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Ambient-Stable Two-Dimensional Titanium Carbide (MXene) Enabled by Iodine Etching.

ABSTRACT: MXene (e.g., Ti₃ C₂ ) represents an important class of two-dimensional (2D) materials owing to its unique metallic conductivity and tunable surface chemistry. However, the mainstream synthetic methods rely on the chemical etching of MAX powders (e.g., Ti₃ AlC₂ ) using hazardous HF or alike, leading to MXene sheets with fluorine termination and poor ambient stability in colloidal dispersions. Here, we demonstrate a fluoride-free, iodine (I₂ ) assisted etching route for preparing 2D MXene (Ti₃ C₂ T_x , T=O, OH) with oxygen-rich terminal groups and intact lattice structure. More than 71 % of sheets are thinner than 5 nm with an average size of 1.8 μm. They present excellent thin-film conductivity of 1250 S cm^-1 and great ambient stability in water for at least 2 weeks. 2D MXene sheets with abundant oxygen surface groups are excellent electrode materials for supercapacitors, delivering a high gravimetric capacitance of 293 F g^-1 at a scan rate of 1 mV s^-1 , superior to those made from fluoride-based etchants (<290 F g^-1 at 1 mV s^-1 ). Our strategy provides a promising pathway for the facile and sustainable production of highly stable MXene materials.

SUBMITTER: Shi H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8048443 | biostudies-literature |

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