Extremely Weak van der Waals Coupling in Vertical ReS2 Nanowalls for High-Current-Density Lithium-Ion Batteries

Qin Zhang; Shuangjie Tan; Rafael G Mendes; Zhongti Sun; Yongting Chen; Xin Kong; Yinghui Xue; Mark H Rümmeli; Xiaojun Wu; Shengli Chen; Lei Fu

doi:10.1002/adma.201505498

Extremely Weak van der Waals Coupling in Vertical ReS2 Nanowalls for High-Current-Density Lithium-Ion Batteries

Adv Mater. 2016 Apr 6;28(13):2616-23. doi: 10.1002/adma.201505498. Epub 2016 Jan 28.

Authors

Qin Zhang¹, Shuangjie Tan¹, Rafael G Mendes², Zhongti Sun³, Yongting Chen¹, Xin Kong¹, Yinghui Xue¹, Mark H Rümmeli², Xiaojun Wu³, Shengli Chen¹, Lei Fu^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ College of Chemistry and Molecular Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China.
² IFW Dresden, P. O. Box 270116, 01069, Dresden, Germany.
³ School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China.
⁴ Institute for Advanced Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China.

PMID: 26822853
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201505498

Abstract

The synthesis of vertical ReS2 nanowalls on 3D graphene foam (V-ReS2 /3DGF) is demonstrated by a chemical vapor deposition route. The vertical nanowall structure leads to an effective exposure of active sites and enhances the lithium interaction with all of the layers. When serving as the anode material for lithium-ion batteries, the V-ReS2 /3DGF composite demonstrates excellent cycling stability at high-current-density.

Keywords: ReS2; high-current density; lithium-ion batteries; nanowalls; van der Waals intercalation.