Hollow nanorods MoS2@SnS heterojunction for sodium storage with enhanced cyclic stability

•2D stannous sulfide nanosheets coated molybdenum disulfide nanotube constructed hierarchical nanostructure is obtained by using conventional template method.•The specific discharge capacity reaches up to 819 mA g−1, and the initial coulombic efficiency is 81.8%.•The discharge capacity is maintained at 430.7 mAh g−1 with decay of only 7.2% after 300 cycles at 1000 mA g−1.