Two-dimensional layered metal diseleniums and its application in the electrochemical energy
2017
Clean and sustainable energy supply is regarded as the most significant
problems in the 21st century, which is ultimately related to our daily
lives, global environment, economy, and human health. Although fossil
fuels as the main energy sources will continue to play a crucial role
in responding our energy needs in the future, they come at a tremendous
price, including a rapid increase in greenhouse gas emissions and
long-lasting environmental pollution. The imminent shortage of fossil
fuels and growing ecological concerns is pushing scientists and engineers
to exploit sustainable, clean, and highly efficient technologies to
supply and store energy. With the permanently increasing demand in energy resources, massive
efforts have been devoted to developing advanced energy storage and
conversion systems. Novel materials hold the key to fundamental advances
in energy conversion and storage, both of which are vital in order
to meet the challenge of global warming and the finite nature of fossil
fuels. Graphene as one of the most successful functionally nanomaterials,
which have attracted great attention due to their unique properties
of large surface area, superior electric and thermal conductivities,
high mechanical flexibility, chemical stability, which render them
great choices as alternative electrode materials for electrochemical
energy storage systems. The ultrathin two-dimensional (2D) morphology
of graphene with unique properties is triggering a great deal of attention
toward the family of 2D structures. The types of 2D inorganic graphene
analogues nanomaterials such as metal dichalcogenides have also been
studied and applied in various applications including electronics,
optoelectronics, energy storage devices, solar energy, electrocatalysts
for hydrogen evolution reaction and so on. Layered transition metal dichalcogenides (MoS 2 , MoSe 2 , WS 2 , WSe 2 , etc.) as the typical graphene
analogues, which are a chemically diverse class of compounds having
band gaps from 0 to ∼2 eV and remarkable electrochemical
properties. The band gaps and electrochemical properties of layered
transition metal dichalcogenides can be tuned by exchanging the transition
metal or chalcogenide elements. Among numerous transition metal dichalcogenides, layered metal
seleniums exhibit many novel properties, especially in the electrochemical
energy field, which may be beyond those existing in layered metal
disulfide. The excellent electrochemical performances of the layered
metal seleniums materials could be attributed to their unique intrinsic
structure. Firstly, the layered metal seleniums have a higher electrical
conductivity than layered metal disulfide owing to its narrower band-gap
energies. In addition, the larger diameter of Se atom provides the
layered metal seleniums with expanded interlayer spacing, which will
afford more active reaction sites for electrolyte ion storage and
reduce the energy barrier for electrolyte ion insertion. Benefiting from their remarkable electrochemical properties, these
layered metal seleniums will play meaningful roles for low-cost and
environmentally friendly energy storage and electrocatalysts for hydrogen
evolution technologies. In this review, we summarize the physic structures, synthesis methods
of 2D layered metal diseleniums, as well as its application in the
field of electrochemical energy, including the Li ion battery, Na
ion battery, supercapacitor, Mg ion battery and hydrogen evolution
reaction. Finally, we make the prospects and the development trends
on the layered metal diseleniums.
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