刚柔并济的仿生凝胶聚合物电解质助力稳定的锂电池

凝胶聚合物电解质(GPE)因其优良的热稳定性和卓越的电化学性能而具备增强锂离子电池性能的潜力,从而受到越来越多的认可.尽管其具有上述优点,但传统GPE的实际应用通常因其溶胀性和有限的机械强度而受到阻碍.为了解决这些问题,本项研究工作提出了一种通过简单方法构建的刚柔并济的仿生GPE,由聚环氧乙烷(PEO)和聚偏二氟乙烯-六氟丙烯(PVDF-HFP)组成并通过Kevlar纤维织物进行增强.所得的PEO/PVDF-HFP/Kevlar(PPK)GPE表现出2.815 mS cm^(−1)的优异离子电导率和0.571的锂离子迁移数,以及32.59 MPa的超高机械强度.这些特性有助于防止锂枝晶生长并增强LiFePO4电池的电化学性能,从而实现稳定的循环性能.PPK GPE可以为高性能锂离子电池的各种实际应用提供理论基础.

Fast growth of large single-crystalline WS_(2) monolayers via chemical vapor deposition

Two-dimensional(2D)tungsten disulfide(WS2)has emerged as a promising ultrathin semiconductor for building high-performance nanoelectronic devices.The controllable synthesis of WS2 monolayers(1L)with both large size and high quality remains as a challenge.Here,we developed a new approach for the chemical vapor deposition(CVD)growth of WS2 monolayers by using K2WS4 as the growth precursor.The simple chemistry involved in our approach allowed for improved controllability and a fast growth rate of~30μm·min−1.We achieved the reliable growth of 1L WS2 flakes with side lengths of up to~500μm and the obtained WS2 flakes were 2D single crystals with low density of defects over a large area as evidenced by various spectroscopic and microscopic characterizations.In addition,the large 1L WS2 single crystals we obtained showed higher electrical performance than their counterparts grown with previous approaches,demonstrating the potential of our approach in producing high quality and large 2D semiconductors for future nanoelectronics.

Anisotropic electrical properties of aligned PtSe_(2) nanoribbon arrays grown by a pre-patterned selective selenization process

This study proposes a feasible and scalable production strategy to naturally obtain aligned platinum diselenide(PtSe_(2))nanoribbon arrays with anisotropic conductivity.The anisotropic properties of two-dimensional(2D)materials,especially transition-metal dichalcogenides(TMDs),have attracted great interest in research.The dependence of physical properties on their lattice orientations is of particular interest because of its potential in diverse applications,such as nanoelectronics and optoelectronics.One-dimensional(1D)nanostructures facilitate many feasible production strategies for shaping 2D materials into unidirectional 1D nanostructures,providing methods to investigate the anisotropic properties of 2D materials based on their lattice orientations and dimensionality.The natural alignment of zigzag(ZZ)PtSe_(2) nanoribbons is experimentally demonstrated using angle-resolved polarized Raman spectroscopy(ARPRS),and the selective growth mechanism is further theoretically revealed by comparing edges and edge energies of different orientations using the density functional theory(DFT).Back-gate field-effect transistors(FETs)are also constructed of unidirectional PtSe_(2) nanoribbons to investigate their anisotropic electrical properties,which align with the results of the projected density of states(DOS)calculations.This work provides new insight into the anisotropic properties of 2D materials and a feasible investigation strategy from experimental and theoretical perspectives.