Shuai Xu

University of North Dakota | UND · Department of Chemical Engineering

Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has significant potential in aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) due to its unique layered structure and adjustable layer spacing. However, the electrochemical performance remains unsatisfactory primarily due to the limited interlayer spacing. Here, a composite material consisting of MoS2 nanosheets with expanded interlay...

The use of SiO as an anode material has attracted significant interest due to its high capacity and long cycling life. Many promising approaches, including structural design and carbon coating at high temperatures, effectively improve its intrinsic low electrical conductivity and poor Coulombic efficiency. However, the “heat treatment process‐compo...

Silicon monoxide (SiO) is attaining extensive interest amongst silicon-based materials due to its high capacity and long cycle life; however, its low intrinsic electrical conductivity and poor coulombic efficiency strictly limit its commercial applications. Here low-cost coal-derived humic acid is used as a feedstock to synthesize in situ graphene-...

Porous-hollow LiMn0.85Fe0.15PO4/C microspheres with an orthorhombic structure and Pnmb space group were synthesized by a wet-milling-assisted spray drying method using sucrose as the source. The prepared samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, isothermal adsorption-desorption, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy...