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Reduced graphene oxide decorated amorphous NiS2 nanosheets as high-performance anode materials for enhanced sodium-ion hybrid capacitors

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Sodium-ion hybrid capacitors (SICs) combined two advantages of decent specific power of supercapacitors and specific energy of batteries have drawn much attention. Nevertheless, preparing suitable anodes for SICs is currently a main challenge due to that the large Na+ radius that will lead to a terrible volume expansion and sluggish reaction kinetics. To solve the above issues, we meticulously prepare reduced graphene oxide supporting amorphous NiS2 nanosheets (NiS2/rGO) composite by hydrothermal method. When used as anodes for sodium-ion battery, NiS2/rGO exhibits excellent specific capacity of 343.9 mA h g−1 at 0.1 A g−1 after 50 cycles. The structural evolution and pseudocapacitive contribution are analyzed through ex-situ XRD and CV analysis techniques. Simultaneously, the SICs assembled with biomass-derived porous carbon cathodes and NiS2/rGO anodes display superior specific energy and power with excellent cycling stability. Therefore, NiS2/rGO composite based on amorphous structure is a promising anode to promote the commercialization process of SICs.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51971104, 51762031).

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Xu, YG., Liu, J. & Kong, LB. Reduced graphene oxide decorated amorphous NiS2 nanosheets as high-performance anode materials for enhanced sodium-ion hybrid capacitors. Ionics 27, 3315–3325 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-021-04117-7

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