ACS Nano,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
16(4), P. 5103 - 5130
Published: April 4, 2022
Room-temperature
sodium–sulfur
(RT
Na–S)
batteries
are
considered
to
be
a
competitive
electrochemical
energy
storage
system,
due
their
advantages
in
abundant
natural
reserves,
inexpensive
materials,
and
superb
theoretical
density.
Nevertheless,
RT
Na–S
suffer
from
series
of
critical
challenges,
especially
on
the
S
cathode
side,
including
insulating
nature
its
discharge
products,
volumetric
fluctuation
species
during
(de)sodiation
process,
shuttle
effect
soluble
sodium
polysulfides,
sluggish
conversion
kinetics.
Recent
studies
have
shown
that
nanostructural
designs
S-based
materials
can
greatly
contribute
alleviating
aforementioned
issues
via
unique
physicochemical
properties
architectural
features.
In
this
review,
we
review
frontier
advancements
nanostructure
engineering
strategies
for
past
decade.
Our
emphasis
is
focused
delicate
highly
efficient
design
material
nanostructures
as
well
interactions
component–structure–property
at
nanosize
level.
We
also
present
our
prospects
toward
further
functional
applications
nanostructured
point
out
some
potential
developmental
directions.
Nanoscale,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
13(47), P. 19740 - 19770
Published: Jan. 1, 2021
This
review
highlights
the
synthesis
strategy,
surface/heterointerface
engineering,
and
potential
applications
of
hierarchical
MXene/TMC
heterostructures.
Small,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
18(17)
Published: Jan. 30, 2022
Abstract
As
nanomaterials
are
becoming
a
key
component
in
various
electronics,
2D
emerging
and
attracting
tremendous
attention
the
scientific
community
due
to
their
unique
physical,
chemical,
structural
properties.
In
recent
years,
new
family
of
carbides
nitrides,
known
as
MXenes,
has
become
center
for
many
electrochemical
energy
storage
conversion
systems.
While
nitride
MXenes
have
some
publications
centered
around
them,
overwhelming
majority
revolve
carbide
direct
application
systems
without
understanding
underlying
mechanism
behind
performance.
The
lack
both
these
fields,
nitrides
mechanistic
understanding,
causes
major
stopgap
MXene
research
needs
be
remedied
order
truly
utilize
potential
future
electronics
this
work,
limited
works
on
applications
situ/operando
characterization
techniques
mechanisms
reviewed,
progress
remaining
challenges
fields
identified,
recommendations
how
circumvent
limitations
provided,
finally,
directions
that
must
performed
advance
field
proposed.
ACS Nano,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
16(4), P. 5103 - 5130
Published: April 4, 2022
Room-temperature
sodium–sulfur
(RT
Na–S)
batteries
are
considered
to
be
a
competitive
electrochemical
energy
storage
system,
due
their
advantages
in
abundant
natural
reserves,
inexpensive
materials,
and
superb
theoretical
density.
Nevertheless,
RT
Na–S
suffer
from
series
of
critical
challenges,
especially
on
the
S
cathode
side,
including
insulating
nature
its
discharge
products,
volumetric
fluctuation
species
during
(de)sodiation
process,
shuttle
effect
soluble
sodium
polysulfides,
sluggish
conversion
kinetics.
Recent
studies
have
shown
that
nanostructural
designs
S-based
materials
can
greatly
contribute
alleviating
aforementioned
issues
via
unique
physicochemical
properties
architectural
features.
In
this
review,
we
review
frontier
advancements
nanostructure
engineering
strategies
for
past
decade.
Our
emphasis
is
focused
delicate
highly
efficient
design
material
nanostructures
as
well
interactions
component–structure–property
at
nanosize
level.
We
also
present
our
prospects
toward
further
functional
applications
nanostructured
point
out
some
potential
developmental
directions.
