Nucleophilic hydrolysis enables HF-etched MXene kilofarad specific capacitance and excellent rate performance

Chem Commun (Camb). 2024 May 28;60(44):5739-5742. doi: 10.1039/d4cc01241k.

Abstract

Here, an unusual MXene with a high ratio of oxygen functional groups was prepared by hydrothermal treatment of HF-etched MXene in aqueous KOH solution. The prepared MXene (H-220) exhibits ultrahigh specific capacitance (1030 F g-1 in a potential window of 0.85 V), and excellent rate and cycling performance simultaneously in a sulfuric acid electrolyte, and can act as an anode material of proton batteries.