“…As a well-studied representative, MoS 2 has achieved significant improvements in cycle life and rate performance thanks to numerous efforts devoted to promoting the low intrinsically electrical conductivity as well as creating novel structural and electrode design [57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66] . Novel layered WS 2 , MoSe 2 , and WSe 2 with the same crystal structure but higher intrinsic electronic conductivity, larger interlayer spacing, and lower potential plateau should possess more advantages for advanced secondary batteries from commercial aspects [16,17,30,38,[67][68][69][70][71] . The Li/Na-ion storage mechanism can be briefly expressed by the following equations [30,72,73] , M X 2 +4 A + +4 e − ↔ M + 2 A 2 X ( M = Mo , W ; X = S , Se ; A = Li , Na ) or detailed by the following two-step electrochemical reactions, M X 2 + x A + + x e − ↔ A x M X 2 ( x < 2 ) (intercalation) A x M X 2 + ( 4 −x ) A + + ( 4 −x ) e − ↔ M + 2 A 2 X (conversion)…”