Super-tough MXene-functionalized graphene sheets

Tianzhu Zhou; Chao Wu; Yanlei Wang; Antoni P. Tomsia; Mingzhu Li; Eduardo Saiz; Shaoli Fang; Ray H. Baughman; Lei Jiang; Qunfeng Cheng

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15991-6

Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

Super-tough MXene-functionalized graphene sheets

Tianzhu Zhou,
Chao Wu,
Yanlei Wang,
Antoni P. Tomsia,
Mingzhu Li,
Eduardo Saiz,
Shaoli Fang,
Ray H. Baughman,
Lei Jiang,
Qunfeng Cheng

Affiliations

Tianzhu Zhou: Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University
Chao Wu: School of Transportation Science and Engineering, Beihang University
Yanlei Wang: Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Antoni P. Tomsia: Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering
Mingzhu Li: Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences
Eduardo Saiz: Center for Advanced Structural Ceramics, Department of Materials, Imperial College London
Shaoli Fang: Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas
Ray H. Baughman: Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas
Lei Jiang: Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University
Qunfeng Cheng: Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15991-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Poor mechanical properties of reduced graphene oxide sheets hinder development of flexible energy storage systems. MXene functionalised graphene oxide with Ti-O-C bonding and additional crosslinking is here reported to dramatically increase toughness for flexible supercapacitors.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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