Construction and Energy Storage Properties of WS<sub>2</sub> Nanostructures

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Abstract In response to the market's huge demand for high-performance lithium storage and sodium storage anode materials, and in order to solve the key limitations of metal sulfides, a series of tungsten sulfides with different morphology and nanostructures such as nanorods, nanoblocks and microspheres are designed and successfully developed. The experimental results indicate that WS₂ nanorods show a better energy storage performance than WS₂ nanoblocks and microspheres, due to the larger specific surface area, short diffusion distance and better crystallinity. Furthermore, a layer of graphene is coated on the surface of WS₂ nanorods as a modification layer by freeze-drying method. As a results, the structural stability and rate capability of the as-prepared graphene@WS₂ nanorods composites are effectively improved. Therefore, sodium-ion storage capacity of as-prepared graphene@WS₂ nanorods composites is still maintained at 65.9 mAh·g^-1 after being cycled at 500 mA·g^-1 for 500 cycles. And the corresponding lithium-ion storage capacity can be maintained at 288.3 mAh·g^-1 after being cycled at 1 000 mA·g^-1 for 500 cycles.

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	Bai Ling
	Fang Yanwu
	Gu Xiaotian
	Cai Yuqing
	Zhang Chenyu
	Zhang Encong
	Yu Xuezhi
	Gao Chenchen
	Zhang Meng
	Huang Zhendong

Keywords： tungsten disulfides； graphene； nanowires； nanoblocks； nanostructured microspheres； energy storage performance

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Bai Ling, Fang Yanwu, Gu Xiaotian, Cai Yuqing, Zhang Chenyu, Zhang Encong, Yu Xuezhi, Gao Chenchen, Zhang Meng, Huang Zhendong.Construction and Energy Storage Properties of WS₂ Nanostructures[J] Chemcial Industry and Engineering, 2020,V37(1): 58-68

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