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2024 (English) In: SMALL SCIENCE, ISSN 2688-4046, Vol. 4, no 10, article id 2400204Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en] The creation of vacancies and/or pores into two-dimensional materials, like graphene and MXenes, has shown to increase their performance for sustainable applications. However, a simple and affordable method with controlled and tailorable vacancy concentration and/or pores size remains challenging. Herein, a simple and reproducible method is presented for controlled synthesis of Mo1.74CTz MXene with randomly distributed vacancies and pores, obtained from selective etching of both Ga and Cr in the Cr-alloyed MAX-phase like precursor Mo1.74Cr0.26Ga2C. Structural and compositional analysis of the 3D alloy show approximate to 13% Cr on the metal site, homogeneously distributed between different particles and within the atomic structure. After etching, it translates to Mo1.74CTz MXene, exhibiting defect-rich sheets. Notably, the incorporation of Cr facilitates a shorter etching time with an improved yield compared to Mo2CTz. The Mo1.74CTz MXene displays excellent electrochemical properties, almost doubling the capacitance values (1152 F cm(-3) and 297 F g(-1) at 2 mV s(-1) scan rate), compared to its pristine counterpart Mo2CTz. The presented method and obtained results suggest defect engineering of MXenes through precursor alloying as a pathway that can be generalized to other phases, to further improve their properties for various applications.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
WILEY, 2024
Keywords alloying; defects; electrochemical properties; MAX phase; MXene; pores; vacancies
National Category
Other Materials Engineering
Identifiers urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-207197 (URN) 10.1002/smsc.202400204 (DOI) 001286116100001 ()
Note Funding Agencies|Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse [2019.0433, KAW 2020.0033]; Swedish Government Strategic Research Area in Materials Science on Advanced Functional Materials at Linkoping University [2009-00971]; Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) [EM16-0004]; Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF); KAW Foundation; Swedish Research Council [2021-00171, RIF21-0026]
2024-09-042024-09-042025-02-19 Bibliographically approved