Flexible and conductive MXene films and nanocomposites with high capacitance
Zheng Ling, Chang E. Ren, Meng‐Qiang Zhao, Jian Hua Yang, James M. Giammarco, Jieshan Qiu, Michel W. Barsoum, Yury G. Gogotsi
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2014 · 2,295 citationsOpen access
Abstract
MXenes, a new family of 2D materials, combine hydrophilic surfaces with metallic conductivity. Delamination of MXene produces single-layer nanosheets with thickness of about a nanometer and lateral size of the order of micrometers. The high aspect ratio of delaminated MXene renders it promising nanofiller in multifunctional polymer nanocomposites. Herein, Ti3C2T(x) MXene was mixed with either a charged polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride (PDDA) or an electrically neutral polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) to produce Ti3C2T(x)/polymer composites. The as-fabricated composites are flexible and have electrical conductivities as high as 2.2 × 10(4) S/m in the case of the Ti3C2T(x)/PVA composite film and 2.4 × 10(5) S/m for pure Ti3C2T(x) films. The tensile strength of the Ti3C2T(x)/PVA composites was significantly enhanced compared with pure Ti3C2T(x) or PVA films. The intercalation and confinement of the polymer between the MXene flakes not only increased flexibility but also enhanced cationic intercalation, offering an impressive volumetric capacitance of ∼530 F/cm(3) for MXene/PVA-KOH composite film at 2 mV/s. To our knowledge, this study is a first, but crucial, step in exploring the potential of using MXenes in polymer-based multifunctional nanocomposites for a host of applications, such as structural components, energy storage devices, wearable electronics, electrochemical actuators, and radiofrequency shielding, to name a few.
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Ling, Z., Ren, C. E., Zhao, M., Yang, J. H., Giammarco, J. M., Qiu, J., Barsoum, M. W., & Gogotsi, Y. G. (2014). Flexible and conductive MXene films and nanocomposites with high capacitance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(47), 16676–16681. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1414215111
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