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A facile strategy for large-scale production of 2D nanosheets exfoliated by three-roll milling

Show Author's Information Xin Wang†,  Yang Xia†,  Juntong Huang( ),  Yao Su,  Zhi Chen( ),  Linlin Chen,  Zhaohui Wu,  Zhijun Feng,  Huiyong Yang,  Xibao Li
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, China

† Xin Wang and Yang Xia contributed equally to this work.

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exfoliation, two-dimensional (2D) nanosheets, sodium/potassium-ion batteries, three-roll milling (TRM)
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Wang X, Xia Y, Huang J, et al. A facile strategy for large-scale production of 2D nanosheets exfoliated by three-roll milling. Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2024, 13(1): 11-18. https://doi.org/10.26599/JAC.2024.9220831
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Two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials, such as graphene, MoS2, and MAX, have attracted increasing research attention in recent years due to their unique structural and performance advantages. However, their complex production processes and equipment requirements are significant issues affecting their widespread use. Here, with an exfoliation strategy using three-roll milling, we present a simple, cost-effective, and extensible method to produce multilayer graphene, BN, MoS2, and Ti3AlC2 nanosheets. The roller and phenolic resin created three kinds of forces on the layered 2D materials, i.e., shear forces, compressive forces, and adhesive forces, which exfoliated layered materials from their edges and surfaces into nanosheets. Subsequently, the exfoliated materials were ultrasonically washed with alcohol, treated with ultrasonic vibration, and centrifuged to obtain 2D nanomaterials. The easy operation and high yield are attractive for research based on the construction of high-performance 2D nanosheet-based devices at low cost. Herein, the obtained multilayer graphene and MoS2 nanosheets were used as anode materials of sodium/potassium-ion batteries, respectively, to test their electrochemical properties. Better performances are obtained compared with their primary bulk materials.


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A facile strategy for large-scale production of 2D nanosheets exfoliated by three-roll milling

Show Author's information Xin Wang†, Yang Xia†, Juntong Huang( ), Yao Su, Zhi Chen( ), Linlin Chen, Zhaohui Wu, Zhijun Feng, Huiyong Yang, Xibao Li
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, China

† Xin Wang and Yang Xia contributed equally to this work.

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Two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials, such as graphene, MoS2, and MAX, have attracted increasing research attention in recent years due to their unique structural and performance advantages. However, their complex production processes and equipment requirements are significant issues affecting their widespread use. Here, with an exfoliation strategy using three-roll milling, we present a simple, cost-effective, and extensible method to produce multilayer graphene, BN, MoS2, and Ti3AlC2 nanosheets. The roller and phenolic resin created three kinds of forces on the layered 2D materials, i.e., shear forces, compressive forces, and adhesive forces, which exfoliated layered materials from their edges and surfaces into nanosheets. Subsequently, the exfoliated materials were ultrasonically washed with alcohol, treated with ultrasonic vibration, and centrifuged to obtain 2D nanomaterials. The easy operation and high yield are attractive for research based on the construction of high-performance 2D nanosheet-based devices at low cost. Herein, the obtained multilayer graphene and MoS2 nanosheets were used as anode materials of sodium/potassium-ion batteries, respectively, to test their electrochemical properties. Better performances are obtained compared with their primary bulk materials.

Keywords: exfoliation, two-dimensional (2D) nanosheets, sodium/potassium-ion batteries, three-roll milling (TRM)

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Received: 06 June 2023
Revised: 23 November 2023
Accepted: 26 November 2023
Published: 17 January 2024
Issue date: January 2024

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 52272063 and 22262024), Key Research and Development Program of Jiangxi Province (Grant No. 20203BBE53066), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province (Grant No. 20224BAB214037), and Graduate Innovation Special Fund of Nanchang Hangkong University (Grant No. YC2023-S683).

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