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Puckered\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2010block metal monochalcogenides (MX) are promising candidate materials for electrochemical desalination owing to their high ion removal capacity and layered ion transport channels, yet suffer from chemical instability and strong interlayer coupling induced by M\u2010atom lone\u2010pair electrons, as well as poor conductivity. Here, we introduce a van der Waals (vdW) wrapping strategy using a periodic vdW superlattice to mitigate these limitations. 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This design achieves an ultrahigh NaCl removal capacity of 59.6\u00a0mg g\n                    <jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>\n                    (500\u00a0mg L\n                    <jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>\n                    NaCl, 1.2\u00a0V), surpassing SnS and TaS\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    alone by factors of 136.5% and 100%. The desalination performance of (SnS)\n                    <jats:sub>1.15<\/jats:sub>\n                    TaS\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    ranks among the best of reported 2D electrode materials. The electrode exhibits an excellent desalination rate of 8.7\u00a0mg g\n                    <jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>\n                    min\n                    <jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>\n                    , and &gt;85% capacity retention over cycling tests. 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