Graphene Oxide‐Template Controlled Cuboid‐Shaped High‐Capacity VS4 Nanoparticles as Anode for Sodium‐Ion Batteries

Abstract Room‐temperature sodium‐ion batteries have attracted great attentions for large‐scale energy storage applications in renewable energy. However, exploring suitable anode materials with high reversible capacity and cyclic stability is still a challenge. The VS 4 , with parallel quasi‐1D chains structure of V 4+ (S 2 2− ) 2 , which provides large interchain distance of 5.83 Å and high capacity, has showed great potential for sodium storage. Here, the uniform cuboid‐shaped VS 4 nanoparticles are prepared as anode for sodium‐ion batteries by the controllable of graphene oxide (GO)‐template contents. It exhibits superb electrochemical performances of high‐specific charge capacity (≈580 mAh·g −1 at 0.1 A·g −1 ), long‐cycle‐life (≈98% retain at 0.5 A·g− 1 after 300 cycles), and high rates (up to 20 A·g −1 ). In addition, electrolytes are optimized to understand the sodium storage mechanism. It is thus demonstrated that the findings have great potentials for the applications in high‐performance sodium‐ion batteries.