-1Sex@carbonaceous anodes possess stable large-ion storage capabilities.

Accession Number: WOS:000674497600001

ISSN: 0935-9648

eISSN: 1521-4095

Full Text: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202101535