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Moiré-superlattice MXenes enabled ultra-stable K-ion storage in neutral electrolyte

Show Author's Information Qiong Wu1( ),  Yanhui Xue1,  Shaofei Chao1,  Fufa Wu1,  Muhammad Sufyan Javed2( ),  Lu Li3( ),  Wei Zhang4,1( )
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Liaoning University of Technology, Jinzhou 121001, China
School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Key Laboratory for Photonic and Electronic Bandgap Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China
Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials MOE, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Jilin Provincial International Cooperation Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Clean Energy Materials, Electron Microscopy Center, and International Center of Future Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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microwave-assisted etching, specific capacitance, Ti3C2 MXene, Moiré-superlattice
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Wu Q, Xue Y, Chao S, et al. Moiré-superlattice MXenes enabled ultra-stable K-ion storage in neutral electrolyte. Nano Research, 2023, 16(4): 5006-5017. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5437-0
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Ti3C2 MXene is an auspicious energy storage material due to its metallic conductivity and layered assembly. However, in the real working condition of electrochemical energy storage with long cycle charging–discharging, a structural collapse is usually caused by the stacking of its layers creating a large attenuation of specific capacitance. Inspired by the superlattice effect of magic angle graphene, we conducted microscopical regulation of rotation mismatch on the Ti3C2 lattice; consequently, a hexagonal few-layered Ti3C2 free-standing film constructed with Moiré-superlattices. Such finding not only solves the problem of Ti3C2 structural collapse but also dramatically improves the specific capacitance of Ti3C2 as a supercapacitor electrode under long cycle charging and discharging. The ultra-stable energy storage of this electrode material in a neutral aqueous electrolyte was realized. Moreover, the formation mechanism of rotating Moiré pattern is revealed through microscopy and microanalysis of the produced Moiré pattern, assisted with modeling and analyzing the underlying mechanism between the Moiré pattern and the rotation angle. Our work provides experimental and theoretical support for future construction of Moiré-superlattice structure for a wide range of MXene phases and is undoubtedly promoting the development of MXene materials in the field of energy storage.


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Moiré-superlattice MXenes enabled ultra-stable K-ion storage in neutral electrolyte

Show Author's information Qiong Wu1( ), Yanhui Xue1, Shaofei Chao1, Fufa Wu1, Muhammad Sufyan Javed2( ), Lu Li3( ), Wei Zhang4,1( )
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Liaoning University of Technology, Jinzhou 121001, China
School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Key Laboratory for Photonic and Electronic Bandgap Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China
Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials MOE, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Jilin Provincial International Cooperation Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Clean Energy Materials, Electron Microscopy Center, and International Center of Future Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China

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Ti3C2 MXene is an auspicious energy storage material due to its metallic conductivity and layered assembly. However, in the real working condition of electrochemical energy storage with long cycle charging–discharging, a structural collapse is usually caused by the stacking of its layers creating a large attenuation of specific capacitance. Inspired by the superlattice effect of magic angle graphene, we conducted microscopical regulation of rotation mismatch on the Ti3C2 lattice; consequently, a hexagonal few-layered Ti3C2 free-standing film constructed with Moiré-superlattices. Such finding not only solves the problem of Ti3C2 structural collapse but also dramatically improves the specific capacitance of Ti3C2 as a supercapacitor electrode under long cycle charging and discharging. The ultra-stable energy storage of this electrode material in a neutral aqueous electrolyte was realized. Moreover, the formation mechanism of rotating Moiré pattern is revealed through microscopy and microanalysis of the produced Moiré pattern, assisted with modeling and analyzing the underlying mechanism between the Moiré pattern and the rotation angle. Our work provides experimental and theoretical support for future construction of Moiré-superlattice structure for a wide range of MXene phases and is undoubtedly promoting the development of MXene materials in the field of energy storage.

Keywords: microwave-assisted etching, specific capacitance, Ti3C2 MXene, Moiré-superlattice

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Received: 17 October 2022
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Accepted: 21 December 2022
Published: 21 January 2023
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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, Nos. 51971106 and 52272209), Basic Scientific Research Project of Higher Education Department of Liaoning Province (No. LJKMZ20220961), and the Program for Liaoning Distinguished Professor.

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