A novel pre-sodiation strategy for MoS2 anodes: enhancing cycle stability in sodium-ion batteries
摘要
MoS2 possesses a high theoretical capacity and distinctive structure, but its practical application in batteries is hindered by structural instability and slow ion diffusion. In this study, a pre-sodiation strategy using a simple water/ethanol solvent system combined with thermal annealing is proposed, in which Na2CO3 acts as the sodium source. Compared to MoS2, NaMoS2-8 has superior cycle stability. After 100 cycles at 0.1 A g−1, the NaMoS2-8 half-cell retained 85% of its capacity (decreasing from 121 to 103.5 mAh g−1), a significantly slower fade than the MoS2 half-cell, which retained only 36% (from 91.5 to 32.9 mAh g−1). Furthermore, full cells were assembled and tested, using NaMoS2-8 and Na3V2(PO4)3 (NVP) as the electrode materials. After 100 cycles, the specific capacities of the full cell were 60.3 mAh g−1 (NaMoS2-8) and 30.4 mAh g−1 (MoS2), respectively. The improved performance of NaMoS2-8 is attributed to the pre-sodiation, which compensates for irreversible capacity loss and mitigates volume expansion by introducing additional sodium into MoS2 structure beforehand. This research provides new perspectives on the production and application of NaMoS2 for future research.