CHAPTER FIFTEEN - NANOSTRUCTURED TRANSITION METAL CHALCOGENIDES FOR RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES

Abstract

Rechargeable lithium/sodium-ion batteries and emerging potassium-ion batteries are considered as the promising energy storage devices for potential high-current rate applications. It has been considered that transition metal chalcogenides (mono- and di-) are a class of two-dimensional compounds (metal sulfides and metal selenides) attracting growing research interest as an anode materials for rechargeable batteries. They have shown efficient energy storage properties owing to their unique physiochemical properties. In this chapter, we systematically discussed and summarized the recent research progress on the nanostructured transition metal chalcogenides (TMCs) for LIBs, NIBs, and KIBs. Here, we presented the electrochemical reaction kinetics, challenging issues, and effective strategies toward the improvement of TMCs for rechargeable batteries. To the end the remaining challenges and outlooks for the further development of TMCs in the field of rechargeable batteries are proposed.