Three-Dimensional Porous Graphene Supported MoS Nanoflower Prepared by a Facile Solvothermal Method with Excellent Rate Performance and Sodium-Ion Storage.

Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), as a supplement of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), are attracting intensive research interest due to their low cost and abundance. Molybdenum disulfide (MoS) is regarded as a suitable candidates for SIBs electrode materials, which suffer from prominent volume expansion and poor conductivity. In this study, three-dimensional porous graphene composites loaded with MoS were prepared via a facile two-step method. The MoS nanoflower particles were uniformly dispersed within the layered graphene matrix, and a three-dimensional porous graphene supported MoS nanoflower battery (MoS/3DG) was demonstrated to have superior performance to that of the pristine pure MoS nanoflower battery. At a current density of 100 mA/g, the MoS/3DG delivered a reversible capacity of 420 mAh/g. What is more, it yielded a reversible specific capacity of 310 mAh/g at 2 A/g, showing an excellent rate of 73.8%. The excellent performance of the novel MoS/3DG composite are attributed to the promoted infiltration of electrolytes and the hindered volume expansion for the porous structure, good conductivity, and robust mechanical properties of graphene.