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Ultrathin Ti₃C₂T_x (MXene) Nanosheet-Wrapped NiSe₂ Octahedral Crystal for Enhanced Supercapacitor Performance and Synergetic Electrocatalytic Water Splitting.

ABSTRACT: Metal selenides, such as NiSe₂, have exhibited great potentials as multifunctional materials for energy storage and conversation. However, the utilization of pure NiSe₂ as electrode materials is limited by its poor cycling stability, low electrical conductivity, and insufficient electrochemically active sites. To remedy these defects, herein, a novel NiSe₂/Ti₃C₂T_x hybrid with strong interfacial interaction and electrical properties is fabricated, by wrapping NiSe₂ octahedral crystal with ultrathin Ti₃C₂T_x MXene nanosheet. The NiSe₂/Ti₃C₂T_x hybrid exhibits excellent electrochemical performance, with a high specific capacitance of 531.2 F g^-1 at 1 A g^-1 for supercapacitor, low overpotential of 200 mV at 10 mA g^-1, and small Tafel slope of 37.7 mV dec^-1 for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Furthermore, greater cycling stabilities for NiSe₂/Ti₃C₂T_x hybrid in both supercapacitor and HER have also been achieved. These significant improvements compared with unmodified NiSe₂ should be owing to the strong interfacial interaction between NiSe₂ octahedral crystal and Ti₃C₂T_x MXene, which provides enhanced conductivity, fast charge transfer as well as abundant active sites, and highlight the promising potentials in combinations of MXene with metal selenides for multifunctional applications such as energy storage and conversion.

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