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Zhang D, Shao Y, Wang J, Li Z, Wang Q, Sun H, Sun Q, Wang B. Cobalt-Mediated Defect Engineering Endows High Reversible Amorphous VS 4 Anode for Advanced Sodium-Ion Storage. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2309901. [PMID: 38299768 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202309901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 01/13/2024] [Indexed: 02/02/2024]
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Metal sulfides are promising anode materials for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) due to their structural diversity and high theoretical capacity, but the severe capacity decay and inferior rate capability caused by poor structural stability and sluggish kinetics impede their practical applications. Herein, a cobalt-doped amorphous VS4 wrapped by reduced graphene oxide (i.e., Co0.5-VS4/rGO) is developed through a Co-induced defect engineering strategy to boost the kinetics performances. The as-prepared Co0.5-VS4/rGO demonstrates excellent rate capacities over 10 A g-1 and superior cycling stability at 5 A g-1 over 1600 cycles, which is attributed to the defects formed by Co doping, the formed amorphous structure and the robust rGO substrate. The great features of Co0.5-VS4/rGO anode are further confirmed in sodium-ion capacitors when the active carbon cathode is used. Additionally, the relationships between metal doping, the derived defects, the amorphous structure, and the sodium storage of VS4 are uncovered. This work provides deep insights into preparing amorphous functional materials and also probes the potential applications of metal sulfide-based electrode materials for advanced batteries.
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- Di Zhang
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Flexible Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Flexible Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China
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- Centre for Ionics, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Flexible Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Flexible Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Flexible Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Flexible Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Flexible Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China
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Zhang X, Tu X, Liu Y, Zhu Y, Zhang J, Wang J, Shi R, Li L. Morphology Engineering of VS 4 Microspheres as High-Performance Cathodes for Hybrid Mg 2+/Li + Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:37442-37453. [PMID: 37494549 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c06471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/28/2023]
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V-based sulfides are considered as potential cathode materials for Mg2+/Li+ hybrid ion batteries (MLIBs) due to their high theoretical specific capacities, unique crystal structure, and flexible valence adjustability. However, the formation of irreversible polysulfides, poor cycling performance, and severe structural collapse at high current densities impede their further development. Herein, VS4 microspheres with various controllable nanoarchitectures were successfully constructed via a facile solvothermal method by adjusting the amount of hydrochloric acid and were used as cathode materials for MLIBs. The VS4 microsphere self-assembled by bundles of paralleled-nanorods and some intersected-nanorods (VS4@NC-5) exhibits an outstanding initial discharge capacity of 805.4 mAh g-1 at 50 mA g-1 that is maintained at 259.1 mAh g-1 after 70 cycles. Moreover, the VS4@NC-5 cathode can deliver a superior rate capability (146.1 mAh g-1 at 2000 mA g-1) and ultralong cycling life (134.5 mAh g-1 at 2000 mA g-1 after 2000 cycles). The extraordinary electrochemical performance of VS4@NC-5 could be attributed to its special multi-hierarchical microsphere structure and the formation of N-doped carbon layers and V-C bonds, resulting in unobstructed ion diffusion channels, multidimensional electron transfer pathways, and enhancements of electrical conductivity and structure stability. Furthermore, the electrochemical reaction mechanism and phase conversion behavior of the VS4@NC-5 cathode at various states are investigated by a series of ex situ characterization methods. The VS4 well-designed through morphological engineering in this work can pave a way to explore more sulfides with high-rate performance and long cycling stability for energy storage devices.
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- Xu Zhang
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, PR. China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, PR. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, PR. China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, PR. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, PR. China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, PR. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, PR. China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, PR. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, PR. China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, PR. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, PR. China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, PR. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, PR. China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, PR. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, PR. China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, PR. China
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Wang J, Zhang D, Li Z, Wang Q, Wang H, Woo H, Ramesh S, Shao Y, Wang B. Constructing VS4/Nb2O5/GO composite to facilitate rapid Na+ transport with internal and external synergy. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Yang D, Zhang S, Yu P, Cheng S, Yuan Z, Jiang Y, Sun W, Pan H, Feng Y, Rui X, Yu Y. Structure Engineering of Vanadium Tetrasulfides for High-Capacity and High-Rate Sodium Storage. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2107058. [PMID: 35191166 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202107058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Revised: 12/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Structure engineering of electrode materials can significantly improve the life cycle and rate capability of the sodium-ion battery (SIB), yet remains a challenging task due to the lack of an effective synthetic strategy. Herein, the microstructure of VS4 hollow spheres is successfully engineered through a facile hydrothermal method. The hollow VS4 microspheres possess rich porosity and are covered with 2D ultrathin nanosheets on the surface. The finite element simulation (FES) reveals that such heterostructures can effectively relieve the stress induced by the sodiation and thereby enhance the structural integrity. The SIB with the hollow VS4 microspheres as anode displays impressively high specific capacity, excellent stability upon ultra-long cycling, and extraordinary rate capacity, e.g., a reversible capacity of ≈378 mA h g-1 at ultra-high 10 A g-1 , while retaining 73.2% capacity after 1000 cycles. The Na storage mechanism is also elucidated through in situ/ex situ characterizations. Moreover, the hollow VS4 microspheres demonstrate reliable rate performance at a low temperature of -40 °C (e.g., the capacity is ≈163 mA h g-1 at 2 A g-1 ). This work provides novel insights toward high-performance SIBs.
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- Dan Yang
- School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, 710021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Mold (Ministry of Education), Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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Dong Y, Zhang R, Peng H, Han D, Zheng X, Han Y, Zhang J. Active Sulfur-Host Material VS 4 with Surface Defect Engineering: Intercalation-Conversion Hybrid Cathode Boosting Electrochemical Performance of Li-S Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:32474-32485. [PMID: 35802905 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c06067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Transition-metal sulfides as late-model electrocatalysts usually remain inactive in lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries in spite of their advantages to accelerate the rapid conversion of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs). Herein, a series of cobalt-doped vanadium tetrasulfide/reduced graphene oxide (x%Co-VS4/rGO) composites with an ultrathin layered structure as an active sulfur-host material are prepared by a one-pot hydrothermal method. The well-designed two-dimensional ultrathin 3%Co-VS4/rGO with heteroatom architecture defects (defect of Co-doping and defect of S-vacancies) can significantly improve the adsorption ability on LiPSs, the electrocatalytic activity in the Li2S potentiostatic deposition, and the active sulfur reduction/oxidation conversion reactions and greatly boost the electrochemical performances of Li-S batteries. On the one hand, the ultrathin 3%Co-VS4/rGO possesses good conductivity inheriting from rGO which contributes to the capacity of internal redox reactions on lithiation from VS4. On the other hand, the hybrid architectures provide strong adsorption and excellent electrocatalytic ability on LiPSs, which benefit from the surface defects caused by heteroatom doping. The S@3%Co-VS4/rGO cathode displays a high specific capacity of 1332.6 mA h g-1 at 0.2 C and a low-capacity decay of only 0.05% per cycle over 1000 cycles at 3 C with a primary capacity of 633.1 mA h g-1. Furthermore, when the sulfur loading (single-side coating) reaches 4.48 mg cm-2, it still can deliver 756.2 mA h g-1 after the 100th cycle at 0.2 C with 89.5% capacity retention. In addition, the in situ X-ray diffraction test reveals that the sulfur conversion mechanism is the processes of α-S8 → Li2S → β-S8 (first cycle) and then β-S8 ↔ Li2S during the subsequent cycles. The designing strategy with heteroatom doping and self-intercalation capacity adopted in this work would provide novel inspiration for fabricating advanced sulfur-host materials to achieve excellent electrochemical capability in Li-S batteries.
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- Yutao Dong
- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China
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- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, China
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- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, China
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- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China
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Yao K, Wu M, Chen D, Liu C, Xu C, Yang D, Yao H, Liu L, Zheng Y, Rui X. Vanadium Tetrasulfide for Next-Generation Rechargeable Batteries: Advances and Challenges. CHEM REC 2022; 22:e202200117. [PMID: 35789529 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202200117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Revised: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Alkali metal-ion batteries (SIBs and PIBs) and multivalent metal-ion batteries (ZIBs, MIBs, and AIBs), among the next-generation rechargeable batteries, are deemed appealing alternatives to lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) because of their cost competitiveness. Improving the electrochemical properties of electrode materials can greatly accelerate the pace of development in battery systems to cover the increasing demands of realistic applications. Vanadium tetrasulfide (VS4 ) is known as a prospective electrode material due to its unique one-dimensional atomic chain structure with a large chain spacing, weak interactions between adjacent chains, and high sulfur content. This review summarizes the synthetic strategies and recent advances of VS4 as cathodes/anodes for rechargeable batteries. Meanwhile, we describe the structural characteristics and electrochemical properties of VS4 . And we describe in detail its specific applications in batteries such as SIBs, PIBs, ZIBs, MIBs, and AIBs as well as modification strategies. Finally, the opportunities and challenges of VS4 in the domain of energy research are described.
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- Kaitong Yao
- School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Chemical Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Jianghan University, Wuhan, 430056, China
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- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Shandong Polytechnic College, Jining, 272067, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Chemical Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Jianghan University, Wuhan, 430056, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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Facile self-assembly of carbon-free vanadium sulfide nanosheet for stable and high-rate lithium-ion storage. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 607:145-152. [PMID: 34500415 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.08.192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2021] [Revised: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Metal sulfides are recognized as potential candidates for the anode materials of lithium ion batteries (LIBs) because of their high theoretical capacity. However, the low reaction kinetics of metal sulfides leads to their poor cycle life and rate performance, which limits their practical application in the field of energy storage. In this work, we synthesized a self-assembled carbon-free vanadium sulfide (V3S4) nanosheet via a facile and efficient method. The unique mesoporous nanostructure of V3S4 can not only accelerate the migration of ions/electrons, but also alleviate the volume expansion during the lithium ion insertion/extraction process. When used as the anode material of LIBs, the carbon-free V3S4 electrode exhibits remarkable electrochemical performance with ultra-high charge capacity (1099.3 mAh g-1 at 0.1 A g-1), superior rate capability (668.8 mAh g-1 at 2 A g-1 and 588.8 mAh g-1 at 5 A g-1) and impressive cycling ability (369.6 mAh g-1 after 200 cycles at 10 A g -1), which is very competitive compared with those of most metal sulfides-based anode materials reported so far. The strategy in this work provides inspiration for the rational design of advanced nanostructured electrode materials for energy storage devices.
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Yang F, Zhong W, Ren M, Liu W, Li M, Li G, Su L. Poplar flower-like nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube@VS4 composites with excellent sodium storage performance. Inorg Chem Front 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0qi00985g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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As a new anode material for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), VS4 shows impressive energy storage potential due to its unique one-dimensional parallel chain structure, large chain spacing and high sulfur content.
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- Fei Yang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Qilu University of Technology (ShandongAcademy of Sciences)
- Jinan 250353
- PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Qilu University of Technology (ShandongAcademy of Sciences)
- Jinan 250353
- PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Qilu University of Technology (ShandongAcademy of Sciences)
- Jinan 250353
- PR China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education)
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Qilu University of Technology (ShandongAcademy of Sciences)
- Jinan 250353
- PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Qilu University of Technology (ShandongAcademy of Sciences)
- Jinan 250353
- PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Qilu University of Technology (ShandongAcademy of Sciences)
- Jinan 250353
- PR China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry-Synthesis Technology
- College of Chemical Engineering
- Zhejiang University of Technology
- Hangzhou 310014
- PR China
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