Two-Dimensional Water-Coupled Metallic MoS₂ with Nanochannels for Ultrafast Supercapacitors

Abstract

MoS 2 is a promising electrode material for energy storage. However, the intrinsic multilayer pure metallic MoS 2 (M-MoS 2 ) has not been investigated for use in supercapacitors. Here, an ultrafast rate supercapacitor with extraordinary capacitance using a multilayer M-MoS 2 –H 2 O system is first investigated. Intrinsic M-MoS 2 with a monolayer of water molecules covering both sides of nanosheets is obtained through a hydrothermal method with water as solvent. The super electrical conductivity of the as-prepared pure M-MoS 2 is beneficial to electron transport for high power supercapacitor. Meanwhile, nanochannels between the layers of M-MoS 2 –H 2 O with a distance of ∼1.18 nm are favorable for increasing the specific space for ion diffusion and enlarging the surface area for ion adsorption. By virtue of this, M-MoS 2 –H 2 O reaches a high capacitance of 380 F/g at a scan rate of 5 mV/s and still maintains 105 F/g at scan rate of 10 V/s. Furthermore, the specific capacitance of the symmetric supercapacitor based on M-MoS 2 –H 2 O electrodes retain a value as high as 249 F/g under 50 mV/s. These findings suggest that multilayered M-MoS 2 –H 2 O system with ion accessible large nanochannels and efficient charge transport provide an efficient energy storage strategy for ultrafast supercapacitors.