Dong Mao , Yifan Fu , Junjie Ba , Junpeng Li , Xiuxiu Yin , Chunzhong Wang , Yingjin Wei , Yizhan Wang
{"title":"Synergistic vanadium carbide/oxide heterostructures within layered carbon for enhanced lithium–sulfur battery performance","authors":"Dong Mao , Yifan Fu , Junjie Ba , Junpeng Li , Xiuxiu Yin , Chunzhong Wang , Yingjin Wei , Yizhan Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137646","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137646","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries hold great promise due to their high theoretical energy density, but their practical application is impeded by the insulating nature of sulfur and the shuttle effect of soluble lithium polysulfides. Herein, we report the synthesis of vanadium carbide/oxide heterostructures embedded in a two-dimensional carbon matrix (VC/V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>@C) through a facile topological transformation strategy to address these challenges. The synergistic heterostructure combines strong polysulfide adsorption capability with excellent redox activity. In situ Raman spectroscopy reveals that the VC/V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>@C composite significantly accelerates polysulfide conversion and suppresses the shuttle effect. As a result, Li–S batteries utilizing VC/V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>@C exhibit a high discharge specific capacity of 1281 mAh g<sup>−1</sup> at 0.5 C and excellent cycling stability with a low capacity decay rate of 0.045 % per cycle (1200 cycles) at 1 C. Even under high sulfur loading and lean electrolyte conditions, impressive areal capacities are achieved. This work demonstrates a novel approach to enhancing Li–S battery performance through synergistic heterostructure design.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":351,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"693 ","pages":"Article 137646"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143855475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ternary composite of unzipped multiwalled carbon nanotubes (curved graphenes) for next-generation capatteries","authors":"V.P. Aswathi, P.B. Sreeja","doi":"10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137637","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137637","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Polyaniline (PANI) and Nickel ferrite (NiFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>) based hybrid materials have garnered significant interest in energy storage applications because of their exceptional electrical conductivity, redox properties, and structural stability. In this study, a hybrid ternary composite combining UzMWCNT with NiFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> and PANI (UzMWCNT/NiFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>/PANI) is successfully synthesized using a two-step synthesis method involving hydrothermal and in-situ polymerization, as an efficient electrode material for supercapacitor application. The crystalline structure, functional groups, and surface morphology of the synthesized composite materials were analyzed through X-ray diffraction studies (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The electrochemical performance was evaluated utilizing cyclic voltammetry (CV), galvanostatic charge–discharge (GCD), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The interaction between the various components and the unique composition structure yields a specific capacitance of 1022 F g<sup>−1</sup> at 1 A g<sup>−1</sup>, with a capacitance retention of 84 % after 2000 GCD cycles. The synthesized ternary hybrid composite maximizes the accessibility of multiple active sites while reinforcing structural stability, enhancing its energy storage performance. The research unveils the compelling advantages of the UzMWCNT/NiFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>/PANI ternary composite, positioning it as a cutting-edge candidate for next-generation energy storage devices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":351,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"693 ","pages":"Article 137637"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143848609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yun Cheng , Miaomiao Hu , Jie Cao , Hang Zhang , Xinyu Ma , Yajun Wu , Jintang Guo
{"title":"Construction of tough hydrogels based on heterostructure double crosslinking strategy for flow control in harsh reservoirs","authors":"Yun Cheng , Miaomiao Hu , Jie Cao , Hang Zhang , Xinyu Ma , Yajun Wu , Jintang Guo","doi":"10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137631","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137631","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Polymer hydrogels, as an effective technology that significantly reduces plugging in highly permeable formations, have been demonstrated to have important applications in deep profile control and enhanced recovery in complex reservoirs. While conventional preformed particulate gels (PPGs) have limited mechanical strength and thermal stability after swelling, restricting their practical application in oilfields. To construct a heterostructure double crosslinking structure hydrogel, methacrylated lignosulfonate (MLS) was synthesized as crosslinking agent and reacted with N, N′-methylenebisacrylamide (MBA) and functional monomers, including acrylamide (AM), acrylic acid (AA), <em>N</em>-methylolacrylamide (NMA), and 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid (AMPS). MLS acts as a macromolecular crosslinker that can interact with monomers such as AM, AA, AMPS, and NMA, forming heterogeneous crosslinked network through covalent (chemical bonds) and physical interactions (hydrogen bonds and π-π stacking). Its long-chain topology can also form a loosely connected primary network with the monomers, which is able to form a mechanical complementary effect with the short-chain localized network of MBA, thus realizing the optimization of the hydrogel mechanical properties and swelling properties. The hydrogels demonstrated remarkable mechanical properties, including a superior modulus of elasticity (G′ = 42,368 Pa), high strength (0.14 MPa), and excellent toughness (2.96 MJ⋅m<sup>−3</sup>). Additionally, their swelling behavior was evaluated under varying temperature and salinity conditions, revealing that hydrogels maintained stable performance even under harsh environmental. Water-driven tests conducted in natural fractured rock cores showed that the hydrogel achieved a breakthrough pressure of 194 psi/ft at a flow rate of 0.5 mL/min, effectively meeting the water-plugging requirements for high temperature and salt reservoirs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":351,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"693 ","pages":"Article 137631"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143852210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dan Xia , Tingting Shi , Wuxiu Cao , Baoe Li , Donghui Wang , Chunyong Liang , Mingdong Dong
{"title":"Self-healing hydrogel based on polyvinyl alcohol/dextran with hyperglycemia-triggered cascade enzyme catalytic activity promotes diabetic wound healing","authors":"Dan Xia , Tingting Shi , Wuxiu Cao , Baoe Li , Donghui Wang , Chunyong Liang , Mingdong Dong","doi":"10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137615","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137615","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Bacterial infection, hypoxia and oxidative stress caused by high blood glucose are the main problems in diabetic wound healing. The glucose-activated cascade reaction could fundamentally solve these problems in diabetic wounds by consuming glucose and eliminating bacteria. In this paper, glucose oxidase (GOx) was immobilized on polyethylenimine (PEI) adsorbed molybdenum disulfide (MoS<sub>2</sub>) to prepare MoS<sub>2</sub>-PEI-GOx (MPG) composite particles, which were doped into the self-healing hydrogel of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and dextran (Dex) for preparing PD@MPG hydrogel. GOx can decompose excessive glucose into H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> and gluconic acid, thereby reducing the pH value and improving the microenvironment of the wound. Low pH value enables MoS<sub>2</sub> exert a similar role as peroxidase, catalyzing H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> to produce hydroxyl radicals (<img>OH) to kill bacteria. After reducing the blood glucose of the wound, MoS<sub>2</sub> can play a similar role as catalase, catalyzing the excess H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> at the wound converted to O<sub>2</sub>, thereby alleviating hypoxia and oxidative stress. In addition, the wound healing ability of PD@MPG has been evaluated by <em>in vivo</em> study. The self-healing hydrogels developed in this study hold promise as an innovative dressing for diabetic wound healing.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":351,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"693 ","pages":"Article 137615"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143850793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mete Abbot , Muhammad Hamza Iqbal , Lingyue Liu , Erin Koos , Ilia V. Roisman , Jeanette Hussong , Alfonso Arturo Castrejón-Pita , José Rafael Castrejón-Pita
{"title":"Nanoparticles do not influence droplet break-up, spreading, or splashing","authors":"Mete Abbot , Muhammad Hamza Iqbal , Lingyue Liu , Erin Koos , Ilia V. Roisman , Jeanette Hussong , Alfonso Arturo Castrejón-Pita , José Rafael Castrejón-Pita","doi":"10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137570","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137570","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The dynamics of nanoparticle-laden droplets, from dripping to impact, have remained a subject of intense debate due to conflicting reports in the literature. Here, we address this controversy by systematically investigating the breakup, impact, spreading, and splashing behavior of fully characterized additive-free silica nanosuspensions synthesized via the Stöber process. In the absence of additives, we find that nanoparticles exert negligible influence on the fluid viscosity and dynamic behavior of droplets during break up, spreading, and splashing — even in suspensions with a high loading concentration (15 wt.%). This work highlights the pivotal role of additives, dispersants, and interparticle interactions in governing droplet behavior. Our findings offer crucial insights for a wide range of fields, including inkjet printing and spray coating.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":351,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"693 ","pages":"Article 137570"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143864683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mingcong Xiang , Fuwei Dong , Yujie Guo , Xinyan Li , Jiahao Chen , Huiyu Wang , Yawei Chen , Yingjun Liu , Aihua Du
{"title":"Mechanically robust, creep resistant and photo-stimuli-responsive elastomer vitrimer enabled by integrating boronic ester bond and carboxyl-Fe3+ complex","authors":"Mingcong Xiang , Fuwei Dong , Yujie Guo , Xinyan Li , Jiahao Chen , Huiyu Wang , Yawei Chen , Yingjun Liu , Aihua Du","doi":"10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137568","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137568","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Vitrimers have emerged as promising materials to balance the trade-off of the covalent crosslinking and malleability. Nevertheless, vitrimers, especially those containing exchangeable bonds with low trigger temperatures, are susceptible to creep and lose dimensional stability at service temperature, which inevitably limits their application realm. Herein, toward this dilemma, metal complexes were engineered into a rubber vitrimer network to increase the fraction of restricted segment and hinder the network rearrangement below the reprocessing temperatures. Specially, commercially available SBR was first modified with mercaptopropionic acid to implant ligand onto the rubber chains, which was subsequently crosslinked by a synthesized dithiol-containing boronic ester crosslinker. In order to exclude the adverse effect to covalent crosslinking, metal ions were introduced into the rubber vitrimer networks to form carboxyl-Fe<sup>3+</sup> complex by swelling the rubber sheets into a THF solution of Fe<sup>3+</sup>. By incorporation of 2.1 wt% of Fe<sup>3+</sup>, the ultimate stress increased from 1.7 to 6.5 MPa. Meanwhile, the creep rate and creep deformation at 80 °C were reduced by 95 % and 90 %, respectively, suggesting that the sample was capable of sustaining dimensional stability under this temperature. Even so, the malleability was barely influenced as the complex was dissociated at elevated temperatures, which was demonstrated by variable temperature FTIR spectra as well as two-dimensional correlation analysis. In addition, the rubber vitrimer was ultraviolet responsive as Fe<sup>3+</sup> ions are reduced to Fe<sup>2+</sup> ions when exposed to UV light, leading to a promising candidate to fabricate intelligent devices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":351,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"693 ","pages":"Article 137568"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143845282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kaiyue Zhang , Bin Feng , Hong Wang , Lijie Liu , Liang Hu , Hui Zhao , Zeyu Xu , Xihao Zhang , Jianguo Liu
{"title":"Morphology-induced vacancy engineering of Co3O4 nanoarrays on carbon felt enables high-performance vanadium flow batteries","authors":"Kaiyue Zhang , Bin Feng , Hong Wang , Lijie Liu , Liang Hu , Hui Zhao , Zeyu Xu , Xihao Zhang , Jianguo Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137621","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137621","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Vanadium flow batteries (VFBs) face critical challenges in power density due to sluggish redox kinetics and inefficient mass transport. Herein, we propose a dual-functional strategy that synergistically addresses both limitations through precursor morphology engineering. By precisely regulating hydrothermal crystallization kinetics, cobalt carbonate hydroxide (CCH) precursors evolve from 1D nanorods to 2D nanosheets, which transform into Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> nanoarrays after annealing while retaining structural features. The resulting 1D rod-like architectures create open mesoporous channels for rapid ion diffusion, while defective Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> surfaces enriched with oxygen vacancies enhance redox kinetics. DFT calculations reveal that oxygen vacancies upshift the Co d-band center in Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>, strengthening vanadium ion adsorption and accelerating redox reactions. Finite element analysis demonstrates that the rod-like microstructure enhances mass transport and reduces concentration polarization, while its uniform potential distribution suppresses parasitic side reactions. As a result, the VFB with Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@CF-90 achieves a high energy efficiency of 74.4 % at 300 mA cm<sup>−2</sup>, outperforming conventional carbon felt by 9.7 %, and maintains 80.2 % efficiency at 200 mA cm<sup>−2</sup> over 400 cycles. This work establishes a scalable morphology-induced vacancy engineering paradigm for high-performance flow battery electrodes, decoupling catalytic and transport optimization through precursor design.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":351,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"693 ","pages":"Article 137621"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143848760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shi-Cheng Tian , Xun-Huan Song , Ke-Ke Feng , Cheng-Lei Li , Yi-Fan Tu , Yong-Shan Hu , Jing-Wei Shao
{"title":"Self-oxygenating nanoplatform integrating CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing and immune activation for highly efficient photodynamic therapy","authors":"Shi-Cheng Tian , Xun-Huan Song , Ke-Ke Feng , Cheng-Lei Li , Yi-Fan Tu , Yong-Shan Hu , Jing-Wei Shao","doi":"10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137632","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137632","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has arisen as a promising method due to its spatiotemporal precision and minimal invasiveness. It encounters significant obstacles in solid tumors due to hypoxia-induced therapeutic resistance and the self-protective mechanisms of cancer cells facilitated by MutT homolog 1 (MTH1), an enzyme involved in oxidative damage repair. Herein, we fabricate a tumor-microenvironment responsive CRISPR nanoplatform based on hollow mesoporous manganese dioxide (H-MnO<sub>2</sub>) for PDT. This platform utilizes H-MnO<sub>2</sub> to produce oxygen (O<sub>2</sub>) through the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide (H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>) in TME, thereby mitigating hypoxia and enhancing reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. The high concentration of glutathione (GSH) and hyaluronidase (HAase) in TME induces the release of CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoproteins (RNP) to target the MTH1 gene, thereby impairs oxidative damage repair pathways and amplifys ROS-mediated cytotoxicity. The released Mn<sup>2+</sup> ions function as immunomodulatory agents, activate innate immune responses via stimulating STING signal pathway. <em>In vitro</em>, IHMRH NPs markedly increased intracellular O<sub>2</sub> levels, ROS production, lipid peroxidation and DNA damage, leading to tumor cell death, immune activation, and effective gene editing. <em>In vivo</em>, the nanoplatform suppressed tumor growth, diminished MTH1 gene expression, stimulated dendritic cell (DC) maturation through immunogenic cell death (ICD). This multimodal nanosystem may amplifies oxidative stress, collaborates with innate and adaptive immune activation to surpass the constraints of traditional PDT. The research presents a novel framework for cancer combination therapy by systematically integrating nanotechnology with precision gene editing.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":351,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"693 ","pages":"Article 137632"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143852209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jiaoping Si , Hongjing Liu , Wendong Zhang , Dengyu Jiao , Wangxing Ai , Yuerui Ma , Lihuan Feng , Xing’an Dong , Wenjie He , Peng Chen
{"title":"Fast charge separation from synergistic effect of plasma Bi metal and BiOCl/SrTiO3 S-scheme heterojunction promotes NO deep removal","authors":"Jiaoping Si , Hongjing Liu , Wendong Zhang , Dengyu Jiao , Wangxing Ai , Yuerui Ma , Lihuan Feng , Xing’an Dong , Wenjie He , Peng Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137627","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137627","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The catalytic conversion of nitrogen oxides (NO<sub>x</sub>) to non-toxic products has emerged as a critical strategy for air pollution control under stringent emission regulations. Photocatalytic NO<sub>x</sub> removal performance highly depends on the transmission of photogenerated electrons and the amount of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated. Herein, the Bi/BiOCl/SrTiO<sub>3</sub> heterostructure photocatalyst was prepared by a simple <em>in situ</em> synthesis method to address the limitations of conventional NOx removal systems. Due to the synergistic effect of bismuth (Bi) surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and the built-in electric field in BiOCl/SrTiO<sub>3</sub> S-scheme heterojunction, Bi/BiOCl/SrTiO<sub>3</sub> showed strong light absorption ability and high charge separation efficiency, with the highest NO removal efficiency reaching 70 %. The enhanced electronic interaction between Bi and BiOCl/SrTiO<sub>3</sub> induced Bi-O covalent bonds with the BiOCl layer to facilitate fast charge separation, promoting the rapid transfer of interfacial photogenerated carriers, this process induces the activation of O<sub>2</sub> and H<sub>2</sub>O to form reactive oxygen species (ROS) to promote the oxidative removal of NO. This study provides new insights into the development of effective photocatalysts with fast charge separation by synergistic metal active sites and built-in electric field of heterojunction for air pollutant purification.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":351,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"694 ","pages":"Article 137627"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143875022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xinliang Huang , Xiaofan Tian , Yu Chen , Yamei Liu , Lu Wang , Jie Zheng , Jiang Cheng , Xin Ning , Xiaochuan Ren
{"title":"Cation vacancy modified bismuth selenide nanosheets toward durable and ultrafast sodium-ion batteries","authors":"Xinliang Huang , Xiaofan Tian , Yu Chen , Yamei Liu , Lu Wang , Jie Zheng , Jiang Cheng , Xin Ning , Xiaochuan Ren","doi":"10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137623","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137623","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>High-performance metal chalcogenide anodes based on conversion and alloy reaction are promising for the next generation of sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) due to their high theoretical capacity. However, the intrinsic limitations of metal chalcogenides, including inadequate electrical conductivity and suboptimal ion diffusion kinetics, impede high-rate performance and large-scale applicability. Herein, a two-dimensional ultrathin Cu heteroatom-doped Bi<sub>2</sub>Se<sub>3</sub> nanosheet with cation vacancies (denoted as DBS) has been developed as an anode for SIBs, exhibiting high capacity and superior rate performance. The electrical conductivity of DBS is enhanced by the contribution of surface topological states and the regulation of electronic structure due to structural defects. Furthermore, the modified crystal structure demonstrates improved ion transport capabilities, elevated Na<sup>+</sup> adsorption energy, and a greater number of adsorption sites, as substantiated by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Consequently, the DBS electrode exhibits reduced polarization potential, fast capacitive charge storage and a more comprehensive conversion-alloy reaction, thereby achieving a high specific capacity (528 mA h g<sup>−1</sup> at 0.2 A g<sup>−1</sup>), large rate performance (383 mA h g<sup>−1</sup> at 10 A g<sup>−1</sup>), and long cycling stability. This superior performance enhances the appealing electrochemical properties of both coin and pouch-type DBS//Na<sub>3</sub>V<sub>2</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub>@C full cells.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":351,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"693 ","pages":"Article 137623"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143850794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}