biostudies-literatureUnknown10(70)Wang SIn the present work, low-cost natural molybdenite was used to make a MoS₂/N-doped graphene composite through coulombic attraction with the aid of (3-aminopropyl)-triethoxysilane and the electrochemical performance was greatly improved by solvent-free microwave irradiation for tens of seconds. The characterization results indicated that most (3-aminopropyl)-triethoxysilane can decompose and release N atoms to further improve the N-doping degree in NG during the microwave irradiation. In addition, the surface groups of N-doped graphene were removed and the particle size of MoS₂ was greatly decreased after the microwave irradiation. As a result, the composite electrode prepared with microwave irradiation exhibited a better rate performance (1077.3 mA h g^-1 at RSC advances43012-43020https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9058131biostudies-literatureImproving the electrochemical performance of a natural molybdenite/N-doped graphene composite anode for lithium-ion batteries <i>via</i> short-time microwave irradiation.PMC9058131Liu HLiao LWang SZhou BHai YfalseImproving the electrochemical performance of a natural molybdenite/N-doped graphene composite anode for lithium-ion batteries <i>via</i> short-time microwave irradiation.In the present work, low-cost natural molybdenite was used to make a MoS₂/N-doped graphene composite through coulombic attraction with the aid of (3-aminopropyl)-triethoxysilane and the electrochemical performance was greatly improved by solvent-free microwave irradiation for tens of seconds. The characterization results indicated that most (3-aminopropyl)-triethoxysilane can decompose and release N atoms to further improve the N-doping degree in NG during the microwave irradiation. In addition, the surface groups of N-doped graphene were removed and the particle size of MoS₂ was greatly decreased after the microwave irradiation. As a result, the composite electrode prepared with microwave irradiation exhibited a better rate performance (1077.3 mA h g^-1 at 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z2020 Nov2025-04-18T15:43:59.826Z2024-11-14T03:48:10.077ZS-EPMC90581313551492810.1039/d0ra07758e