ACS Omega
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2021
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IF 3.512
Yu Wu,Danjiao Zhao,Jidi Zhang,Aiping Lin,Yu Wang,Lei Cao,Shufen Wang,Shixian Xiong,Feng Gu
Additive manufacturing techniques have revolutionized the field of fabricating micro-supercapacitors (MSCs) with a high degree of pattern and geometry flexibility. However, traditional additive manufacturing processes are based on the functionality of microstructural modulation, which is essential for device performance. Herein, Ti3C2Tx MXene was chosen to report a convenient aerosol jet printing (AJP) process for the in situ curling and alignment of MXene nanosheets. The aerosol droplet provides a microscale regime for curling MXene monolayers while their alignment is performed by the as-generated directional stress derived from the quasi-conical fiber array (CFA)-guided parallel droplet flow. Interdigital microelectrodes were further developed with the curled MXene and a satisfying areal capacitance performance has been demonstrated. Importantly, the AJP technique holds promise for revolutionizing additive manufacturing techniques for fabricating future smart microelectronics and devices not only in the microscale but also in the nanoscale.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2021
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IF 9.229
Yu Fang,Yang Cao,Bihui Tan,Qianlin Chen
Solar energy can be used as “green” energy by photocatalysis for the nitrogen fixation under the atmospheric conditions compared with the traditional energy-intensive industrial production of ammonia. However, the complex kinetics and high reaction barriers greatly hinder the development of the photocatalytic N2 reduction reaction. Herein, a BiOBr/MXene-Ti3C2 composite catalyst is prepared by the simple electrostatic adsorption and self-assembly method. The as-prepared 10 wt % BiOBr/Ti3C2 exhibits the best performance for N2 fixation to NH3 by photocatalysis. The evolution rate of NH3 is up to 234.6 μmol·g–1·h–1, which is approximately 48.8 times and 52.4 times higher than those of pure BiOBr and Ti3C2, respectively. It is found that the designed double vacancies of oxygen and titanium for BiOBr/Ti3C2 composites, with the availability of localized electrons, have the ability to adsorb and activate N2, which can be efficiently reduced to NH3 by the interfacial electrons transferred from the excited BiOBr/Ti3C2 composite. In addition, the results of in situ Fourier transform infrared show the generation of NxHy species by the continuous protonation processes. Moreover, titanium vacancy (VTi) induces a strong absorption energy for nitrogen atoms on the surface of BiOBr/Ti3C2 according to the density functional theory calculations. In particular, the P-electron feedback caused by VTi could effectively promote the weakening of the N≡N triple bond and elongate the N2 bond length by ∼31.6%. This work might provide new insights into the synergistic effect of double defects and inspiration for the rational design of catalysts by defect engineering in the field of catalytic synthesis of ammonia.
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2021
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IF 7.46
Guangwen Jia,Ao Zheng,Xiao Wang,Lu Zhang,Ling Li,Chenxing Li,Yan Zhang,Lingyan Cao
The evaporation of water occurs ubiquitously on earth. Hence, smart materials that can directly convert signals generated via water stimulation into mechanical motion have attracted wide attention. However, it is still a challenge to develop novel functional materials with fast response, large scale deformation, and long-term stability for moisture-gradient actuators. Here, a flexible, conductive, layer-structured homogenous Ti 3 C 2 T X MXene-graphene oxide (MGO) film-based moisture-driven actuator and humidity sensor were fabricated. The oxygen groups and d-spacing could be effectively adjusted by MXene/GO composition ratio, thereby tuning the actuation performance. MGO 3 (MXene/GO = 3) displayed a large bending angle, and reversible deformation. And the bending speed of MGO 3 is up to 32°s −1 . Furthermore, MGO 3 actuation displayed long-term stability via suppression of MXene oxidation by the introduction of GO and showed good cycling stability. MGO 3 actuators are constructed, which could mimic the blooming of flower, lifting and carrying objects, and be used as a non-contact control switch. In addition, MGO 3 showed a linear sensitive response to humidity and excellent biocompatibility which make it suitable for respiratory monitoring. This work demonstrated that flexible, biocompatibility and conductive MGO films have broad application prospects in the fields of smart actuators, sensing devices, and biology and health care.
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MICROCHIMICA ACTA
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2022
·Vol. 189
·期 12
·1-10
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IF 6.408
Shi Yanmei,Hu Kai,Mei Lin,Yang Xueming,Shi Yange,Wu Xiangxiang,Li Xiu-min,Miao Mingsan,Zhang Sisen
A novel SnO 2 quantum dots (SnO 2 QDs)-functionalized Ti 3 C 2 MXene nanocomposite was prepared via in situ synthesis method, resulting in well-regulated the nucleation and growth of SnO 2 QDs to evenly distribute onto MXene nanosheets. Ultra-small size SnO 2 QDs decorated on the surface of Ti 3 C 2 MXene nanosheets can effectively prevent the restacking of MXene and remarkably increase the electroactive surface area of the electrode, which can further increase electrocatalytic activity toward dopamine. Then, an ultrasensitive electroanalytical method based on SnO 2 QDs-functionalized Ti 3 C 2 MXene nanocomposite for dopamine monitoring was developed, and the effects of experimental condition were investigated systematically. Under optimized conditions, the prepared sensor presented a linear dependence for dopamine in the concentration range from 0.004 to 8.0 µM with the detection limit of 2.0 nM (S/N = 3). Moreover, it selectively perceived dopamine in presence of physiological interferents in urine and serum samples with excellent linearities (correlation coefficients higher than 0.9920). The relative recoveries were in the range 97.67–105.3% and 103.0–106.8%, while the limits of quantitation were 10.12 nM and 9.62 nM in urine and serum sample, respectively, demonstrating the method suitability for dopamine sensing and being envisioned as a promising candidate for neurotransmitter monitoring in biological diagnosis. Graphical Abstract
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RARE METALS
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2024
·Vol. 43
·期 9
·4387-4400
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Xia Ao,Zheng Jia-Guang,Zhang Qing-Bo,Shu Yu-Gang,Yan Cheng-Guo,Zhang Liu-Ting,Tao Zhan-Liang,Chen Li-Xin
The facile construction of nanoscale NbH x supported by Ti 3 C 2 (NbH x @Ti 3 C 2 ) was achieved using facile ball milling strategy to improve the hydrogen desorption kinetics and reversibility of magnesium borohydride (Mg(BH 4 ) 2 ). The doping of 30 wt% NbH x @Ti 3 C 2 catalyst reduced the onset dehydrogenation temperature of Mg(BH 4 ) 2 to 71.2 °C. Additionally, the Mg(BH 4 ) 2 + 30NbH x @Ti 3 C 2 composite achieved remarkable hydrogen release of over 9.2 wt% at a temperature as low as 230 °C, indicating unexpected dehydrogenation kinetics. Moreover, the reversibility of NbH x @Ti 3 C 2 doped Mg(BH 4 ) 2 was retained to more than 4.2 wt% after four cycles, which was increased by 68% compared to that of undoped Mg(BH 4 ) 2 . The strong catalysis of NbH x @Ti 3 C 2 catalyst could be attributed to the synergistic effect of NbH x and Ti 3 C 2 in hydrogen spillover and diffusion. NbH x acted as a “hydrogen pump” for effective hydrogen spillover, while Ti 3 C 2 created numerous diffusion channels for hydrogen dissolution and provided the active catalytic site to facilitate the re/dehydrogenation of Mg(BH 4 ) 2 . Graphical abstract
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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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2020
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IF 4.825
Guoliang Zhao,Xin Wang,Chen Xu
NH3, as one of the most massively used chemical products in the world, not only serves as the main nitrogen source of chemical fertilizers but also is considered as a promising renewable energy source. Most ammonia in industry is produced by the Haber–Bosch process under extremely high temperature and pressure conditions, which is intensively energy consuming and environmentally unfriendly. Electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) has been regarded as a promising way to produce NH3 under ambient conditions in recent years, but the research for efficient earth-abundant electrocatalysts is still highly limited. In this work, different TiO2 phases (anatase and rutile)/carbon nanocomposites with a sandwich architecture are produced by annealing MXene at different temperatures, which shows excellent electrocatalytic NRR performance. In 0.1 M Na2SO4, anatase TiO2/C composites show better NRR performance than the rutile ones, which achieve a large NH3 yield of 14.0 μg h–1 cm–2, a high Faradaic efficiency of 13.3% at −0.2 V vs a reversible hydrogen electrode, and a high electrochemical stability. The sandwich architecture of anatase TiO2 nanoparticles well-dispersed on the surface of carbon layers could increase the conductivity of TiO2 and the exposure of active sites, which could explain the improved NRR activity of anatase TiO2/C composites compared with previous work. Density functional theory calculations suggest that the energy barrier of most steps for the surface of anatase TiO2 is relatively lower than that of rutile TiO2, which could explain the better electrocatalytic NRR performance for anatase TiO2/C composites compared with the rutile ones.
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iScience
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2023
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IF 5.8
Guohong Wang,Minghang Li,Jianxi Liu,Fang Ye,Laifei Cheng,Xiaomeng Fan,Xingmin Liu,Ralf Riedel
MXenes have been proven to be outstanding lossy phase of advanced electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding materials. However, their poor tolerance to oxygen and water results in fast degradation of the pristine two-dimensional (2D) nanostructure and fading of the functional performance. Herein, in this research, natural antioxidants (e.g., melatonin, tea polyphenols, and phytic acid) were employed to protect the Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene from its degradation in order to achieve a long-term stability of the EMI shielding performance. The results showed that the synthesized composites comprised of antioxidants and Ti 3 C 2 T x exhibited a decelerating degradation rate resulting in an improved EMI shielding effective (SE) stability. The antioxidation mechanism of the applied antioxidants is discussed with respect to the nanostructure evolution of the Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene. This work contributes to the basic foundations for the further development of advanced MXenes for stable applications in the EM field.
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Materials Today Communications
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2022
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IF 3.662
Wei Qiang,Xiao Qu,Chuntao Chen,Lei Zhang,Dongping Sun
As a photocatalyst , titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) suffers from the wide band gap and the quick carrier recombination process, thus leading to the inefficient use of solar energy and poor catalytic performance. Herein, in this work, TiO 2 /Ti 3 C 2 heterojunctions are designed to overcome these shortcomings via growing TiO 2 in situ on the titanium element of Ti 3 C 2 MXene . The TiO 2 /Ti 3 C 2 heterojunctions not only broaden the range of light absorption , but also hugely extend the lifetime of photogenerated carriers. Besides, the anatase TiO 2 with exposed (001) facets further enhances the catalytic properties. After optimizing the amount of TiO 2 /Ti 3 C 2 heterojunctions by controlling reaction time, 20 mg catalysts can degrade 97.6% of 30 mL tetracycline solution (15 mg/L) in 90 min under visible light . Even after five cycles, the degradation ability of TiO 2 /Ti 3 C 2 only changes from 97.6% to 94.3%. This paper offers another perspective on the synthesis of efficient and stable photocatalysts.
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Small Science
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2021
·Vol. 1
·期 9
·2100021
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IF 0
Xiangyu Meng,Yufeng Sun,Mengzhou Yu,Zhiyu Wang,Jieshan Qiu
Li metal batteries offer the ultimate choice of high-energy power source, but suffer the performance decay and safety risk originated from notorious dendrite problem and infinite volume change of Li metal anode. Herein, it is reported to strengthen the Li metal anode by ultralight but highly robust MXene aerogels (ULRMA) with build-in strain-resistant and molecular-level lithiophilic properties. A hydrogen-bonding crosslinking strategy is developed for rapidly assembling 2D MXene to ULRMA at ambient conditions with less sacrifice of intrinsic properties of MXene. The ULRMA with an ultralow density below 10 mg cm −3 are favorable to maximize the merit of Li metal in gravimetric energy density while offering exceptional stability of porous frameworks against mechanical strain of long-term Li plating/stripping. The lithiophilic architecture with high conductivity and hierarchical porosity further largely reduces the potential polarization and guides the pattern of Li deposition. Uptaking Li metal into ULRMA leads to a stable Li metal anode with an ultralong lifetime of 1600 h with a high-rate response up to 20 mA cm −2 and high coulombic efficiency. It yields a highly robust Li metal anode with high effectiveness in engineering stable Li-ion and Li–S batteries even paring with commercial LiFePO 4 or sulfur cathode without nanostructuring.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2021
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IF 5.316
Yiyuan Shi,Sisi Li,Zhimiao Tian,Xiansen Yang,Yubing Dong,Yaofeng Zhu,Yaqin Fu
The construction of three-dimensional (3D) hierarchically porous nanostructures is an effective microstructural design strategy for the fabrication of lightweight electromagnetic wave (EMW) absorption materials . In this work, 3D hierarchically porous Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene@polyaniline (PANI) hybrids are prepared via a self-assembly process. The as-prepared hybrids possess excellent microwave absorption performance with the minimum reflection loss ( RL min ) of the optimal Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene@PANI hybrid reaching − 53.79 dB at 12.67 GHz with a thickness of 1.33 mm and a loading amount of 10 wt% in paraffin. The light weight and high-efficiency microwave absorption properties of the hybrids result from their 3D hierarchically porous structure and well-matched impedance characteristics, which provide multiple reflection channels and loss mechanisms for incident EMWs. This strategy offers a rational, simple and practical design approach for high-performance MXene-based EMW absorbers.
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ENERGY & FUELS
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2024
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IF 5.2
Jiucong Liu,Mengdi Zhang,Di Zhang,Xizheng Liu
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) suffered from severe performance fading when operated at lower temperatures due to the increase of Li desolvation energy and the formation of Li dendrites on the anode surface. It is critically important to develop a suitable anode with higher capacity retention at lower temperatures for advanced LIBs. Herein, we report the fabrication of a composite anode by confining room-temperature liquid GaInSn alloys within a porous 2D-layered V2CTx MXene. This configuration combines the high capacity of liquid metal (LM) and high ionic conductivity of 2D V2CTx by confining self-healing LM within the V2CTx framework, resulting in enhanced long-term cycle performance (1174.6 mA h g–1 after 200 cycles at 200 mA g–1) and low-temperature performance (529.6 mA h g–1 after 100 cycles at −20 °C). Theoretical calculations disclose that the strong adsorption of V2CTx to LM ensures the stability of the composites. It also reveals that LM with a lower adsorption energy promotes the transportation of Li+. The LM nanodroplets buffer the volume change of V2CTx during charging/discharging and avoid electrode crushing. The expanded layers of V2CTx and the porous structure facilitate the Li-ion desolvation and transportation at lower temperatures, thus suppressing the performance fading. This work paves the way for the development of composite anodes for LIBs with high specific capacity toward low-temperature applications.
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2020
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IF 3.83
Zhen Wang,Zhi Cheng,Li Xie,Xianliang Hou,Changqing Fang
Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene has been explored as an efficient electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding material because of its high electrical conductivity , large specific surface area, rich surface defects , and abundant functional groups. Herein, core-shell Fe 3 O 4 @PANI composites were prepared, followed by the preparation of a flexible and lightweight Ti 3 C 2 T x /Fe 3 O 4 @PANI composite film with sandwich intercalation structure by vacuum-assisted filtration, using Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene as a matrix material. The ultrathin composite film with a Ti 3 C 2 T x nanosheets to Fe 3 O 4 @PANI weight ratio of 12:5 reached a maximum EMI shielding effectiveness (SE) value of 58.8 dB at a thickness of only 12.1 μm. This is much higher than the SE of pure conductive Ti 3 C 2 T x films of the same thickness. After adjusting the film thickness by increasing the concentration of Ti 3 C 2 T x , an SE of 62 dB was achieved at a thickness of 16.7 μm. The ultrathin Ti 3 C 2 T x /Fe 3 O 4 @PANI films exhibit potential for application in packaging, wearable electronic equipment, and military fields. Moreover, they provide insight into the preparation of lightweight and progressive electromagnetic shielding materials.
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