Green and scalable electrochemical routes for cost-effective mass production of MXenes for supercapacitor electrodes

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Huang, Zimo
Qin, Jiadong
Zhu, Yuxuan
He, Kelin
Chen, Hao
Hoh, Hui Ying
Batmunkh, Munkhbayar
Benedetti, Tania M
Zhang, Qitao
Su, Chenliang
Zhang, Shanqing
Zhong, Yu Lin
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2023
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One of the most unique properties of two-dimensional carbides and nitrides of transition metals (MXenes) is their excellent water dispersibility and yet possessing superior electrical conductivity but their industrial-scale application is limited by their costly chemical synthesis methods. In this work, the niche feature of MXenes was capitalized in the packed-bed electrochemical reactor to produce MXenes at an unprecedented reaction rate and yield with minimal chemical waste. A simple NH4F solution was employed as the green electrolyte, which could be used repeatedly without any loss in its efficacy. Surprisingly, both fluoride and ammonium were found to play critical roles in the electrochemical etching, functionalization, and expansion of the layered parent materials (MAXs) through which the liberation of ammonia gas was observed. The electrochemically produced MXenes with excellent conductivity, applied as supercapacitor electrodes, could deliver an ultrahigh volumetric capacity (1408 F cm−3) and a volumetric energy density (75.8 Wh L−1). This revolutionary green, energy-efficient, and scalable electrochemical route will not only pave the way for industrial-scale production of MXenes but also open up a myriad of versatile electrochemical modifications for improved functional MXenes.

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Carbon Energy

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© 2023 The Authors. Carbon Energy published by Wenzhou University and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Electrochemistry

Inorganic materials (incl. nanomaterials)

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Huang, Z; Qin, J; Zhu, Y; He, K; Chen, H; Hoh, HY; Batmunkh, M; Benedetti, TM; Zhang, Q; Su, C; Zhang, S; Zhong, YL, Green and scalable electrochemical routes for cost-effective mass production of MXenes for supercapacitor electrodes, Carbon Energy, 2023

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