ZIF-67/Ti3C2 MXene intercalated membrane with enhanced physical/chemical coupling light-to-heat conversion for laser ignition

Laser induced high temperature pulse (HTP) generation has been widely used in some high-immediacy applications requiring dramatic temperature changes. Recent years researchers put interest in light-to-heat (include photothermal, light induced exothermic reaction and combination of both) materials to reduce the initiating energy of the laser ignition. However, the laser energy for realizing sufficient light-to-heat conversion is still high. MXene exhibits excellent light absorption, high light-to-heat conversion efficiency and has abundant metastable atoms which trend to undergo exothermic chemical reactions, but its incomplete oxidation affects its total heat release when the laser power is relatively high. Herein, we have prepared a ZIF-67/Ti 3 C 2 MXene intercalated membrane. It is found that porous ZIF-67 exhibits a synergistic effect on MXene and can significantly improve its physical/chemical coupled HTP by enhancing its light absorption and subsequent energy release during its oxidation. ε 2,4,6,8,10,12-(hexanitrohexaaza) cyclododecane (ε-CL-20) laser ignition experiments prove that ZIF-67/Ti 3 C 2 MXene intercalated membrane exhibits better ignition performance than pure MXene membrane by reducing both ignition threshold (151.2 mJ) and ignition delay (21 ms) at a low laser power intensity (59.7 W/cm 2 ). This work can provide an insight for the structural design of new light-to-heat membranes.