Construction of Bimetallic Selenides Encapsulated in Nitrogen/Sulfur Co‐Doped Hollow Carbon Nanospheres for High‐Performance Sodium/Potassium‐Ion Half/Full Batteries

• Published in: Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) Vol. 16; no. 19; pp. e1907670 - n/a
• Main Authors: Sun, Zhonghui, Wu, Xing‐Long, Xu, Jianan, Qu, Dongyang, Zhao, Bolin, Gu, Zhenyi, Li, Wenhao, Liang, Haojie, Gao, Lifang, Fan, Yingying, Zhou, Kai, Han, Dongxue, Gan, Shiyu, Zhang, Yuwei, Niu, Li
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2020
• Subjects: Anodes; bimetallic selenides; Bimetals; Carbon; Electrode materials; Electrodes; Encapsulation; Energy storage; full cells; Graphene; Nanospheres; Nanotechnology; Phase transitions; potassium‐ion batteries; Raman spectroscopy; Reaction kinetics; Reaction mechanisms; Selenides; Sodium; sodium‐ion batteries; Storage batteries; Sulfur; sodium-ion batteries; bimetallic selenides; potassium-ion batteries; full cells
• ISSN: 1613-6810; 1613-6829; 1613-6829
• DOI: 10.1002/smll.201907670

Metallic selenides have been widely investigated as promising electrode materials for metal‐ion batteries based on their relatively high theoretical capacity. However, rapid capacity decay and structural collapse resulting from the larger‐sized Na+/K+ greatly hamper their application. Herein, a bimetallic selenide (MoSe2/CoSe2) encapsulated in nitrogen, sulfur‐codoped hollow carbon nanospheres interconnected reduced graphene oxide nanosheets (rGO@MCSe) are successfully designed as advanced anode materials for Na/K‐ion batteries. As expected, the significant pseudocapacitive charge storage behavior substantially contributes to superior rate capability. Specifically, it achieves a high reversible specific capacity of 311 mAh g−1 at 10 A g−1 in NIBs and 310 mAh g−1 at 5 A g−1 in KIBs. A combination of ex situ X‐ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy tests reveals the phase transition of rGO@MCSe in NIBs/KIBs. Unexpectedly, they show quite different Na+/K+ insertion/extraction reaction mechanisms for both cells, maybe due to more sluggish K+ diffusion kinetics than that of Na+. More significantly, it shows excellent energy storage properties in Na/K‐ion full cells when coupled with Na3V2(PO4)2O2F and PTCDA@450 °C cathodes. This work offers an advanced electrode construction guidance for the development of high‐performance energy storage devices. Bimetallic selenides (MoSe2/CoSe2) encapsulated in nitrogen, sulfur‐codoped hollow carbon nanospheres interconnected reduced graphene oxide nanosheets (rGO@MCSe) are successfully designed as advanced anode materials for Na/K‐ion batteries, which exhibit excellent electrochemical performance and great potential for practical applications.