MoS is a promising electrode material for energy storage. However, the intrinsic multilayer pure metallic MoS (M-MoS) has not been investigated for use in supercapacitors. Here, an ultrafast rate supercapacitor with extraordinary capacitance using a multilayer M-MoS-HO system is first investigated. Intrinsic M-MoS with a monolayer of water molecules covering both sides of nanosheets is obtained through a hydrothermal method with water as solvent. The super electrical conductivity of the as-prepared pure M-MoS is beneficial to electron transport for high power supercapacitor. Meanwhile, nanochannels between the layers of M-MoS-HO with a distance of ∼1.18 nm are favorable for increasing the specific space for ion diffusion and enlarging the surface area for ion adsorption. By virtue of this, M-MoS-HO reaches a high capacitance of 380 F/g at a scan rate of 5 mV/s and still maintains 105 F/g at scan rate of 10 V/s. Furthermore, the specific capacitance of the symmetric supercapacitor based on M-MoS-HO electrodes retain a value as high as 249 F/g under 50 mV/s. These findings suggest that multilayered M-MoS-HO system with ion accessible large nanochannels and efficient charge transport provide an efficient energy storage strategy for ultrafast supercapacitors.
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