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Scalable production of self-supported WS2/CNFs by electrospinning as the anode for high-performance lithium-ion batteries

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WS2/carbon nanofibers (WS2/CNFs) are obtained by a simple electrospinning method in which few-/single-layer WS2 is uniformly embedded in carbon fibers. When used as the active anode material for Li-ion cells, these nanofibers exhibit a first-cycle discharge/charge capacity of 941/756 mAh/g at 100 mA/g and maintain a capacity of 458 mAh/g after 100 cycles at 1 A/g. The evolution of size and crystallinity of WS2 with heating treatment are systematically studied, which are found to strongly influence the final electrochemical performance. Interestingly, the WS2 samples of lowest crystallinity show the highest performance among all studied samples, which could result from the large interfacial capacity for Li ions due to their large specific surface area. More interestingly, the inherent flexible attribute of electrospun nanofibers renders them a great potential in the utilization of binder-free anodes. Similar high discharge/charge capacity of 761/604 mAh/g with a first coulombic efficiency of 79.4 % has been achieved in these binder-free anodes. Considering the universal of such simple and scalable preparation strategy, it is very likely to extend this method to other similar two-dimensional layered materials besides WS2 and provides a promising candidate electrode for develo** flexible battery devices.

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利用静电纺丝技术制备出少层或单层的WS2纳米片与碳纤维均匀混合的复合材料。该材料表现出优异的锂电性能,在100 mA/g的电流密度下,首次充放电比容量高达941/756 mAh/g。系统地研究了WS2的结晶程度对其电化学性能的影响,发现结晶度越低,材料的锂电性能越好,这可能是由于低结晶性的WS2拥有更大的比表面积,可为锂离子提供了更多的界面储存位点。这种静电纺丝制备的WS2/碳纤维薄膜具有良好的柔韧性,可以直接作为自支撑的负极电极膜使用,并表现出良好的电化学性能。

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2015CB932600), the National Nature Science Foundation of China (21571073 and 51302099), the Program for HUST Interdisciplinary Innovation Team, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central University, and Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-13-0227). We thank the Analytical and Testing Center of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

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    Zhou, S., Chen, J., Gan, L. et al. Scalable production of self-supported WS2/CNFs by electrospinning as the anode for high-performance lithium-ion batteries. Sci. Bull. 61, 227–235 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-015-0992-8

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