ACS Nano
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2020
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IF 14.588
Zixing Wang,Zhong Xu,Haichao Huang,Xiang Chu,Yanting Xie,Da Xiong,Cheng Yan,Haibo Zhao,Haitao Zhang,Weiqing Yang
Rich chemistry and surface functionalization provide MXenes enhanced electrochemical activity yet severely exacerbate their self-discharge behavior in supercapacitors. However, this self-discharge behavior and its related mechanism are still remaining issues. Herein, we propose a chemically interface-tailored regulation strategy to successfully unravel and efficiently alleviate the self-discharge behavior of Ti3C2Tx MXene-based supercapacitors. As a result, Ti3C2Tx MXenes with fewer F elements (∼0.65 atom %) show a positive self-discharge rate decline of ∼20% in comparison with MXenes with higher F elements (∼8.09 atom %). Such decline of the F elements can highly increase tight-bonding ions corresponding to an individual self-discharge process, naturally resulting in a dramatic 50% increase of the transition potential (VT). Therefore, the mixed self-discharge rate from both tight-bonding (contain fewer F elements) and loose-bonding ions (contain more F elements) is accordingly lowered. Through chemically interface-tailored engineering, the significantly changed average oxidation state and local coordination information on MXene affected the interaction of ion counterparts, which was evidently revealed by X-ray absorption fine structures. Theoretically, this greatly improved self-discharge performance was proven to be from higher adsorption energy between the interface of the electrode and the electrolyte by density functional theory. Therefore, this chemically interface-tailored regulation strategy can guide the design of high-performance MXene-based supercapacitors with low self-discharge behavior and will promote its wider commercial applications.
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Small Science
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2022
·Vol. 2
·期 7
·2200018
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IF 0
Yajun Zhang,Long Pan,Peigen Zhang,ZhengMing Sun
High-performance electromagnetic (EM) absorbing materials are in urgent need due to severe EM pollution caused by fast development of communication technology and electronic devices. Gradient structure benefits EM absorbing performance. However, the relevant study is very limited, and the relationship between component layers and overall performance is unclear. Herein, a gradient structure containing impedance matching layer, lossy layer, and reflective layer is built via repeated casting-drying method using Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene and polyvinyl alcohol. With optimized gradient structure, the minimum reflection loss (RL) reaches −74.8 dB with effective absorbing bandwidth (EAB) covering the whole X-band. The good absorbing performance is ascribed to the good impedance matching, which is derived from the stepwisely increased permittivity of each layer. Moreover, it is found that RL reaches the lowest value when lossy layer permittivity is close to the average permittivity of impedance matching layer and reflective layer. In addition, the decrease of lossy layer permittivity causes the decrease of total thickness of the gradient structure. This work demonstrates the effectiveness of gradient structure toward strong and broadband microwave absorption and provides rules for designing proper gradient structures to satisfy different requirements.
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ARABIAN JOURNAL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
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2023
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IF 2.9
Feng Qing,Yang Jing,Dou Mingyuan,Zou Shuai,Wei Lixia,Huang Fuchuan
To achieve the goal of developing high-performance lubricant additives for industrial lubrication. Herein, tetradecylphosphonic acid (TDPA) modified Ti 3 C 2 T X and graphene oxide (GO) were used as nanohybrid lubricant additives in the polyalphaolefins base oil (PAO6). The high-speed reciprocating friction and wear test shows that TDPA–Ti 3 C 2 /GO is an efficient friction-reduction and antiwear additive. The base oil mixed with 0.05 wt%TDPA–Ti 3 C 2 /0.05 wt% GO exhibits the lowest coefficient of friction (COF) and wear rate with the value of 0.09 and 4.4 × 10 –6 mm 3 /Nm, decreased by 54.5 and 90.0% compared with pure PAO6 oil, respectively. Detailed characterization analysis shows that the tribological film of the modified TDPA–Ti 3 C 2 /GO nanohybrids oil-lubricated surface was mainly composed of PAO6, TDPA, GO, and iron oxide. This indicates that the friction-reduction and antiwear mechanism of TDPA–Ti 3 C 2 /GO in base oil lies in the adsorption of the two nanomaterials and the formation of a self-lubricating film on the rubbing interface. This study provides a new approach to the design of nanohybrid lubricant additives and creates new prospects for the application of nanomaterials in tribology.
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摩擦学
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2016
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IF 3.014
Tian Zhang,Limei Pan,Huan Tang,Fei Du,Yanhua Guo,Tai Qiu,Jian Yang
Herein, enhanced exfoliation and large-scale delamination of two-dimensional (2D) Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene using etchant of HCl + LiF, instead of HF, in which both etching and intercalation were achieved in exfoliation process, were thoroughly investigated with the focus on the effects of two critical factors, reaction temperature and washing solution. Increasing etching temperature promotes the exfoliation process, i.e., the transformation from Ti 3 AlC 2 to multilayer Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene, whereas simultaneously results in an aggravated surface oxidation of MXene layers formed after the extraction of Al. As a result, delamination ratio increases firstly and then decreases, and the samples etched at 35 °C show the highest delamination ratio. Compared with the distilled water, washing the exfoliation products using ethanol significantly improves the delamination ratio of Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene by co-intercalation of larger alcohol molecule and more impurity ions and a large scale delamination of Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene with a delamination ratio as high as 29.2% was obtained by simple sonication for 1 h, without additional intercalation step required, after washing using ethanol. The possible exfoliation reactions by HCl + LiF solution were proposed. Using the as-fabricated stable suspensions of delaminated Ti 3 C 2 T x flakes, flexible, free-standing Ti 3 C 2 T x papers with tailored thickness, hydrophilic surface and excellent conductivity, typically 2 × 10 5 S/m at 5 μm in thickness, were prepared. As anode for lithium ion batteries , the delaminated Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene obtained reversible capacities of 226.3 mAh g −1 , 137.9 mAh g −1 ,102.0 mAh g −1 and 47.9 mAh g −1 respectively at the current density of 100, 300, 1000 and 3000 mA g −1 , which are superior to those of the Ti 3 C 2 MXene prepared by conventional HF process.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2020
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IF 8.758
Chengbin Liu,Sibei Hao,Xiaoyan Chen,Boyang Zong,Shun Mao
MXenes, a group of emerging two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides or nitrides, have attracted wide interest due to their unique structures and properties. Their stability and applicability in different media especially in an alkaline environment are directly associated with their potential applications and are not yet explored. Herein, a field-effect transistor (FET) is fabricated with single/double-layer Ti3C2Tx MXene. The Ti3C2Tx FET indicator shows a fast (∼1 s), sensitive, and selective response to alkali. Moreover, the device can work even in a high-salinity (2 M NaCl) environment, suggesting its high anti-interference ability for alkali in a high-ionic-strength environment. Using an in situ morphological image evolution study, it is demonstrated that the response signal results from alkali-induced denaturation of Ti3C2Tx nanosheets. The Ti3C2Tx-based alkali FET indicator and systematic evaluation on alkali-induced structure evolution of Ti3C2Tx provide essential insights into MXene-based FETs and future applications of MXene in alkaline environments.
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电子器件
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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2023
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IF 9.5
Haiyu Luo,Nan Xu,Yanan Li,Junzhi Li,Wenlan Ji,Pei Nian,Zheng Wang,Yibin Wei
MXene nanosheets have been identified as promising building blocks for high-performance nanofiltration (NF) membranes in water purification . Herein, we report a series of amino acid-bonded Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene membranes with enhanced NF performance and antifouling properties via glycine (Gly), l -glutamic acid (L-Glu), l -lysine (L-Lys) or l -cysteine (L-Cys) modification. The physicochemical properties, separation performances and anti-fouling behaviors of the pure Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene membrane, Gly-, L-Glu-, L-Lys- and L-Cys-bonded Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene membranes were comparatively investigated. The stable Ti–N bonds were found between the amino acids and the MXene nanosheets and different amino acids lead to different properties of the corresponding membranes. While maintaining ultra-high rejections to various organic dyes, all the amino acid functionalized membranes exhibited enhanced water permeability (7.17–13.11 L·m −2 ·h −1 ·bar −1 ) compared with that of the pure MXene membrane. Importantly, the Gly-bonded membrane showed the optimal separation performance with high salt rejections of 86.28%, 81.36%, 72.88% and 66.82% to MgSO 4 , MgCl 2 , Na 2 SO 4 and NaCl, respectively, and the membrane also exhibited superior anti-fouling property with a flux recovery rate of 80.59% to bovine serum albumin (BSA). The separation mechanism was further revealed which may offer a simple yet efficient way for enhancing 2D MXene-based NF membranes.
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ACS Omega
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2024
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IF 3.7
Huiqin Li
Soft electro-ionic actuators have received extensive research and attention due to their advantages such as low voltage response and adjustable deformation. However, they have not been able to enter the actual industry application like traditional rigid actuators; one of the reasons may be that the kinematic properties of actuators have been less studied. The electro-ionic actuator based on Ti3C2Tx MXene-CNT/PPy electrode prepared in this paper shows good bending displacement (18.8 mm) and strain (0.63%) under 4 V voltage. In this article, the overlapping nature and exponential function relationship of the actuator end-point trajectories are preliminarily discussed, and the morphology change and cubic polynomial function relationship of the actuator body are considered. Moreover, in application, a novel proof-of-concept model of smart wearable finger straps is proposed. This study is a unique attempt and is hoped to provide a new research perspective in the field of soft electro-ionic actuators.
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生物医学工程
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Advanced Materials Interfaces
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2022
·Vol. 10
·期 2
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IF 6.389
Min Luo,Junchang Guo,Wenchao Shui,Yao Tan,Haoming Huang,Qinghui Yang,Huaiwu Zhang,Xu Deng,Qi-Ye Wen
Porous polymer-based Terahertz (THz) absorbers possess strong absorption with broadband, lightweight, and flexible features. Thus these are widely desired in THz electromagnetic shielding, radar-cross-section reduction, radiometer calibration, etc. However, the harsh environment of humidity, corrosiveness, and dustiness undermines the performance and service lifetime of the porous absorbers. Here, based on Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene sponge composite foam (MSF), a superhydrophobic broadband THz absorber on a large pore-size porous architecture by a joint hydrophobic strategy is realized. Results show that the apparent contact angles and roll-off angles of the modified MSF reached 159.0° and 7.6°, while maintaining an ultra-high absorption rate of 99.6% in the frequency range of 0.3–1.2 THz. Furthermore, the special Micro-Nano hierarchical structures render the absorber a strong bounce-off ability to the droplets of an aqueous solution. These water-repellent properties endow the absorber the versatility of self-cleaning and anti-corrosion, thus can be widely applied in many scenarios including THz remote sensing, communication, and security screening as well.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2022
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IF 9.965
Siqi Gong,Fan Zhao,Yaning Zhang,Huiting Xu,Meng Li,Junjie Qi,Honghai Wang,Zhiying Wang,Yuqi Hu,Xiaobin Fan,Wenchao Peng,Chunli Li,Jiapeng Liu
MXene has drawn considerable attention in energy storage due to particular physicochemical properties. At present, among most near-ambient temperature preparation methods, water is usually served as the main solvent. However, MXene is usually subjected to fast structural degradation on account of water molecules attacking in aqueous solution. Herein, we report a novel water-free etching strategy for synthesizing few-layered Ti 3 C 2 T x MXenes in deep eutectic solvents at near-ambient temperature. Benefitting from the absence of water and macromolecular structure of deep eutectic solvents, the as-synthesized few-layered Ti 3 C 2 T x (DES-Ti 3 C 2 T x ) MXene presents abundant −O terminations and low oxidation degree. As a consequence, the DES-Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene displays excellent specific capacitance of 320 F/g at 2 mV/s. Impressively, the DES-Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene exhibits splendid long-term stability that 97% specific capacitance retention can be acquired over 50 000 cycles at high current density of 50 A/g. Therefore, this study offers a new thought for preparing high performance MXene-based materials by water-free etching method.
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ACS Applied Nano Materials
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2023
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IF 5.9
Jingxuan Cui,Jiao Wu,Le Mi,Aihu Feng,Yang Yu,Yun Yu
Ti3C2Tx MXene is expected to achieve infrared stealth by regulating its thermal radiation properties. In this study, Ti3C2Tx MXene films were prepared by using the acid etching method, and the effects of etchants (HCl/LiF, HF, and NH4HF2) on the film structure as well as the infrared radiation properties were systematically studied. The intercalation process used to exfoliate single/few-layer nanosheets was found to accelerate the oxidation and increase the resistance of MXene. The mechanism behind these effects on emissivity was explained in detail. Based on these findings, the most suitable preparation process for low-emissivity MXene was selected. The resulting Ti3C2Tx film (HL-f), which used HCl/LiF as an etchant for Ti3AlC2, has a high conductivity of 3119 S/cm that reflects numerous infrared waves reaching its surface while exhibiting a low emissivity of only 0.13. The colloidal solution (HL-s) made with HCl/LiF as an etchant was sprayed directly onto a PI substrate as a coating with infrared stealth capabilities, thermal stability, and Joule heating properties, reducing the emissivity from 0.87 to 0.14. This work provides guidance for improving MXene preparation methods and their applications in related fields while demonstrating the great potential of HCl/LiF-etched Ti3C2Tx MXene as a low-emissivity infrared stealth material.
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红外技术
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纳米材料
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FlatChem
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2024
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IF 5.9
Siqi Gong,Jing Li,Fan Zhao,Mengdie Yan,Chenghao Huang,Guanzhong Huo,Chunli Li,Bing Wu,Jiapeng Liu
The emerging energy-saving and environmentally friendly capacitive deionization (CDI) technology has attracted more and more attention. However, it remains a great challenge to develop CDI electrode materials with excellent comprehensive properties. Herein, the porous N, P co-doping Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene (N, P-Ti 3 C 2 T x ) was prepared successfully by combining simple flocculation with an annealing process. Benefitting from the synergistic effect of the combination of porous structure and co-doping of N and P heteroatoms, the N, P-Ti 3 C 2 T x exhibits substantial specific surface area, which provides more surface bounding active sites for electrochemical reactions, thus assisting to boost the CDI performance. As a result, the N, P-Ti 3 C 2 T x exhibited an admirable salt (Na + ) adsorption capacity of 53.3 mg g −1 and exceptional recycling property. Impressively, the N, P-Ti 3 C 2 T x also exhibited superior desalination performance of Pb 2+ , characterized by an exceptionally high desalination capacity of up to 168.2 mg g −1 at 1.2 V, and the corresponding desalination rate reached 0.047 mg g −1 s −1 . Additionally, the deionization mechanism involved was elucidated through a series of characterizations. This work will furnish an effective avenue for the innovative design of MXene-based electrode materials toward high-performance CDI.
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LANGMUIR
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2025
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IF 3.9
Longhui Dai,Huimin Yu,Yunkai Wang,Xuyang Zhang,Fang Xu,Xiaofang Pan,Jing-Ting Luo,Aihua Zhong
MXenes have attracted tremendous attention in electromagnetic interference shielding, energy storage, and gas and humidity detections because of their ultralarge surface area and abundant functional groups. However, their poor stability against hydration and oxidation makes them challenging for long-term storage and applications. Herein, we proposed and demonstrated a Ti3C2Tx MXene composite-based humidity sensor, of which the stability is pronouncedly enhanced by introducing an O2 adsorption competitor of extracted bentonite (EB). All the results of TEM, XPS, and Raman spectroscopy show that the oxidation of the Ti3C2Tx MXene is significantly suppressed by the introduction of EB. Its excellent performance in humidity detection further confirms the effectiveness of EB in improving the stability. An ultrahigh response value of 6400% and an ultrafast response time of 1 s at 85% RH are observed, suggesting promising prospects for superior humidity detection of the Ti3C2Tx MXene composite. Furthermore, its feasibility for flexible humidity detection was also examined on a PET substrate, which exhibited high flexibility and excellent discrimination in speaking words.
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传感器技术
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