Super-tough MXene-functionalized graphene sheets.


Journal

Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
29 Apr 2020
Historique:
received: 20 11 2019
accepted: 06 04 2020
entrez: 1 5 2020
pubmed: 1 5 2020
medline: 1 5 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Flexible reduced graphene oxide (rGO) sheets are being considered for applications in portable electrical devices and flexible energy storage systems. However, the poor mechanical properties and electrical conductivities of rGO sheets are limiting factors for the development of such devices. Here we use MXene (M) nanosheets to functionalize graphene oxide platelets through Ti-O-C covalent bonding to obtain MrGO sheets. A MrGO sheet was crosslinked by a conjugated molecule (1-aminopyrene-disuccinimidyl suberate, AD). The incorporation of MXene nanosheets and AD molecules reduces the voids within the graphene sheet and improves the alignment of graphene platelets, resulting in much higher compactness and high toughness. In situ Raman spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations reveal the synergistic interfacial interaction mechanisms of Ti-O-C covalent bonding, sliding of MXene nanosheets, and π-π bridging. Furthermore, a supercapacitor based on our super-tough MXene-functionalized graphene sheets provides a combination of energy and power densities that are high for flexible supercapacitors.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32350273
doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15991-6
pii: 10.1038/s41467-020-15991-6
pmc: PMC7190721
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

2077

Subventions

Organisme : National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)
ID : 51522301,21522308

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Auteurs

Tianzhu Zhou (T)

Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, 100191, Beijing, China.
School of Transportation Science and Engineering, Beihang University, 100191, Beijing, China.
Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, 100191, Beijing, China.

Chao Wu (C)

School of Transportation Science and Engineering, Beihang University, 100191, Beijing, China.

Yanlei Wang (Y)

Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China.

Antoni P Tomsia (AP)

Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, 100191, Beijing, China.

Mingzhu Li (M)

Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100191, Beijing, China.
Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Mold of the Ministry of Education; National Engineering Research Center for Advanced Polymer Processing Technology, Zhengzhou University, 450002, Zhengzhou, China.

Eduardo Saiz (E)

Center for Advanced Structural Ceramics, Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.

Shaoli Fang (S)

Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA.

Ray H Baughman (RH)

Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA.

Lei Jiang (L)

Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, 100191, Beijing, China.
Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, 100191, Beijing, China.

Qunfeng Cheng (Q)

Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, 100191, Beijing, China. cheng@buaa.edu.cn.
Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, 100191, Beijing, China. cheng@buaa.edu.cn.
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, 450001, Zhengzhou, China. cheng@buaa.edu.cn.

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