X-ray Insights into Formation of -O Functional Groups on MXenes : Two-Step Dehydrogenation of Adsorbed Water

Engineered MXene surfaces with more -O functional groups are feasible for realizing higher energy density due to their higher theoretical capacitance. However, there have been only a few explorations of this regulation mechanism. Investigating the formation source and mechanism is conducive to expanding the adjustment method from the top-down perspective. Herein, for the first time, the formation dynamics of -O functional groups on Mo2CTx are discovered as a two-step dehydrogenation of adsorbed water through in situ near-ambient-pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, further confirmed by ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. From this, the controllable substitution of -F functional groups with -O functional groups is achieved on Mo2CTx during electrochemical cycling in an aqueous electrolyte. The obtained Mo2CTx with rich -O groups exhibits a high capacitance of 163.2 F g -1 at 50 mV s -1, together with excellent stability. These results offer new insights toward engineering surface functional groups of MXenes for many specific applications.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

Nano letters - 23(2023), 4 vom: 22. Feb., Seite 1401-1408

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Pengjun [VerfasserIn]
Shou, Hongwei [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Yujian [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Changda [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Shiqiang [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Wenjie [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yihong [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zehua [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Kefu [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Yuyang [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Xiaojun [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Shuangming [VerfasserIn]
Song, Li [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

−O functional groups
AIMD simulations
Journal Article
Mo2CTx MXene
NAP-XPS
Supercapacitors

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Date Completed 17.04.2023

Date Revised 17.04.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04712

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM352258985