N- Butyllithium-Treated Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene with Excellent Pseudocapacitor Performance

作者：Xifan Chen, Yuanzhi Zhu, Miao Zhang, Jinyi Sui, Wenchao Peng, Yang Li, Guoliang Zhang, Fengbao Zhang, Xiaobin Fan · 发表于：ACS Nano · 年份：2019 · DOI：10.1021/acsnano.9b04301 · 被引用次数：232 · 研究领域：MXene and MAX Phase Materials、Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication、Advanced Memory and Neural Computing

MXenes, a family of two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal carbide and nitride materials, are supposed to be promising pseudocapacitive materials because of their high electronic conductivity and hydrophilic surfaces. MXenes, prepared by removing the “A” elements of their corresponding MAX phases by hydrofluoric acid (HF) or LiF–HCl etching, possess abundant terminal groups like −F, −OH, and −O groups. It has been proven that the MXenes with fewer −F terminal groups and more −O groups showed a higher pseudocapacitor performance. In organic reactions, −OH and −X (X = halogen) groups could turn to ether groups in strong nucleophilic reagent. Inspired by that, herein, we report an n -butyllithium-treated method to turn the −F and −OH terminal groups to −O groups on the Ti 3 C 2 T x MXenes. Two types of Ti 3 C 2 T x MXenes prepared by either HF or LiF–HCl etching were systematically investigated, and a comparison with the traditional KOH/NaOH/LiOH-treated method was also carried out. It is found that most of the −F terminal groups on the Ti 3 C 2 T x MXenes can be successfully removed by n -butyllithium, and abundant −O terminal groups were formed. The n -butyllithium-treated Ti 3 C 2 T x MXenes show promising applications in high-performance pseudocapacitors. A record high capacitance of 523 F g –1 at 2 mV s –1 was obtained for the n -butyllithium-treated Ti 3 C 2 T x MXenes, and 96% capacity can remain even after 10 000 cycles.