As the lightest two-dimensional material,monolayer borophene exhibits great potential as electrode materials,but it suffers from stability issues in the free-standing form.Here,the striped-borophene and graphene bilay...As the lightest two-dimensional material,monolayer borophene exhibits great potential as electrode materials,but it suffers from stability issues in the free-standing form.Here,the striped-borophene and graphene bilayer(sB/Gr)is found to be a high-performance anode material for rechargeable alkali-metal ion batteries.The first-principles results show that all the three alkali-metal atoms,Li,Na,and K,can be strongly adsorbed on sB/Gr with ultra-low diffusion barriers than that on pristine borophene/graphene,indicating good charge-discharge rates.Remarkably,high storage capacities are proposed for LIBs(1880 mA·h/g),NIBs(1648 mA·h/g),and KIBs(470 m A·h/g)with relatively small lattice change rate(<2.9%)in the process of alkali-metal atoms intercalations.These intriguing features of sB/Gr make it an excellent choice for batteries.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12174084)the Scientific and Technological Research Foundation of Hebei Province,China(Grant No.ZD2021065)the Key Program of Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province,China(Grant No.A2021205024)。
文摘As the lightest two-dimensional material,monolayer borophene exhibits great potential as electrode materials,but it suffers from stability issues in the free-standing form.Here,the striped-borophene and graphene bilayer(sB/Gr)is found to be a high-performance anode material for rechargeable alkali-metal ion batteries.The first-principles results show that all the three alkali-metal atoms,Li,Na,and K,can be strongly adsorbed on sB/Gr with ultra-low diffusion barriers than that on pristine borophene/graphene,indicating good charge-discharge rates.Remarkably,high storage capacities are proposed for LIBs(1880 mA·h/g),NIBs(1648 mA·h/g),and KIBs(470 m A·h/g)with relatively small lattice change rate(<2.9%)in the process of alkali-metal atoms intercalations.These intriguing features of sB/Gr make it an excellent choice for batteries.
