Three-dimensional porous carbon nanofiber loading MoS2 nanoflake-flowerballs as a high-performance anode material for Li-ion capacitor.

Recently, Li-ion capacitor as a kind of novel energy storage device with high energy density and power density have caused wide concern. In this study, the porous carbon nanofiber/molybdenum disulfide nanoflake-flowerballs composite material is successfully prepared via hydrothermal method using the three-dimensional porous carbon nanofibers as a carrier. The molybdenum disulfide nanoflake-flowerballs are uniformly distributed and fill in three-dimensional porous carbon nanofibers skeleton, and the clear composite material with nanofiber morphology is formed. This material presents moderate specific surface area (81.67 m2 g−1) and good electrical conductivity (22.32 S cm−1) and is used as the anode in the Li-ion capacitor, and the big energy density at high power density (the energy density could reach 75.5 Wh kg−1 and 22.5 Wh kg−1 at power densities of 0.075 kW kg−1 at 30 kW kg−1, respectively) are achieved, which has broad application prospect in the energy storage field. • The three-dimensional PCNF loading MoS 2 nanoflake-flowerballs was constructed. • The MoS 2 nanoflake-flowerballs inner nanofibers provide the large reaction area. • The three-dimensional PCNF skeleton offers conductive path. • The 3D-PCNF/MoS 2 -NFFBs used as the anodes of LICs exhibit excellent properties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]